WA industry opposes industrial manslaughter laws

WHILE a horror spate of fatalities on Queensland mines has led that state to at least contemplate industrial manslaughter laws, Western Australia’s peak bodies have signalled their opposition to any such introduction in the west.

Industrial manslaughter laws suggested for WA.

26 August 2019
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The WA government has suggested a raft of workplace health and safety law improvements and that the offence of industrial manslaughter willl be introduced to parliament next year.

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