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Mandatory penalties not needed for worker assaults
A NSW inquiry has made 47 recommendations for improving the health and safety of emergency services workers, but rejected calls to extend mandatory minimum penalties for assaults on workers, or fully endorse compulsory disease testing of assailants.
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