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, Scott Barklamb...
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More than 200 scientists have written a joint letter to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority urging the Chairman to reject an application to expand the Abbot Point coal terminal near Bowen. A...
Qld’s CFMEU is under siege after a former senior union official publicly came forward yesterday with serious allegations concerning widespread corruption, vote-rigging, cover-ups and bullying in...
A new report has analysed the environmental data and recommends the State Government extend a pilot scheme for mine water release into the Fitzroy River catchment to other mines operating in the...
Dysart’s community advocate, Jim Pearce, has accused Saraji mine owners, BMA, of ‘dodging the bullet’, over the mining town’s water quality woes. Speaking to the ABC, Pearce...
One of Australia’s biggest unions claims it will now mount legal challenges against mining contractors who force workers to submit to drug and alcohol urine testing, after a landmark decision handed...
400 jobs are set to go at Arrow Energy after the coal seam gas producer lost the financial backing of a major partner for its $15 billion Gladstone LNG project. The Australian reports that key...
Western Australia and the Northern Territory are the current hotspots for mining jobs according to the latest Hays Quarterly Report released yesterday. The report also claims that employers are...
“Great state. Great opportunity” is the tagline of the Queensland Government and it’s also a great description of Queensland’s exploration industry. Queensland has an impressive endowment...
Urine tests for drugs and alcohol may soon be deemed illegal on mine sites after the Fair Work Commission labelled the use of such tests as “unjust and unreasonable” in a recent hearing...
