Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) | Hansard source

Could I ask why high-risk occupations were targeted in this amendment in the first place? Is the government satisfied that, because you work in a high-risk occupation, you're more likely to be injured, permanently disabled or killed outside of your workplace? The issue we're dealing with here actually fundamentally is the default life insurance is needed for workers outside of their workplace. They're covered during their hours of work in their workplace by a different set of protections. Is there some kind of study that shows that those in higher risk occupations are more likely to die on weekends or outside of their work hours and workplace?