A new 860-kilometre survey extending from Western Australia into South Australia will unearth information about a large uncharted corner of Australia, according to the South Australian Government...
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New laws aimed at preventing unions from holding up the development of greenfield mining, oil and gas projects, will be introduced by the Abbot Government within three months. The Abbott Government...
The NSW Minerals Council has sent a warning shot to both sides of parliament, saying the votes of miners could decide the outcome of next year’s state election. The warning comes as the NSW...
A range of new air quality tests and studies will take place in the Lower Hunter of NSW in response to community concern, the NSW government announced today. The new initiatives include additional...
Clive Palmer has won a Federal Coast case against two Chinese government-owned companies over his company’s legal right to operate the Cape Preston iron ore port in Western Australia. As Chair of...
A revised version of WA’s controversial oil and gas well management regulations have been released for public comment today by the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP). DMP Executive...
A new report released by Qld’s Department of Natural Resources and Mines suggests that inexperienced workers in the petroleum and gas sector may be contributing to a high incidence of safety breaches...
The downturn in Australia’s mining boom has taken a chunk out of some mining workers’ pay packets, according to a survey of safety and environmental workers conducted by safesearch. The...
The expansion of the Abbot Point coal terminal near Bowen in Queensland will go ahead after the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority approved an application to dispose of dredge spoil at a...
A major resources industry group is calling on the federal government to relax laws preventing mine companies from advertising ‘Indigenous only’ jobs. Executive Director of the AMMA...
