Sophie Cotsis
AustraliapoliticianFemale5.5Global Dominance: 0.00%Sophie Cotsis is the Work Health and Safety Minister in New South Wales, Australia, who has expressed a commitment to enforcing strict safety regulations to protect workers from hazardous silica exposure. She has acknowledged the historical neglect of safety systems and is leading initiatives to address these concerns, including the establishment of a silica tunnelling taskforce.
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Sophie Cotsis is the Industrial Relations Minister who criticized Mike Newman in parliament.
One Nation’s new man failed to use precautions and got himself into troubleAustralia· 2026-09-16
Industrial Relations Minister Sophie Cotsis stated that the government is considering options for labour hire reforms.
Labor backbenchers push for urgent crackdown on rogue labour hire operatorsAustralia· 2026-09-14
NSW Industrial Relations Minister Sophie Cotsis acknowledges the devastating impact of cancer on workers and their families.
Thousands of patients pushed out of jobs due to a diagnosisAustralia· 2026-08-10
Sophie Cotsis is the Work Health and Safety Minister who, along with Police Minister Yasmin Catley, mentioned that the government is monitoring allegations of illegal labour practices.
NSW Nationals leader Gurmesh Singh ‘on notice’ by Anti-slavery commissioner over labour hire firms in Coffs Harbour electorateAustralia· 2026-08-05
Sophie Cotsis is the SafeWork Minister who received a situation report regarding allegations of unsafe behavior on the show.
Filmed in the shower and touching without consentAustralia· 2026-05-27
Sophie Cotsis is the Industrial Relations Minister who allocated funding to community organizations that donated to her campaign.
Community soccer clubs received funding after giving to Labor campaignsAustralia· 2026-02-11
Minister for Work Health and Safety Sophie Cotsis welcomed tougher sanctions for venue owners and staff who fail to ensure a safe workplace.
NSW Police and liquor inspectors will be given powers to strip licences from venues that fail to keep staff safeAustralia· 2025-10-31
Workplace Health and Safety Minister Sophie Cotsis last month told budget estimates she was 'very concerned' by reports that injured workers’ families had been included in desktop surveillance.
EML TMF says online surveillance of injured workers is ‘relatively common’Australia· 2025-10-12
Minister for Work Health and Safety Sophie Cotsis emphasized the need for parliament to pass the government’s reforms.
icare policy costing NSW businesses inflated workers compensation premiums, Greens MP saysAustralia· 2025-09-25
Sophie Cotsis represents Canterbury in state politics.
Inside the fight to represent western SydneyAustralia· 2025-05-23
Work Health and Safety Minister Sophie Cotsis did not respond to questions regarding whether she was aware of the risk management plan.
Construction company and SafeWork discussed strategies to protect tunnel workersAustralia· 2025-03-26
Sophie Cotsis said the changes would provide an avenue for gig-economy workers who now have 'no mechanism' to seek better pay.
Uber, DoorDash oppose NSW government’s gig economy billAustralia· 2025-03-19
Work Health and Safety Minister Sophie Cotsis said she had 'zero tolerance' for workers’ exposure to unsafe levels of silica and expected SafeWork to 'strongly enforce legislation to protect workers'.
Tunnellers face ‘hideously dusty and unsafe’ working conditionsAustralia· 2025-03-16
Work Health and Safety Minister Sophie Cotsis said she had 'zero tolerance' for workers’ exposure to unsafe levels of silica and expected SafeWork to 'strongly enforce legislation to protect workers'.
Tunnellers face ‘hideously dusty and unsafe’ working conditionsAustralia· 2025-03-15