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Karlawinda mine

Investigators mull second mine fatality in one week

Authorities are trying to determine how a resources worker died within days of a different on-the-job incident. WorkSafe investigators are examining factors that led to a contractor passing away at...

Mt Arthur mine COVID testing

Employer refuses to lift jab mandate

A multinational mining company will not stop requiring everyone to be immunised before entering work sites. BHP will continue to impose coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine requirements across all...

Westgold FIFO workers

Authority lifts FIFO and industry jab mandate

Remote and residential workers will no longer need to show proof of immunisation as a condition of entry to mine sites. The Western Australian Government confirmed it is lifting coronavirus (COVID...

Roy Hill accommodation

FIFO employees demand end to ‘draconian’ lockdown

Remote workers urged their employer to unconditionally free them from arbitrary isolation at mine accommodation. Fly-in fly-out (FIFO) employees want to be released from a continuing lockdown at...