Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby
Ryan Bridge: Have we lost the plot on Health and Safety rules?
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Sinopsis
Brooke van Velden's anti-health and safety crusade's taken a rather bizarre twist - it's the plot twist nobody saw coming. She's consulting the public on safe activities kids are allowed to do on farms, like watering plants and collecting chicken eggs. It's a bit of an odd strategy, but the strategy seems to be that there's a potential problem with the law. Anyone under 15 is technically not allowed to do work on a working farm. You could get fined $50,000. But nobody's been done for letting little Johnny pick up eggs. So, it's a potential problem, but not an actual problem. The Minister's strategy, surely, is to point out how ridiculous the law is in the first place. But her response sounds a bit off for a Minister who says we need to get away from over regulation and consultation and nonsense and just let Kiwis get on with their lives. She is quoted as saying: “We’ll be consulting with farmers and the agriculture sector on the safety thresholds for light