Unions estimate workers lost $6.6m when bushfire smoke forced workplaces to close

Adrian Rollins
Updated February 17 2020 - 6:29am, first published 3:30am
Public put face mask on statue in Hughes. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
Public put face mask on statue in Hughes. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

A study has found that the vast majority of employees were forced to operate in smoke-filled workplaces at least once during the recent summer of disaster, potentially exposing them to hazardous levels of pollution.

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Adrian Rollins

Adrian Rollins

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Adrian Rollins is economics correspondent for the Canberra Times

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