Will the Minister outline efforts being made by WorkCover to showcase safety improvements in the shearing industry?
The Hon. JOHN DELLA BOSCA: I certainly will. WorkCover will tomorrow conduct an open day at Quamby Park, near Walcha, to demonstrate safety initiatives in the shearing industry. Quamby Park is a premier merino stud and cattle property and visitors will be able to inspect the state-of-the-art shearing shed, developed with funding assistance from WorkCover’s ShearSafety Program. ShearSafety has shown woolgrowers around New South Wales that occupational health and safety improvements can be made to sheds of any age, often with very modest sums of money. The modifications made at Quamby Park are, however, at the very top end. The owners received the maximum grant of $20,000 under a dollar-for-dollar program and have spent considerably more than that to invest in the safety and productivity of their property. A huge hangar-like metal structure was imported from Queensland to replace the century-old, rotting woolshed. It was adapted to incorporate the latest techniques and procedures in shea
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