The AMMA has accused the Labor party and unions of spreading ‘irresponsible falsehoods’ regarding what the Australia-China free trade agreement will mean for overseas skilled migration in...
Category - Miners Are People Too
Glencore has ordered compulsory closures of its coal mines for three weeks over the Christmas period to help address issues with over supply. In a statement released this morning the company said...
Member for Capricornia, Michelle Landry, claims that threats and bullying by the mining union forced members of her family living in Blackwater to quit their jobs and leave town. Ms Landry told the...
A mine worker who committed suicide in a FIFO camp last year was afraid to seek help from mine site counsellors for fear he would lose his job, a FIFO mental health inquiry has heard. Peter Miller...
Mines operating near Central Queensland towns will be banned from employing a 100% FIFO workforce if Labor wins the next state election. Queensland opposition leader Annastacia Palaszczuk said...
[hr]Weipa is one of the friendliest and most hospitable towns in the state, writes long time local Barra Dave. And don’t get him started on the fishing…[hr] Where in the world is Weipa? Queensland’s...
Issac Regional Council Mayor, Anne Baker, has used yesterday’s official opening of BMA’s Caval Ridge coal mine near Moranbah, to continue her campaign against 100 per cent FIFO workforces...
[hr]The rest of the country might have ‘tall poppy syndrome’ but here in Queensland, we like nothing better than to hear about our fellow Queenslanders kicking goals – on or off the footy field...
