One bit of positive news about workplace injury just before National Safe Work Month, which starts October 1, have shifted the focus to money and politics, rather than what the month ought to be about: workers’ lives. Comcare is now fully funded for the first time since 2010, but data from Safe Work Australia released on the same day show that Comcare’s improved finances may not be translating to reduced workers’ risk. Yet the political parties are arguing about who manages money better.
Key Takeaways:
- worker safety is unrelated to the funding of worker’s compensation schemes
- work related fatalities in Australia vary greatly by territory, but happen all over the country
- national safe work month is often used an opportunity for political grandstanding
“Clearly Minister Cash, in line with the ideology of the Liberal Party, wants to emphasise that the “natural” party of the business community manages money better that the Australian Labor Party.”
Read more: https://safetyatworkblog.com/2017/09/29/the-clash-between-money-and-lives/
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