Bill
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency) Bill 2023
lapsed, as at 2023-11-13.
- Sponsor
- Lambie
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-11-06
- second reading — 2023-11-06
- second reading — 2023-11-09
- second reading — 2023-11-09
- third reading — 2023-11-09
- introduced — 2023-11-13
Divisions
- Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency) Bill 2023 - First Reading - Suspend the usual procedural rules — 2023-11-13, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 61, noes 75
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-11-06.
The bill broadens the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency's role to cover silica safety and silica-related diseases.
It renames the agency the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency and gives it functions including developing a Silica National Strategic Plan and coordinating national action.
The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Council would also be renamed, and its membership would be widened to include employee and employer representatives, experts, and people with lived experience of asbestos or silica-related matters.
- Broaden the agency's functions to include silica.
- Rename the agency the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency.
- Create a Silica National Strategic Plan.
- Rename the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Council and expand its membership.
The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency, its council, government health and work safety ministers, and people affected by asbestos or silica-related diseases.
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