Comments from a senior member of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) that Australia’s workplace laws are complex and too often require specialist legal advice, show the system must be simplified...
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The lack of mineral exploration currently being conducted in Queensland’s north west could prove disastrous for the state in the very near future, according to the head of the Queensland Resources...
The Tasmanian Minerals Conference starts tonight with a presentation by Paul Harriss MP, Tasmanian Minister for Resources, at a Welcome Dinner being held at Wrest Point, Hobart. The Conference will...
A miner has collapsed and died at Anglo American’s Grasstree Mine near Middlemount. An Anglo American spokesperson has confirmed that the incident happened yesterday and that operations have...
BHP will introduce driverless trucks into Queensland and NSW coal mines in the next 12 months according to BHP Billiton coal president Dean Dalla Valle. Autonomous mining trucks are already a...
The mining industry has been spooked by leaked correspondence suggesting that next Tuesday’s federal budget will contain cuts to the diesel fuel rebate for the resources and agriculture sectors...
A new online induction tool designed to boost the emotional resilience of Australia’s growing population of fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers has been launch today by Mining Family Matters. The...
A high-tech project to map the deep geology of the West Kimberley is set to reveal the Canning Basin’s 21st century exploration potential. “Understanding the Earth’s basic structure will allow the...
Fixing the current flawed process for setting employment conditions on new resource sector projects is critical to securing ongoing investment and growth, says the industry’s national employer group...
Queensland Energy Minister Mark McArdle has called on the new Baird Government to increase New South Wales gas supplies to provide cost relief to consumers. The call follows yesterday’s announcement...
CSIRO and its industry partners plan to trial the Direct Injection Carbon Engine (DICE) in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, the second largest and lowest cost brown coal resource in the world, with...
Victoria’s Nowa Nowa Iron Project in East Gippsland was granted an official mining lease on Tuesday by the Department of State Development, Business and Innovation. The Nowa Nowa Iron Project...
