More details of the “WorkSafe Tax” and WorkSafe Victoria’s new infringement notices and specialist construction inspectors emerged with the appearance of the Minister for Workplace Safety, Jill Hennessy, at the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee hearing on June 14 2019.
Liberal Member of Parliament Richard Riordan went to town on the Minister. He opened with this question:
“….I refer to budget paper 5, page 23, which shows you are ripping $700 million out of the WorkCover Authority over the forward estimates. How does taking such a massive dividend tax to the government help workplace safety?”
page 5, Verified Transcript
But this issue has been bubbling along since at least 2011 when the now Premier, Daniel Andrews, vehemently opposed it.
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