Mineworkers will have the ability to claim two major relief payments if they find themselves in between jobs because of COVID-19. Jobseekers, who are experiencing financial stress, have been allowed...
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New rules to stop COVID-19 from reaching epidemic levels will postpone a metal producer from working on two resources developments in the Top End. The federal and Northern Territory governments and...
Resources workers must be offered extra paid time off if they are unable to perform duties due to a deadly disease, industry bodies have said. The Australian Workers Union (AWU) and Construction...
Anti mining activists, who claim to be philanthropists, are repeatedly using the judicial system to postpone a $21 billion coal development in Central Queensland’s Galilee Basin. The Australian...
Gas producers will be permitted to continue work in Victoria after a prohibition that lasted for years will finally be reversed. The Victorian Government is introducing new laws that lift an ongoing...
A multinational resources company must pay tax on any commodity sales even though it was facilitated by its overseas centre, a court has ruled. The High Court of Australia has found BHP Billiton...
Queensland’s largest state-run energy company has started early work on a small scale gas project in the state’s central region. Stanwell Corporation has started a feasibility study into...
One of the nation’s first fuel exploration developments for domestic use has received some regulatory approval in Queensland’s Western Downs region. The Queensland Department of Natural...
A mining company has been penalised for releasing muddy water in New South Wales’ Southern Tablelands region. Big Island Mining has copped a $15,000 fine from the State Environment Protection...
Mining bosses face legal action for environmental breaches that allegedly caused workers to suffer gas poisoning at a coal-based fuel producer’s underground gas project in the Darling Downs...
Casual mine workers should receive an income even if they are unable to work due to COVID-19, an industry peak body has said. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) wants the Federal...
Authorities have given the nod for a mineral producer to proceed with a coal project in New South Wales’ Hunter region. The NSW Independent Planning Commission (NSW IPC) recently approved...
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