Authorities want to examine resources operations more often for compliance. The Queensland Transport and Resource Committee recently recommended increasing unannounced Resources Safety and Health...
Tag - Inquiry
Outsourced mine employees are more unlikely to speak up when something is not right because they are concerned about potential repercussions, an advocate said. The Queensland parliamentary inquiry...
An outsourcing and recruitment business withdrew its claim that remote mine workers are more attractive and can easily find companionship. Itch Recruitment recently advertised inexperienced fly-in...
An official investigation recommended excluding and publicly exposing the identities of mine employees found responsible for substandard conditions. A sector-wide blacklist and public register for...
A multinational mining company’s decision to reevaluate its employment model is unlikely to deliver more permanent positions, an industry body said. Anglo American recently launched a labour...
Financial companies that succumb to anti-mining activism should be questioned and face possible regulatory action, an industry advocate has warned. The federal government is cracking down on banks...
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Mining companies that damage Indigenous Australian cultural sites without prior permission will be heavily fined. The Western Australian Government is cracking down against projects that act contrary...
A multinational mining company repeatedly allowed flammable gas to reach critical levels years before a dangerous explosion finally rocked the coal sector on May 6. Leaked Queensland Government and...
A North American expert in black lung has revealed at an inquiry the deadly disease is still killing Queensland coal miners even though authorities thought it was non-existent. United States black...
As a Senate Select Committee on Health conducts an inquiry into the return of Black Lung disease in Queensland, the CFMEU has made a submission in the hopes of an overhaul of safety practices...
