The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union secretary Steve McCartney has criticised WA’s Chamber of Mines and Energy for denying that a link exists between the FIFO lifestyle and an increased...
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An unintended consequence of the recent boom in FIFO workforces is confusion over the level of workers’ injury cover required to ensure compliance. Whether workers FIFO, drive-in drive-out (DIDO) or...
A mine worker who committed suicide in a FIFO camp last year was afraid to seek help from mine site counsellors for fear he would lose his job, a FIFO mental health inquiry has heard. Peter Miller...
A speaker at the WA Government’s inquiry into mental health impacts of FIFO work has called for new workers to go through an ‘induction period’ to gauge their suitability for the FIFO lifestyle. FIFO...
Mine workers from the northern Bowen Basin are being asked to take part in a men’s health study aimed at discovering why men’s health is much poorer than women’s in the Mackay...
The AMMA has told a West Australian parliamentary inquiry that mental illness and self-harm is no more prevalent in the mining workforce than other industries. In its submission to the Western...
FIFO workers from mining and gas projects in south-west Queensland have been targeted for drug searches by police with sniffer dogs at Miles Airport. According to Surat Basin.com, nine flights were...
Volunteers are being sought for a fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) work and lifestyle survey being conducted for a research project through Curtin University. The data collected will be used for a report...
Thanks to the launch of a new online resource, Fly-in Fly-Out (FIFO) workers and their families will now have better access to help and support with mental illness. The ‘This FIFO Life’ website was...
FIFO workers in the mines are being asked to look out for each other during long rosters by suicide-prevention organisation R U OK? The new R U OK? Afield campaign targeting workmates in FIFO and...
