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CQ miner seeks $2.5m after horrific crash

A Central Queensland mine worker is suing three companies for $2.5 million after receiving brain damage in a car crash. Norwich Park machine operator Harold Kerle was driving home to Monto from a...

Sacked Cockatoo Coal workers remain unpaid

More than 70 workers sacked from Cockatoo Coal’s Baralaba coal operation seven weeks ago are still waiting to be paid their entitlements. The workers were laid off from the operation, located...

Film targets safety on Queensland construction sites

Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace today released a new work safety film targeting young workers and their employers in a bid to cut deaths and injuries on construction sites. The film covers...

Environmental approval for Adani’s Carmichael mine

Adani’s Carmichael mine project has cleared a significant hurdle today, with the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection announcing final environmental authority. The State Government...

Thiess wins $115m Dawson coal contract

CIMIC Group’s global mining contractor Thiess has been awarded a contract with revenue of approximately $115 million to continue operating the Southern pits of the Dawson Coal Mine in Central...

Glencore to cut 180 jobs from Collinsville mine

Glencore has announced they will cut 180 jobs at Collinsville coal mine by March next year The company said they commenced consultation last week with its Collinsville workforce over further steps to...

Central Queenslanders rally for local jobs in Brisbane

Representatives and community members from regional Queensland towns such as Blackwater, Mackay, Dysart and Moranbah will travel to Brisbane today and march on Queensland Parliament to send a message...