Safer Work Environment for workers in the NSW sustainable timber industry
Petitioner:
Ms Cherie Brown
| Member:
Gulaptis, Christopher
| No. of Signatories:
834
| Date closed:
07/11/2022
To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly, The petitioners ask the Legislative Assembly to:
1. Have the NSW Parliament recognise and protect works that act in accordance with NSW Legislation and regulations in respect to sustainable timber harvesting.
2. Follow the Victorian Government in protecting a safe workplace for timber workers engaged in sustainable forestry practices.
3. Ensure current legislation and any future legislation has an equivalence in penalty points with the Victorian legislation.
4. Permit a statutory civil action to enforce trespass or damage to equipment or hinderance or obstruction to the operation of equipment in any approved forestry operation against an individual or organisation associated with or purported to be associated with the actions of the individual.
5. In respect to any civil action that is successful the Court or Tribunal granted a power to make a monetary award together with an equivalence point contained in any police-initiated action against any organisation associated with the person against whom a civil action is successful.
6. In the alternative, legislate to ensure safe work conditions for people working in the timber industry and support the timber industry of New South Wales and the contractors associated with sustainable harvesting.
7. Strengthen laws associated with illegal protesting to ensure workers’ rights to a safe workplace in the native and plantation harvesting sectors.
8. Introduce stronger penalties to deter dangerous protest activities that puts the safety of both forestry workers and people who illegally enter dangerous work sites at risk
