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Businesses urged to make safetly promise to build better workplaces

Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Matt Kean MP wants businesses to make safety promise

Businesses can now make a Safety Promise to help improve the health and safety of  their workers, Minister for Better Regulation Matt Kean announced today. 

The SafeWork NSW online tool is part of the NSW Government’s $3.2 million ‘Safety starts with you’ campaign that aims to help employers safeguard their workplaces. 

“Anyone with a job in this state has the right to a safe and healthy workplace, yet we saw more than 30,000 work-related injuries across the state last year,” Mr Kean said.

Inquiry launched into RSL charities over alleged financial misconduct

Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Matt Kean announces inquiry into RSL

An inquiry under the Charitable Fundraising Act will investigate the RSL's fundraising activities following allegations of financial misconduct, Minister Matt Kean announced today. 

The inquiry follows a number of questions about the expenditure of funds raised and held by RSL NSW, RSL LifeCare, and the RSL Welfare and Benevolent Institution (DefenceCare), each of which holds an authority to fundraise under the Charitable Fundraising Act.

Government launches formal RSL investigation

Inquiry into RSL charitis announced by Minister Innovation and Better Regulation Matt Kean MP

The NSW government will step in and investigate the RSL's financial scandals, declaring itself "fed up" with the league's own efforts to investigate claims of possible fraud and cover-ups by some leaders.

Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Matt Kean, who is responsible for charities laws, said it was time "once and for all" to get to the bottom of the allegations.

New quad bike campaign aims to drive down death toll

Amber Thomas who suffered severe injuries in a Quad Bike accident appears in safety campaign

A confronting new advertising campaign aimed at reducing the number of people killed or injured in quad bike accidents will begin airing across regional NSW this week. 

It follows Minister for Better Regulation Matt Kean’s recent announcement of free training and a free helmet for those who complete the course. 

The campaign includes two real-life stories, including one about Tamworth teen Amber Thomas who sustained shocking facial injuries in an accident when she was just 14.

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