A Riverina mother whose campaign for a senate inquiry into industrial deaths has urged the committee to provide a report by Christmas after it was delayed twice this year.
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Kay Catanzariti began the campaign for an inquiry in mid-2012 when her 21-year-old son was killed from head injuries sustained while working at a Canberra construction site.
Mrs Catanzariti said a report by December would provide her and others in her shoes “a sense of hope that legislation will change to prevent more deaths”.
“We hope the recommendations from the submissions are accepted and put into legislation next year – this is our goal,” she said.
“What keeps us going is to be able to speak out.
“We have to prevent it [industrial deaths], we really shouldn’t be talking about it in the first place.”
We have to prevent it [industrial deaths], we really shouldn’t be talking about it in the first place.
- Kay Catanzariti
There have been eight public hearings this year, beginning in July. The report is now set to be tabled on October 17.
Mrs Catanzariti and more than 10 others are set to meet with deputy prime minister Michael McCormack and other political figures at 11am on the day before the report.
“We need his [McCormack’s] support and they need to see our faces,” she said.
“What we want is a pledge from them to commit to workplace reforms to prevent future workplace deaths,” Mrs Catanzariti said.
“We’re not asking them to commit to the recommendations before reading them but if they can say they’d help us make changes, that’s what we need.”
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