The New South Wales Government today pays its deepest respects to those who have died from work-related incidents or illness and their loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will today join Unions NSW at a service at Reflection Park at Sydney\u2019s Darling Harbour to honour the memory of those who have lost their lives, with the family, friends, and co-workers of victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NSW Government believes every worker deserves a safe workplace and any workplace death is a tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While today we remember those who didn\u2019t come home to their loved ones, the best tribute the NSW Government can offer is a safer future for others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NSW Government is acting to transform SafeWork NSW into a standalone regulator with a heightened role for families of injured workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are enacting an industrial manslaughter offence \u2013 the last mainland state to introduce this offence \u2013 to hold to account those responsible for the death of a worker due to negligent or reckless behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NSW Government is progressing a world-leading ban on engineered stone from July 1 to stem the rise in deadly silicosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is a sombre day of grief and remembrance, but it must also be a day on which we recommit to action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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