Fed: Worker memorial for national capital

AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2010
Fed: Worker memorial for national capital

A national memorial commemorating workers killed and injured on the job is expected
to be built in Canberra.

The announcement of a parliamentary committee to look at establishing the memorial's
come as thousands of people mark Workers Memorial Day across Australia.

Labor Senator DOUG CAMERON .. who'll chair the bipartisan committee .. says a memorial's
long overdue.

Union members attending rallies and services today have largely focused on fatalities
and injuries in the construction industry .. as well as the failed federal insulation
scheme .. which has been linked to the deaths of four people and more than 120 house fires.

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