IR cost blowout as Government services starved of cash
Friday, 29 January 2010
The cost of Treasurer Troy Buswell's review of Western Australia's industrial relations system blew out by more than $200,000 in just two days, according to information obtained under Freedom of Information laws.
Gorgon leading partner Chevron has conducted medical checks on hundreds of workers after possibly exposing workers during a bungled clearing of asbestos on Barrow Island.
Samples taken from where workers were loading and unloading containers have proved positive to the deadly blue and white asbestos fibres.
Every state in Australia except Western Australia will adopt the national harmonised health and safety laws.
A meeting of state and federal Workplace Relations Ministers held on 11 December 2009 approved the creation of consistent health and safety laws to operate from 1 January 2012 as the Work Health and Safety Act.
IR cost blowout as Government services starved of cash
The cost of Treasurer Troy Buswell's review of Western Australia's industrial relations system blew out by more than $200,000 in just two days, according to information obtained under Freedom of Information laws.
