Breakfast

Today's COAG meeting will include a push to harmonise the 15 occupational health and safety laws across the country. The federal government says a single set of matching workplace safety laws will create greater efficiency, but unions fear it's a mechanism for extending the weakest safety laws nationwide.

Guests

Gary Brack
CEO, Employers First
http://www.employersfirst.org.au

Neil Foster
Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Newcastle.
www.newcastle.edu.au/research/expertise/139186.html

John Sutton
National Secretary, Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union

Further Information

Council of Australian Governments

Workplace Relations Ministers Council

Australian Safety and Compensation Council

National OH&S Review

Reporter

James Carleton

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