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04 August 2000 |
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NewsRural Safety Lapses' Massive Cost
The cost of workplace fatalities and injuries in the rural sector is enormous, a whopping $1.25 billion dollars per year, according to the Australian Workers Union.
"Given that farmers are always crying poor mouth, you would think that they would make a strategy for reducing the costs associated with injuries, and yet they don't", AWU state secretary Russ Collison says. This is why the union is stepping up our campaign "Push for the Bush" and safety is a major part of this. The union intends to hold a number of forums to bring home to the rural community that these horrific deaths and injuries can't continue. "Employers often come screaming to me and say that they are going to go wall because their compensation premiums are too high. It is only going to get worse unless they act now", Collison says. According to our Safety Watchdog Mary Yaager, the rural community is well aware of how dangerous the industry is and they seem to accept it as a part of life in the bush. "But we can't just stand back and allow the senseless loss of life and limb to continue let alone the soaring costs," Yaags says. These Rural Safety Forums will be held in August in Wagga, Goulburn, Albury and Orange. Details as follows:
Goulburn Workers' Club
Orange Ex Services Club
Wagga Commercial Club
Albury Commercial Club
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