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Welcome to SafeyNET for the week of the 29th of April, 2019. Renata is away enjoying some hard-earned time off, so the team are doing their best to get SafetyNET out this week in her absence.

OHS news is still alive and kicking in the midst of the election campaign, with one of our milestone events of the year taking place, and big news coming out of the Victorian government in relation to the dangers of silica dust as well as an election pledge from the Labor party on industrial manslaughter laws.

We welcome comments on any of the issues covered - just send an email here. (Please don't 'reply' to your email). If you have a story or an issue you would like covered, contact us as well. it's great to get your views. Remember too: to keep up to date and informed between editions of SafetyNet, go to our We Are Union: OHS Reps Facebook page, and for those who are HSRs and/or passionate about health and safety, join the OHS Network page, a safe place to raise and discuss issues: check it out and ask to join.

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