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SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Ministerial Statement
Debate resumed from 5 July 1989, on motion by Mr Berry:
That the Assembly takes note of the following paper:
Supported Accommodation Assistance Program - Ministerial statement, 5 July 1989.
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition): I do not wish to continue the debate on that paper, Mr Speaker.
Motion (by Mr Whalan) agreed to:
That the order of the day be discharged.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY BILL 1989
Detail Stage
Consideration resumed from 26 October 1989.
Clause 27 (Duties of employers in relation to employees)
MR STEFANIAK (3.45): Mr Speaker, I move:
Page 11, line 33, omit subclause 2(a)(ii).
This amendment also relates to adequate facilities for welfare at work. My comments on this subclause are exactly the same as those I made last week in relation to my amendment No. 4, and I do not wish to bore the Assembly by reiterating those.
MR WHALAN (Minister for Industry, Employment and Education) (3.46): The Government opposes the amendment, Mr Speaker.
Amendment negatived.
MR STEFANIAK (3.47): Mr Speaker, I move:
Page 12, line 4, omit ", in appropriate languages,".
The committee considered this question at great length. We went to a number of sites, we observed a fair amount of machinery with international signs on it, and we spoke to a number of workers, employers and indeed other persons and organisations in relation to this problem.
A number of witnesses expressed their concern to the committee over the requirements to provide information, instruction, training and supervision in appropriate languages. Some witnesses felt it was particularly onerous to provide training and supervision in an appropriate language and it was intimated to the committee that such
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