Ín the wake of hundreds of job cuts across News South Wales, the NSW Minerals Council is urging those in the mining industry to show decision-makers that ‘mining jobs matter’, by...
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Head of the Queensland Resources Council, Michael Roche says blaming fly-in fly-out (FIFO) operations for a coal industry downturn bore the hallmarks of a witch-hunt. The comments were made by Roche...
FIFO workers from mining and gas projects in south-west Queensland have been targeted for drug searches by police with sniffer dogs at Miles Airport. According to Surat Basin.com, nine flights were...
Hundreds more mine workers in Central Queensland will lose their jobs with the news overnight that Isaac Plains coal mine, near Moranbah, will be shut down by the end of the year. The news is yet...
700 jobs will be axed across BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliances’ (BMA) Central Queensland mine sites. According to the ABC, “BMA said the workforce reduction was required to remain viable...
A former mine project manager from Mackay has told a court his dangerous drug addiction started after being forced by his employer to sack 51 mine workers, including the Best Man and Groomsman from...
Hundreds of workers at Griffin’s Collie Coal Mine, south of Perth, did not show up for work today after Griffin’s parent company failed to make a long overdue multi-million dollar payment...
Fifty workers at Yancoal’s Abel underground mine at Black Hill in New South Wales have lost their jobs as the company looks to cut costs through business restructuring. A spokesperson for...
Minister for Immigration, Scott Morrison, yesterday flagged the government’s intention to water down English language requirements for Australia’s skilled migration programs, prompting dire safety...
Between 2010 and 2050, the number of people aged between 65 to 84 is expected to double and the number of people 85 and older is expected to quadruple which means australia’s workforce will age...
