“Tip-offs” of unannounced mine safety inspections, questions over the adequacy of emergency services in mining communities and evidence of Minister Lynham’s inaction have led Queensland’s...
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Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Dale Last, has called on the Palaszczuk government to publicly release records from cabinet and other government entities that detail the...
The Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry that will examine the Grosvenor mine gas explosion will commence public hearings in early August. Chairperson and Board Member, Mr Terry Martin SC said...
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...
A former coal miner-turned-senior mine safety executive will join the Queensland board of inquiry investigating recent methane gas incidents in the State’s underground coal mines. Mines Minister Dr...
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...
A Queensland member of parliament said he believes that Queensland miners have been ‘short shanked’ by the failure of the Queensland Government to implement recommendations from the Black...
OPINION The recent Grosvenor mine explosion near Moranbah in Central Queensland has once again refocussed public attention on mine safety in the State. Frankly, though I’m exhausted that the...
A Queensland MP says that the Queensland Government should make do on its’ pre-election commitment to relocate the mine safety and health regulator to Mackay. Whitsunday MP Jason Costigan today...
A retired judge or Queens Counsel will head an independent mine safety Board of Inquiry following serious injuries to five miners in a coal mine explosion at the Grosvenor mine last week. Mines...
