New FIFO rosters are reportedly taking their toll on Western Australian miners according to researchers from Curtin University. As the mining industry moved to roster changes in the wake of COVID-19...
Tag - Mental Health
The widow of a fallen miner has spoken publically regarding her pain and anguish since the death of her husband at Anglo American’s Moranbah North mine. In a public statement released to...
The Australian Psychological Society has released advice about how to manage your mental health, following the World Health Organization’s declaration of coronavirus as a Public Health Emergency of...
Recovering from natural disaster events like bushfires can be a complex and challenging journey. AMSJ spoke with Perth based Psychologist Dr. Marny Lishman about the post-disaster effects of...
Opinion piece By Jason Tulipan on Mental Health in the FIFO Sector and dealing with mental health issues. I am currently a relieving Master and Chief Officer on an offshore tug working off Broome for...
The ‘FIFO Mental Health Summit by Open Up’, set to be held in East Perth on World Mental Health Day (10 Oct 2019), will feature personal presentations from Open Up founder and former FIFO worker...
Susie Kindred, Registered Psychologist has some great self-care tips for maintaining FIFO Mental Health. Susie writes….One in five people will experience symptoms of mental illness in any one...
In the fallout from the Middlemount tragedy, there are people across the wider mining industry hurting pretty badly. They’re also asking…why? Why did a husband, father, son, uncle die in...
Mine workers and the family of a miner who took his life at Telfer mine have ridden from Newcrest headquarters to Perth for mental health awareness and in memory of their mate Mick Van Duren. The MVD...
There is no doubt that mining is a dangerous occupation. In centuries past, the risk of death and serious injury was a very real possibility for mine workers whether they were extracting coal, metal...
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