The CFMEU have called on Central Queensland Coalition MPs Michelle Landry and George Christensen to reveal details about how their proposed amendment to the Fair Work Act 2009 would actually...
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The Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Infrastructure project has been given the green light by the Federal Government, with 36 of the “strictest conditions in Australian history”. The...
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has commenced the process of renegotiating the BMA Enterprise Agreement 2012 that covers over 2000 employees at five of its Bowen Basin mines. The Agreement...
Blackwater residents have been delivered yet another blow, after Wesfarmers has announced it would be reducing its Curragh Mine workforce. The operation’s major contractor, Theiss, was advised...
CLOSE to 1000 Blackwater residents gathered in full force last night to discuss BHP’s intention to contract out 300 permanent jobs at the Blackwater coal mine. The small, tight-knit community...
Blackwater has been delivered yet another slap in the face after BHP BMA today announced their intention to replace nearly half of its permanent workforce with contractors at its Central...
The proposed Red Hill Mining project in Central Queensland’s Bowen Basin has been given environmental approval by the Federal Government, after receiving State Government approval last month...
After becoming a father to two daughters, Central Queensland miner Nick Dyer says coming home safely has a whole new meaning. “Life has changed significantly for me since the arrival of our two...
Indian mining giant Adani and the British bank, Standard Chartered, have gone their separate ways after the Federal Court overturned the environmental approval for Adani’s controversial $16b...
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has approved a new enterprise agreement for Thiess workers at the Burton coal mine in Central Queensland, despite noting that, “the new agreement variation...
