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West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has launched another attack against the Gillard Government's mining policy, claiming harmonised safety laws will be used as a weapon by unions against companies.
According to The Financial Review Barnett said the laws would trouble companies by allowing unions to enter sites without permission if they suspected a safety breach.
Under the Fair Work Act unions must give 24 hours notice if they wish to enter a site to discuss industrial relations laws.
The Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union has previously been accused of using safety concerns as a weapon in negotiations with BMA on its troubled Queensland coal sites.
WA has not yet agreed to pass harmonised safety laws under the Council of Australian Governments.
According to The Financial Review federal labour and CFMEU national construction secretary Dave Noonan hit back at Barnett's comments and accused him of politicising important safety concerns.
"Where rights of entry have existed for safety, they have been used responsibly by our union and by the trade union movement, and Mr Barnett should not avail himself of the facts," he said.
The Australian Mines and Metals Association backed Barnett and said unions were attempting to run an industrial relations campaign "under the guide of safety".
The mother of an Australian miner killed in New Zealand's Pike River disaster has joined a union campaign against BHP Billiton over safety concerns.
In a moving video released by the CFMEU recently Joanne Ufer spoke of the heartache of losing a loved one to mining.
Ufer's son Josh died in the Pike River disaster aged 25, soon after finding out he was going to be a father.
His daughter was born six months after he died.
"It's been absolutely devastating for our family and friends," Ufer said in the video.
"I have been deeply shocked by the evidence of negligence by management at the mine and I never want any other family to have to go through what we have."
"Mine safety is a matter of life and death. It is too important to be handed over just to management."
Ufer's short speech is followed by the words "fair go BHP, don't undermine our safety" on screen.
The advertisement is the latest shot fired by the union in its ongoing dispute with BMA over conditions for Queensland coal workers.
An inquiry into the Pike River disaster is still ongoing.
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