The Queensland Government will introduce the new offence of “negligence causing death” following an interim recommendation from the Best Practice Review of Workplace Health and Safety. Employment...
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Queensland’s 30,000 coal miners will have world-class lung function tests by the end of the year in the latest Palaszczuk Government’s reform to tackle black lung disease. Natural Resources and Mines...
Police will prepare a report for the Coroner following an incident at a mine outside of Broken Hill on Sunday afternoon. According to police, a 55-year-old man was discovered unresponsive by a co...
The 2017 SA Mines Emergency Response Competition was held over the weekend of May 5-7, hosted at BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam. The competition provided friendly rivalry for the six SA and NSW...
A coalminer’s guilty plea has received praise from conservationists after more than two thousand tonnes of coal material was spilled into the Blue Mountains National Park by the company. 421...
For the first time there is solid proof that current mining operations at Broken Hill are blameable for lead contamination, researchers have said. To lower lead exposure in the city and bring down...
State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers around Queensland will be better-equipped to help the community prepare for and respond to emergency events with NRMA Insurance today announcing it will...
#health #safety #budget #forgetqld #hospital Queenslanders will wait longer for treatment at public hospital emergency departments thanks to last night’s Federal Budget which forgot Queensland and...
Up to 165,000 companies that make up Australia’s heavy vehicle supply chain will be required to take steps to deliver a safer road transport industry under new laws coming in mid-2018. NHVR CEO Sal...
#worldnews #explosion #mineaccident #dozenskilled An explosion in a coalmine in northern Iran killed at least 35 workers and injured scores more. The blast occurred in the Zemestanyurt mine on...
Major reforms to mine rehabilitation and the financial “bonds” for mines will better protect the environment and taxpayers, and encourage jobs, more investment and growth in the resources sector...
Towards 2020 is the Department’s regulatory strategy covering all legislation administered by the Resources Safety Division. It is the first of a series of high-level three-year rolling strategies to...
