Coal Mining Safety and Health Advisory Committee
OrganisationReferenced in 2 bills
Resources Safety and Health Queensland Bill 2019
This bill creates Resources Safety and Health Queensland as an independent statutory body to regulate safety in Queensland's mining, quarrying, explosives and petroleum industries. It implements recommendations from the Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis inquiry, separating the safety regulator from the government department that promotes the mining industry.
4/9/2019· PASSED with amendment· Hon A Lynham
Work & EmploymentHealth
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Mines Legislation (Resources Safety) Amendment Bill 2018
This bill strengthens workplace safety laws for Queensland's mining and quarrying industries, responding to the re-identification of black lung disease among coal miners. It increases penalties, expands inspector powers, requires better qualified ventilation officers, and creates new health surveillance for former miners.
20/3/2018· PASSED· Hon A Lynham MP
Work & EmploymentRegional Queensland