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...
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Doctors will require specific skills and experience in black lung to provide compulsory health checks on Queensland coal miners. Natural Resources and Mines Minister Dr Anthony Lynham says the...
Hemp could be on your menu in the near future as the Queensland Government has backed the proposal to approve low-THC hemp seed as a legal food substance in Australia. Minister for Health and...
Mandatory licensing of labour hire companies will be introduced in Queensland in a bid to crack-down on rogue operators who are exploiting and mistreating vulnerable workers. Announcing the scheme at...
Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace today joined rehabilitation and return to work experts at the North Queensland Return to Work Conference and Expo in Townsville. Ms Grace said the conference...
The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has released its annual safety data report, which collates the safety data of nearly 900,000 people. The report recorded 63 fatalities in 2016...
28 April 2017 celebrates World Day for Safety and Health at Work. This year, the annual international campaign hosted by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), promotes the prevention of...
If you work in the mining industry, you’re no doubt aware of the challenges and health risks associated, but we thought we’d help you out with further information. Coal dust – if you spend a...
Australian radiologists are being sought to double-check Queensland coal miners’ X-rays in the latest in the suite of Palaszczuk Government measures to tackle the re-emergence of black lung disease...
A community in South Africa has lodged a complaint with Australia’s Export Credit Agency (Efic), demanding the government organisation refuse a proposal to fund a new coal mine in South Africa. The...
*source Qld Government Mining Journal Improvements continue to be made to the Queensland Coal Mine Workers’ Health Scheme in response to the recommendations made in the independent Monash University...
A company has been convicted and fined over an incident in which two workers were injured on a drilling rig platform. This is Saxon Energy Services Australia’s first work health and safety offence...
