NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL MANSLAUGHTER OFFENCE BACK ON THE AGENDA

摘要

While these reports had differing purposes - one to review how adequately the current WHS laws deal with industrial deaths, the other to review the effectiveness of the harmonised WHS law - they provide similar recommendations. Of note is the recommendation for a national industrial manslaughter offence to be introduced. Thirty Australian workers have already been killed at work between January and early April 2019. This is a considerable number for the first quarter of the year and is likely to be considered by the relevant WHS ministers in Australia in determining whether to implement any of the, recommendations.