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...
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The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has welcomed the release of the Brady Review into Mining and Quarrying fatalities and two University of Queensland expert legal assessments of coal mining and...
Tributes have been flowing this week after the retirement announcements of two resource industry leaders. Former resources and energy Minister Ian Macfarlane and Shadow Minister Gary Gray both...
The final report into the leach tank spill at Ranger uranium mine in the NT late last year has been released, with mine owners, Energy Resources of Australia (ERA), given a light rap on the knuckles...
The boat people detention centre on Nauru is “certainly better than mining camps in Australia”, according to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. The Minister made the astonishing admission on...
Public comment is being sought from the mining industry on the federal government’s new Energy White Paper which will inform future energy and resources policy. Minister for Industry Ian...
A new national energy framework about to be developed by the the Federal Government will reform not only the mining and energy sector but also the nation’s economy, according to Federal...
The mining sector has been snubbed by the incoming Abbott Government with this country’s biggest money-maker being lumped into the ‘Industry’ portfolio. Meanwhile ‘Sport’ gets a portfolio all of its...
