Jamie Briggs (Mayo, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

It is absolutely what you said and you allege the ABCC does not care about it. In fact, Commissioner Lloyd has said:

The ABCC is committed to do all it can to improve the industry’s poor occupational health and safety record and to support those specifically charged with this task …

Those charged with this task are the Federal Safety Commissioner established by the former Howard government and the state OHS officials. So much for union officials doing so much for safety if the record is so poor. Let us deal with the history of this industry.

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