“I know the family – not so much the son, but the parents – and I think the media coverage of this (death followed closely by WorkSafe’s inquiry announcement) could lead someone to believe that they had no care in safety, which I know is not the case,” Sonia Tipton, a Hyden wool handler and shearing contractor with husband Doug, told the Western Australian Shearing Industry Association (WASIA) annual meeting in Belmont on Saturday morning.
