Minister for innovation and better regulation

Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Matt Kean speaks to ABC Newcastle about the loose fill asbestos program.

A shonky car dealer who traded without a licence and withheld more than a million dollars from his customers will spend up to three years in jail.

Mathew David Hale, the director of Gasoline Machine – trading as Gasoline Motor Co – had pleaded guilty to 12 counts of fraud, three counts of larceny and one count of trading without a motor vehicle trader's licence. He was sentenced in the Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday and was given a 20-month non-parole period.

An Auburn businessman has been fined after a 58 year old man died when he fell from a ladder while installing security cameras.

Minister for Better Regulation Matt Kean said Ru Dong Li, 53, was fined $60,000 in the Sydney District Court for failing to ensure the health and safety of a casual worker who died while in Mr Li’s employment, in June 2016.

The court heard that Li did not have a proper fall protection system in place.

Mr Kean said the incident showed that falls can happen in a split second, and have tragic consequences if safety procedures are not followed.

A virtual reality training experience which simulates a quad bike accident was unveiled on Tuesday.

Officially launched by Minister for Better Regulation Matt Kean at the NSW Farmers Association annual conference, the aim of the program is to help keep farmers safe.

The new virtual reality experience is part of SafeWork NSW’s $3.7 million Quad Bike Safety Improvement Program.

“Quad bikes continue to be the biggest killer on Australian farms, with 118 people killed since 2011, including 33 in NSW,” Mr Kean said.

Farmers will now be able to experience quad bike safety on a whole new level, with the NSW Government today unveiling an innovative virtual reality training experience.

Minister for Better Regulation Matt Kean will officially launch the program, which simulates a quad bike accident, at the NSW Farmers Conference in Sydney today. 

“Quad bikes continue to be the biggest killer on Australian farms, with 118 people killed since 2011, including 33 in NSW,” Mr Kean said.

A public warning has been issued about the imported Hashmi Eyeliner after three children became sick.

Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Matt Kean has told 2GB Fair Trading inspectors are working with NSW Health to get these products removed from sale.

A real estate agent in Sydney’s Inner West has pleaded guilty to dishonestly claiming more than $210,000 from the NSW Rental Bond Board.

Minister for Better Regulation Matt Kean said Matthew Thomas Williams, 36, was sentenced in the Parramatta Local Court to two 15 month jail terms, for dishonestly claiming the refund of 42 rental bonds.

The jail terms were suspended on the condition that Williams enter a good behaviour bond. He was also disqualified from holding a real estate licence for a period of 10 years.

Three Sydney children have become ill after using an eyeliner almost entirely made of lead.

The Hashmi Kohl branded product was 84 per cent lead and also contained high levels of dangerous metals including arsenic, cadmium, chromium and mercury, NSW Better Regulation Minister Matt Kean said on Tuesday.

"Some of the product packaging even specifically states that no lead is present, which is a total disgrace," Mr Kean said in a statement.

A public warning has been issued about an imported cosmetic eye liner, which has dangerous levels of lead and may have caused three children to become sick.

Minister for Better Regulation Matt Kean said testing of the imported cosmetics, including Hashmi Surmi Special and Hashmi Kohl Aswad eyeliners, revealed an 84 per cent lead content. The products also contained high levels of dangerous metals like arsenic, cadmium, chromium and mercury.

Mr Kean said concerns were raised when the three children from the same family became sick.