Senator CANAVAN (Queensland—Minister for Resources and Northern Australia and Deputy Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) (14:52): I thank Senator Rennick for his question and I want to say up front that safety is the No. 1 priority of myself as the Minister for Resources, and I believe it is a No. 1 priority of all resource ministers around the country as well as for the trade unions that represent workers and the vast majority of business leaders as well. It should be the No. 1 priority to protect people in the industry. The most important things people can leave a mine site with is their life and their health. I would like to recognise that tomorrow is the Miners Memorial Day in Queensland, which does mark the state's worst mine disaster at Mount Mulligan in Far North Queensland in 1921, where 75 miners died. There is a memorial service in Moura tomorrow to mark that anniversary. In my area of responsibility for the offshore oil and gas sector, it is good that we have had six consecutive years now without a fatality. We can never rest on our laurels, though. In the first half of last year, we had a surge in near misses that could have caused a death or serious injury. So at last year's APPEA conference I convened a roundtable with leaders in the oil and gas sector to remind them of their obligations to protect health and safety and I also mentioned the issue in my speech to the conference. It has been a welcome result that, in the second half of the year, we had a major drop in those incidents and, in fact, by the end of 2018 we had recorded the lowest number of near misses that could have caused a death or serious injury since 2010. I also recognise there has been a surge in tragic fatalities in the Queensland coal industry over the past year and, while this is a matter for the Queensland government, I fully support the efforts of my good mate Minister Lynham there in Queensland, who is working hard to make sure that safety is reset to be a priority for the industry there. The Australian government fully supports the safety reset that is occurring in the Queensland coal industry and encourages all businesses to make sure they meet their obligations under that policy. The PRESIDENT: Senator Rennick, a supplementary question.