A former Anglo Coal, Mine Supervising Officer has been asked a range of probing questions in the inquest into the death of Paul McGuire in Mackay today. The coroner heard CFMEU Counsel Gavin Rebetzke...
Category - GOVERNMENT & LEGISLATION
There has been a long held perception in the mining industry that lost time injury and lost time injury frequency rates fail to report the real state of safety in the industry. As many appreciate, a...
There were 24 mining fatalities in the United States of America in 2019, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reports. This is the fewest annual fatalities ever recorded, and only...
The Queensland Parliament has heard that the Minister responsible for mine safety, Dr Anthony Lynham failed to use existing powers to investigate fatal mining accidents. In an address to Queensland...
While pledging his support for the creation of Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) in parliament today, Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Dale Last, turned up the heat on his...
The Queensland Shadow Minister for mine safety says that the Queensland Government’s approach to mine safety is an insult to workers in the resources sector after further delays to reports on...
The Queensland Government will commence new mines inspectors in Rockhampton, Mackay and Mount Isa over the next two weeks In a media release issued today, Acting Mines Minister Mark Ryan said the...
Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Dale Last, has labelled the Queensland government’s delay in releasing two independent reviews into mine safety an insult and said the government is...
OPINION There’s a kind of numbness that comes with hearing the news of another fatal mine accident in Queensland Australia. The latest fatal incident at Curragh mine has left me with feelings of...
2019 was a horrific year of fatal mining accidents for the Queensland mining industry. There has been a range of fatal accidents as well as a plethora of high potential incidents that have left mine...
The Queensland LNP Opposition has hit out at the Queensland Government’s lack of action on mine safety following the death of another mineworker at the Curragh mine yesterday saying that...
The Queensland Minister of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, Dr. Anthony Lynham has tabled the Resources Safety and Health Queensland Bill to be approved by the Queensland Parliament. The Bill is...
