Looking across the nation, a teenage apprentice has died after scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in Macquarie Park, sparking a call by unions for national industrial manslaughter laws to be introduced on building sites.
When the Berejiklian government was asked on Tuesday whether it would consider reforms to the industry it directed inquiries to SafeWork NSW.
Executive director of SafeWork New South Wales, Tony Williams, says “following the Macquarie Park worksite accident, SafeWork NSW will carry out an exhaustive investigation into the cause of this incident [and] all factors that may have contributed to scaffold safety on site will be considered.”