[hr]Alcohol and other drugs affect many Australian workplaces, more than most people would expect. But it’s alcohol and other drug use in the mining sector that has been gaining considerable...
Tag - FIFO
All flights from Miles on the Western Downs to Brisbane have been cancelled by QantasLink, just two weeks before they were due to commence. Full refunds are being offered to travelers who had pre...
FIFO workers are being forced to live in “mining concentration camps” and enduring “postcode apartheid” near the towns of Blackwater, Moranbah, Middlemount, Dysart and Moura...
Cloncurry’s airport is set to get an $1 million upgrade to cater for an increase in FIFO workers after the State Government committed $800,000 to the project as part of the Royalties for...
A new online induction tool designed to boost the emotional resilience of Australia’s growing population of fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers has been launch today by Mining Family Matters. The...
Daunia Mine’s new FIFO workforce, near Moranbah is the perfect example of a “new operation where a great culture is being built to help deliver productivity gains”, according to BHP’s President of...
Energy Skills Queensland’s (ESQ) 2013 Heartbeat Report for the mining industry has identified younger and more diversified workers than ever before with significant recruitment challenges in coming...
[hr]The widespread transition of mega-resource projects from construction to production represents a new operational climate for the mining, oil and gas sectors, with fresh skills challenges...
An early return to work after a workplace injury can be fairly simple if the workplace is within easy reach of the workers’ home. But what happens when an injured worker lives hundreds of kilometres...
FIFO in the Bowen Basin is under fire with Nebo businesswoman, Kerri Furber, well on her way to collecting 5000 signatures in a petition destined for the desk of Premier Campbell Newman. At the time...
