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Safety in Australia’s gig economy – what’s changed?
19/01/2022
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EASI in Australia
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Charmaine Tsang
Charmaine Tsang is a partner at HFW
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Steve Bowler
Steve Bowler is a senior associate at HFW

In late 2020, four food delivery drivers lost their lives on Sydney roads over a period of just three months, highlighting serious safety issues within the food delivery industry.

In response, the NSW government established a Joint Taskforce into Food Delivery Rider Safety to examine whether changes needed to be made to the industry to avoid future deaths.