The Queensland Government has released a review of fly-in fly out mines in the state, which has presented eight recommendations to the mining industry. The state government commissioned the FIFO...
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A new Queensland Resources Council survey of resource industry workers shows four out of five employees would not change where they live even if they were given the opportunity. The survey of 1832...
After a long day out on the mine site, workers are being forced to retreat to their dongas the size of a prison cell in a restrictive camp with no minimum standards around food, communications...
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...
Palmer United Party (PUP) Queensland leader John Bjelke-Petersen said that the party would support towns established before the mining boom by halting 100% fly-in-fly-out mine work. Mr Bjelke...
The Queensland Labor Party’s policy to ban exclusive fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) mine operations has been criticised by Australia’s resource industry employer group, AMMA. AMMA chief executive...
Head of the Queensland Resources Council, Michael Roche says blaming fly-in fly-out (FIFO) operations for a coal industry downturn bore the hallmarks of a witch-hunt. The comments were made by Roche...
