Vic: Govt OH&S changes will put more workers at risk: unions

AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2006
Vic: Govt OH&S changes will put more workers at risk: unions

Unions say the federal government should be ashamed for trying to water down workplace
health and safety laws .. while tragedies like the Beaconsfield Gold Mine collapse continue
to occur.

ACTU president SHARAN BURROW says workers had been raising safety concerns with Beaconsfield
management since late last year .. but nothing was done.

Ms BURROW says the federal government's new workplace laws strips back state legislation
.. and she says for that .. the PM should be ashamed.

Three miners were trapped by a rock fall triggered by seismic activity at the mine
.. near Launceston in Tasmania on Tuesday.

Rescuers are trying to dig a new tunnel so they can reach two miners still missing
.. after the body of 44-year-old LARRY KNIGHT was recovered yesterday.

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KEYWORD: WORKPLACE DEATHS (MELBOURNE)

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