OPINION Queensland’s embattled mining safety Minister, Dr Anthony Lynham has quelled rumours that he had intended to step down at the next State Government election. The news comes amidst...
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OPINION I, like many others in and out of the industry, have gained a sense of uneasiness from Anglo American’s latest debacle with the Grosvenor mine. The recent gas explosion that left five people...
Controversial mining industrial legislation has received bipartisan support in the Queensland Parliament today despite growing debate across the industry that the laws may not improve safety in mines...
The CFMEU Queensland Mining & Energy Chief, Stephen Smyth has hit back at claims made by Queensland’s Courier-Mail today that the powerful miner’s union has engaged in...
The Miners’ Union has called on the Queensland Government to bring forward the passage of new laws extending industrial manslaughter offences to the state’s mining industry in the wake of last week’s...
The CFMEU says it has been angered over Anglo American’s plans to restart operations at the Grosvenor Mine in Central Queensland. An explosion at the mine last week has left five mineworkers...
Mineworkers at Anglo American’s Grosvenor mine who give evidence about safety breaches in any investigation into yesterday’s coal mine explosion should be given ‘whistleblower’ protections, the CFMEU...
MORANBAH MINE EXPLOSION UPDATE – The CFMEU’s Stephen Smyth said this morning that the union believed there had been an ignition in the tailgate area of the Grosvenor mine that engulfed...
BREAKING NEWS Five people are critically injured following an underground explosion at a mine worksite on Goonyella Road Moranbah. The incident reportedly occurred around 3.15 pm this afternoon while...
Unions say that BHP’s paid discretionary leave for mineworkers in vulnerable groups is welcome, but currently excludes large numbers of labour-hire and contract workers on BHP sites. “It is...
