Whether you are at home or onsite, Australians will be completing the 2016 Census on August 9. The 2016 Census of Population and Housing provides a snapshot of the country, helping to shape the...
Category - Miners Are People Too
The exploitation of working people in the Bowen Basin and Queensland’s labour hire industry will be the focus of a Parliamentary hearing in Mackay today. The hearings of the Finance and...
Working remotely on a mine site thousands of kilometres away from home can be hard, both physically and mentally. We have compiled a list of FIFO Life Hacks to make camp life a little easier for our...
The thriving port-side city of Gladstone is not what you’d expect from a town whose economy relies heavily on the resources industry, writes Sophie Blackshaw. Perched on the edge of the blue Pacific...
A worker at Lake Vermont mine near Dysart, who was accused of being a ‘peeping tom’ by Thiess management, has had his appeal for compensation upheld by the Queensland Industrial Relations...
In this edition of Queensland Mining and Energy Bulletin we talk to Asset President of BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA), Lucas Dow, about his company’s approach to the current tough market...
Whatever your opinion might be about the current state of the coal sector, there’s a silver lining setting us up for a prosperous future. And that is the continuous flood of business innovation. When...
The provision of good quality, comfortable accommodation with strong communication facilities and recreational activities is essential for a happy, productive mine site, writes Luke Frost. Camp...
Queensland’s new Mines Minister popped into Moranbah earlier this week to confirm that the State Government would not approve any further mine developments with 100% FIFO employment practices...
A former Mayor of Mount Isa is urging mining companies to adopt a Monday to Friday rostering system, where possible, to make mine employment more family friendly. Ron McCollough made the comments to...
In a surprising bucking of the trend, New Zealand firms are reportedly looking to Queensland to fill a skills shortage in engineers and tradies in the land of the long white cloud. According to...
A series of community update seminars on Arrow Energy’s proposed Bowen Gas Project and Arrow Bowen Pipeline will be held in various locations throughout Central Queensland in the first week of...
