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Inquiry into Work Health and Safety Amendment Bill 2022 – report tabled
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts today tabled the Committee’s report on its Inquiry into Work Health and Safety Amendment Bill 2022.
The Chair, Mrs Elizabeth Kikkert MLA, said: ‘It was important for our Committee to conduct this inquiry to review the legislative change proposed by this Bill, which was introduced after a matter of parliamentary privilege was bought to light during the budget inquiry of the Legislative Assembly’s Select Committee on Estimates 2022-2023’.
‘The report examined the balance between parliamentary privilege and statutory law which informed the necessity of the Bill, and made a total of 4 recommendations’.
‘The Committee wishes to thank the Ministers, the WorkSafe ACT Commissioner, the Speaker and the Office of the Legislative Assembly for their participation in this inquiry’.
The Committee’s report is available on the Assembly’s webpage at: https://www.parliament.act.gov.au/parliamentary-business/in-committees/recent-reports
Under the Assembly’s standing orders, the ACT Government is required to respond to committee reports within four months of tabling.
STATEMENT ENDS—Wednesday, 1 March 2023
For more information contact: Committee Secretary, Ms Sophie Milne on (02) 620 50435