The New South Wales Government today pays its deepest respects to those who have died from work-related incidents or illness and their loved ones.
I will today join Unions NSW at a service at Reflection Park at Sydney's Darling Harbour to honour the memory of those who have lost their lives, with the family, friends, and co-workers of victims.
The NSW Government believes every worker deserves a safe workplace and any workplace death is a tragedy.
While today we remember those who didn't come home to their loved ones, the best tribute the NSW Government can offer is a safer future for others.
The NSW Government is acting to transform SafeWork NSW into a standalone regulator with a heightened role for families of injured workers.
We are enacting an industrial manslaughter offence - the last mainland state to introduce this offence - to hold to account those responsible for the death of a worker due to negligent or reckless behaviour.
The NSW Government is progressing a world-leading ban on engineered stone from July 1 to stem the rise in deadly silicosis.
This is a sombre day of grief and remembrance, but it must also be a day on which we recommit to action.
