On 21 September 2022 the WA Government tabled its response(Response) to the 'Enough is Enough'
report(Report) made by the Western Australian
Parliament's Community Development and Justice Standing
Committee following theInquiry into sexual harassment against
women in the FIFO mining
industry(Inquiry).
Background
The Response was tabled by the Minister for Industrial
Relations, Minister Johnston, and supported by the Minister for
Women's Interests, Minister McGurk. It accepts there are issues
within the sector but makes clear that the WA Government considers
no dedicated legal reform is warranted to implement the
Report's recommendations.
The WA Government's strategy
While the WA Government generally accepted all of the
Report's recommendations (by either supporting, supporting in
principle or noting these), a key theme in the Response is that the
Government sees that primary obligation to ensure workplaces are
safe, healthy and responsible rests with
