With the Alpha Coal Project plagued by the constant protesting of activists and green groups, the Queensland Resources Council is urging the government to close legal loopholes. Seven years after the...
Tag - QMEB
A parliamentary report into the fly-in fly-out work practices in regional Queensland has slammed ‘postcode discrimination’ and has called for change. The report, released on Friday, recommends...
The Environment Centre NT has called on the government and Glencore to guarantee all local jobs at the McArthur River site to be transitioned to a clean-up phase. Glencore announced today a 500,000...
Glencore has announced today a 500,000 tonne reduction of contained zinc metal mine production across its operations, which will see more than 500 jobs cuts from its Australian mines. The Lady...
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has commenced the process of renegotiating the BMA Enterprise Agreement 2012 that covers over 2000 employees at five of its Bowen Basin mines. The Agreement...
Mining giant BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance has refused to rule out contracting out its entire permanent workforce at its Bowen Basin mines, including Peak Downs, Saraji and Goonyella Riverside...
The Australian mining industry has taken hit after hit with jobs being slashed on a regular basis, but a new report has revealed just how much the industry is suffering. The Australasian Institute of...
The Blackwater community have put their fists up, ready for a fight. The tightknit central Queensland town have been hit with several blows with Wesfarmers announcing 50 permanent jobs would be...
Life can be tough for kids with a FIFO parent. Time together always seems to speed by as fast as the plane that takes their Daddy or Mummy away, and as their tiny hands press up against the windows...
Now, more than ever, we should be buying local and supporting the communities of the Bowen Basin as an absolute priority, writes Bowen Basin Mining Club director Jodie Currie . As we surge ahead...
