Injured workers will be eligible for two new benefits that provide further support for them to return to work. A $1000 new employment assistance benefit is available to all injured workers who return...
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Australian researchers have raised fresh concerns that a major shipping disaster could harm the Great Barrier Reef, with new research revealing coal dust in seawater can kill corals and slow down the...
A record 740 million tonnes of iron ore was produced in Western Australia in 2015 according to the latest statistics available from the Department of Mines and Petroleum. DMP Director General Richard...
The Final Report of the Royal Commission into the Nuclear Fuel Cycle has been publicly released this week. The Royal Commission, led by former Governor of South Australia, Rear Admiral the Hon Kevin...
Ten years ago today, Brant Webb and Todd Russell stepped outside of the Beaconsfield mine and clocked off after two weeks trapped underground. At 9.26pm on April 25, 2006, the miners became entombed...
Empire Resources’ Penny’s Find gold project has been given the go-ahead by the Department of Mines and Petroleum. The company received notification of assessment of the project’s...
A batch of self-rescuers have been recommended to be returned for assessment due to a defect has been revealed by a NSW Mine Safety Alert. The SR50 and SR100A self rescuers have been recommended by...
To have any chance of preventing dangerous climate change, the world needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero or even negative by mid-century. Many experts suggest this means we need to...
Mining is environmentally damaging, but as a society we broadly accept this because of the financial benefits it provides, and because we assume ways can be found to fix the damage. Miners are now...
Indian mining giant Adani has been hit with a fresh lawsuit, as environmental groups challenge the Carmichael coal project’s environmental authority. Conservation group Coast and Country has...
