The nation's workplace health safety ministers will meet this afternoon to discuss banning engineered stone benchtops.
Workplace Relations Minister, @Tony_Burke joins @RNBreakfast shortly #auspol
LISTEN LIVE: ab.co/2GqJiZo
Feb 27, 2023 · 8:34 PM UTC
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Why have you decided to go straight for a ban?
"If you have a children's toy that's considered dangerous you rip it off the shelves"
- @Tony_Burke
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"I don't think we should wait 12-months them [safe work Australia] to scope out what a ban would look like.. I want that work being done straight away"
- @Tony_Burke PT 1
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"We waited 70 years from when we were told about the dangers of asbestos before we got to a ban. I don't want us to be making the same mistake this time".
- @Tony_Burke PT 2
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"if we could easily regulate it then we wouldn't be considering a ban at all"
- @Tony_Burke
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you'll be looking to convince the states and territories to agree to the ban - have you got the numbers?
"I've got a good degree of confidence as to how the meeting will go today, but obviously jurisdictions are free to put whatever view they want..."
- @Tony_Burke PT 1
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"There's been a good degree of support for the concept that we shouldn't be waiting any longer before we scope out what a ban could look like."
- @Tony_Burke PT 2
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the fact that December quarter profits were up more than 10%, compared to wages which rose 2.6% for the same period show it's corporate profits driving inflation, not wages?
"What I will say is this. It's really clear that wages are not driving inflation .. "
- @Tony_Burke PT 1
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"it's really clear we don't have some kind of spiral of inflation caused by high wage growth"
- @Tony_Burke PT 2
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