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Hanssen clocks up another $89,000 in fines for wilful breaches of safety laws
By Simon Stokes CFMEU Construction & General WA High profile Perth builder Gerry Hanssen, his company Hanssen Pty Ltd, and a former employee were today fined a total of $89,000 in the Federal Circuit Court for a further 16 wilful breaches of the law in Perth on...
Hanssen to be prosecuted. Yet again.
By Simon Stokes CFMEU Construction & General WA WorkSafe WA have announced yet another prosecution of recalcitrant Perth builder, Hanssen Pty Ltd., run by well-known Perth builder Gerry Hanssen. Hanssen is a major builder of apartments in Perth through contracts...
Master Builders’ sycophancy on full display around Industrial Manslaughter
By Mick Buchan State Secretary, CFMEU Construction & General WA Over the last few years I’ve witnessed the staggering inadequacy of our occupational health and safety laws when it comes to holding principle contractors and subcontractors accountable for the death...
Silica: They take the profits. You pay the price.
By Bob Benkesser Yesterday SafeWork Australia met to discuss reducing the safe standard workplace exposure to silica dust from 0.1 mg per cubic metre to 0.02 mg per cubic metre. This is in response to the growing awareness of the dangers of silica and the increased...