Authorities cut an anti-coal demonstration short after two protestors locked themselves onto machinery at the nation’s most northerly deepwater port. Queensland Police officers arrested Frontline...
Tag - Depression
Loneliness at Christmas is common in the mining and energy industries, especially among fly-in fly-out workers. QMEB has found the following tips to help you beat the holiday blues. Admit you have a...
Suicide prevention organisation R U OK? is urging workmates to support one another before they hit rock bottom, as part of a new campaign aimed at mental health in the fly-in, fly-out mining industry...
Partners of fly-in fly-out workers have higher levels of emotional problems than other parents in the community, and are at a greater risk of using harsh discipline with their children, University of...
The Queensland Mining Industry Health and Safety Conference, held in Townsville this week, saw more than 500 delegates gather, with one word on their lips: safety. Featuring three days of safety...
Fly-in fly-out workers are suffering from depression at more than twice the rate of the general Australian population, according to research from Edith Cowan University. Researchers surveyed 629...
By Cecilia Jamasmie: www.mining.com The recent deaths of nine Western Australian fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers who took their own lives has put the issue of living conditions and depression in the...
