AMSJ spoke to veteran mining engineer, company director and mining safety advocate Dr Ray Parkin OAM regarding his thoughts on the recent fatalities in the Queensland mining industry. Dr Parkin, a...
Tag - Queensland Mine Safety
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...
A major report into Queensland mining fatalities released yesterday warns that more workers will die unless the industry comprehensively changes its approach to safety. The Brady Review of all fatal...
OPINION …Like many others who have witnessed the increasing rate of fatalities in the Queensland mining industry, today I eagerly awaited the delivery of a report entitled Review of all fatal...
Queensland lawyers have welcomed the new Queensland mine health and safety laws. Maurice Blackburn State Managing Principal Rod Hodgson has welcomed the introduction of industrial manslaughter laws...
The Queensland Parliament has heard that the Minister responsible for mine safety, Dr Anthony Lynham failed to use existing powers to investigate fatal mining accidents. In an address to Queensland...
While pledging his support for the creation of Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) in parliament today, Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Dale Last, turned up the heat on his...
As the Queensland Parliament sits today, it expected that new legislation will pass through parliament to establish a new model for mine safety regulation in the state. The Queensland Labour...
A mine manager formerly at BMA Saraji operation has been targeted for prosecution by the Queensland Department of Natural Resources Mines and Energy over the death of mineworker Allan Houston in...
The Queensland Shadow Minister for mine safety says that the Queensland Government’s approach to mine safety is an insult to workers in the resources sector after further delays to reports on...
