A Senate inquiry into the return of the deadly black lung disease has been announced this week. Six Queensland coal miners have been diagnosed with coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, or black lung...
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The return of the deadly Black Lung disease has seen Central Queensland mine workers walk off site as concerns for their health arise. Four Queensland miners, including two employed at Vale’s...
Representatives and community members from regional Queensland towns such as Blackwater, Mackay, Dysart and Moranbah will travel to Brisbane today and march on Queensland Parliament to send a message...
The CFMEU have called on Central Queensland Coalition MPs Michelle Landry and George Christensen to reveal details about how their proposed amendment to the Fair Work Act 2009 would actually work to...
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...
Workers at Anglo American’s Capcoal mine near Middlemount are reeling today after they were told that 85 secure jobs would go despite employees achieving all the set production records at the mine...
Blackwater has been delivered yet another slap in the face after BHP BMA today announced their intention to replace nearly half of its permanent workforce with contractors at its Central...
Workers at Queensland coal mines will wear safety stickers on their work gear today as part of a Day of Action to promote safety in their workplaces, despite this being banned by many employers...
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...
Wesfarmers Resources has announced it is cutting 70 contractors from its Curragh mine, near Blackwater, by the end of the week. Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union spokesman Steve Smyth...
