Mr President, of course I support this Justice Miscellaneous (Commission of Inquiry) Bill of 2024 and we believe it faithfully reflects the commission's recommendations: 16.9, 16.13, 16.14, 16.18, 17.4, 17.5 and 18.12.
Honourable Deputy Speaker, it is important that we recognise what we are doing today. It is a further step towards rectifying the injustices that occurred to Tasmanians over decades because of the state‑sanctioned criminalisation of people for homosexuality and cross‑dressing.
Just as we did in the other place, the Greens will be strongly supporting the safer workplaces bill of 2024. We recognise it establishes a new offence of industrial manslaughter in the Work Health and Safety Act 2012, a new division in that act with the objects of the act to prevent workplace death, to deter people from breaching health and safety duties, and to reflect the severity of breaches of work health and safety duties - a duty of care that can lead to the death or serious injury of a worker.
It is very clear the Labor Party comprehensively, thoroughly consulted on this bill, multiple credible organisations, the example of other jurisdictions, including the Commonwealth. This is robust legislation.
Honourable Speaker, I thank the member for Clark for bringing forward this motion. I have to say that when I got up this morning, being lectured by minister Abetz about dog-whistling was not on my list of things that I thought would happen.
Honourable Speaker, I rise to speak on the adjournment of this debate and support the member for Clark, Mr Bayley, in relation to very obvious reasons why this is important to adjourn. We have an active case in the Supreme Court which really should be quite separate as a process in relation to what we are discussing today.
We are the only jurisdiction in the country that does not have an industrial manslaughter framework in place.
Honourable Speaker, I rise to talk about this validation bill and will say up front that we are not supportive of it. We believe this is both a travesty and a perversion of proper process.
In beginning, I acknowledge the lived experience of Tasmanians with disability and those who love and support them.
We are debating a bill that - as the member for Launceston reminded us all - is dealing with public money that came about as a result of an election promise that has not been consulted, and will have an impact on the Budget.
