Australian Maritime Safety Authority – WorkSafe — memorandum of understanding
1025. Hon ALISON XAMON to the Minister for Commerce:
I refer to work to update a memorandum of understanding between the WorkSafe division of the Department of Commerce and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority to resolve jurisdictional issues.
(1) Has this work been completed?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) If yes to (1), when?
(4) If yes to (1), will the minister please table the new memorandum of understanding?
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied:
I thank the member for some notice of this question.
(1) No.
(2) The jurisdictional issues will be addressed once the commonwealth has made the necessary changes to marine orders part 32 issued under the commonwealth Navigation Act 1912. When this has occurred, the memorandum of understanding, which is proposed to set out guidelines under which WorkSafe and AMSA will respond to health and safety issues on ships and wharves in Western Australia, can be finalised.
(3)–(4) Not applicable.