Page 2011 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 15 May 2013
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… this won’t necessarily mean that being the best safety performer will guarantee a given contractor will win a tender, it will give them an advantage over their competitors and, if all other factors are relatively equal, it could very well be the deciding factor. The weighting given to the safety criterion will also play an important part in determining tender outcomes.
The report goes on to say:
… a minimum threshold may also need to be established for the safety criterion. This threshold may be able to be raised over time as the performance of the local industry improves.
I accept that is a sensible approach for now, but I remain very interested in the minimum threshold and how we are able to ramp this up over time.
Mr Gentleman, this is why I have slightly reworded part of your motion where you used the word “paramount”. I think you had the same intention, but I have simply picked up the intent in the Getting home safely report.
To sum up, I am very happy to support Mr Gentleman’s motion and I appreciate that he brought it forward to the Assembly today. Work safety should remain at the fore of the government’s agenda. I look forward to seeing further significant work on the Getting home safely report done in a timely fashion.
I now seek leave to move together two amendments circulated in my name and also to make proposed paragraph 3(e) refer to a six-monthly review.
Leave granted.
MR RATTENBURY: I move:
(1) Omit paragraph (2), substitute:
“(2) endorses the recommendations from the Getting Home Safely report;”.
(2) Omit paragraphs (3) and (4), substitute:
“(3) calls on the ACT Government to:
(a) ensure a timely implementation of the recommendations in the report;
(b) ensure workplace safety is a key consideration when procuring capital works across the Territory;
(c) ensure the relevant recommendations from the Getting Home Safely report are incorporated into the ACT Government’s procurement process;
(d) work with industry peak bodies and unions to ensure positive and inclusive safety cultures in all workplaces across the Territory; and
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