House debates Questions without Notice

Automotive Industry

Monday, 3 June 2013 House of Representatives

Greg Combet

Greg Combet Charlton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation

2:51 pm

Yes, dealing with health and safety is very important in relation to the manufacturing industry and other industries—including the communications industry, in fact. It is very important to deal with these issues of exposure to asbestos, and the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and I in particular, in our previous careers as union officials, had a lot to do with this particular issue, supporting the victims of asbestos, which of course leads to extremely debilitating diseases.

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