A new audit and accompanying guide developed by the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) will help to identify and manage psychosocial risks in Western Australia’s resources industry. DMP...
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Coal explorers have gained a government concession that could save them up to $114 million in the face of the global mining downturn. Minister for State Development and Minister for Natural Resources...
Victoria’s Environmental Protection Authority has brought charges against four companies over the Hazelwood coal mine fire, which burned for 45 days in February and March 2014, blanketing the nearby...
The $21.7 billion Carmichael coal project has passed a significant milestone with agreements reached with all landholders, State Parliament heard yesterday. Minister for State Development and...
Queensland Parliament has announced it’s support for the approval of Adani’s $21.7 billion Carmichael Coal project. State Development and Natural Resources and Mines Minister Anthony Lynham...
The billion dollar Dubbo Zirconia Project in New South Wales has passed its final hurdle and will go ahead, creating at least 450 jobs for the region. “The Environment Protection Authority has...
The deadly disease thought to have been eradicated thirty years ago has made a nasty return, sending shockwaves through the Queensland mining industry. But did it ever disappear, or did the industry...
Driving is one of the most dangerous things we all do on a regular basis and it has been identified by mining companies as a considerable risk – with many companies indicating it is the number one...
The allure of a ‘legal’ drug, undetectable by any workplace test is tempting workers in the mining industry who are chasing that synthetic high, which often rivals the effects of the more common...
Professor, author and pilot Sidney Dekker talks safety from 30,000ft, “overparenting” in the mining industry, and how one Australian mine has scrapped all safety procedures in a brave experiment...
A new study by the University of Adelaide’s School of Public Health has linked data from worker compensation claims with temperature records. The study, Perceptions of Workplace Heat Exposure and...
Senior lawyer Melissa Demarco and Partner Shae McCartney discuss reasonable management action versus bullying under the Fair Work Act, and recognising the difference. The bullying and harassment...
