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.
We are the only jurisdiction in the country that does not have an industrial manslaughter framework in place.
Our brave emergency service personnel selflessly work to keep Tasmanians safe, but it’s crucial the government ensures these employees and volunteers are kept safe too.
On behalf of the Tasmanian Greens, I am pleased to be attending the Unions Tasmania Women’s Conference today to announce our support for 12 days of paid reproductive leave per year.
It is the right of everyone and we discussed this yesterday to go to work and to be safe. We have evolved.
The Tasmanian Parliament delivered a welcome show of unity today, supporting a Greens motion that backed pay parity for striking Saputo workers.
Maintenance workers there have been in a pay dispute with the company - a multinational company, because they are being paid less than their mainland counterparts.
Maintenance workers at Saputo's Burnie factory have been striking for almost nine weeks. They are taking this action because of a significant pay gap with their mainland counterparts, initially 21 per cent but now 23 per cent, because of intractable negotiations with the company that believes paying Tasmanian workers less is okay.
As spokesperson on workplace relations for the Greens, I rise today in solidarity with the Saputo Dairy maintenance workers from Burnie in north‑west Tasmania, who are entering their ninth week striking without pay.
The Greens welcome the passage of industrial manslaughter laws through the House of Assembly.
