458 MS BATH — To move —
That this House —
(1) notes that —
(a) everyone has a right to a safe workplace;
(b) forestry harvest and haulage contractors and employees are frequently targeted by forest protestors heightening their risk to occupational health and safety;
(c) occupational health and safety risks include financial pressure, physical danger and undue mental stress;
(2) calls on the Andrews Labor Government to —
- recognise that forestry harvest and haulage contractors and their employees are at risk by the actions of forest protestors;
- implement responsive action by Victoria Police, authorised officers and Worksafe inspectors;
- provide attending authorities with the ability to immediately move on protestors; and
(d) apply appropriate penalties that deter protestors from attending and disrupting logging coupes.