Senate debates

Thursday, 24 November 2011

Bills

Work Health and Safety Bill 2011, Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011; In Committee

8:01 pm

Photo of Eric AbetzEric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

So that provides absolutely no certainty for a small business and anything that is so-called model in these so-called model rules and model codes of practice, because how they vary in each jurisdiction will not be highlighted in that code because it is a national code. So the punter who goes to Safe Work Australia's website will only see the code and not be informed, as I understand it, as of necessity or at all, how that might be different to the existing regime or standards, let us say, in the state of Victoria as opposed to the state of Tasmania.

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