Hansard debates

Mrs McARTHUR (Western Victoria) (12:41): (1495) My question is for the Minister for Health and concerns the obligations on farmers and business owners in relation to the entry of contractors and workers onto their property. Specifically I refer to the powers currently being used by AusNet representatives under section 93 of the Electricity Industry Act 2000. Farmers on the route of the Western Victoria Transmission Network Project who have refused access to their property now face the use of these section 93 powers. Chief heath officer directions consider all farms as workplaces and potential transmission sites, so my question to the minister is: are landowners required to monitor forced access by contractors to record attendance and establish the vaccination status of these workers potentially in close contact with their own employees? Can they deny access to contractors of undetermined or non-vaccinated status? If they do not, are they liable to penalties under the directions?