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Frequently Asked Questions (Issue 131)

By Gavin Moreira

Is your Quarry site ready for the up coming bushfire season? Bushfire Response & Readiness Guidelinehttps://cmpavic.asn.au/newstore/index.php?dispatch=categories.view&category_id=2&page=4 To ask a question that could be shared amongst all members in the association please contact the CMPA:Phone: 03 5781 0655 – Fax: 03 5782 2021 – Email: enquiries@cmpavic.asn.au

Job Opportunities (Issue 131)

By Gavin Moreira

For listing enquiries phone: 03 5781 0655 or Email: enquiries@cmpavic.asn.au Available to both member quarries and supplier businesses. These ads are also published on the CMPA WEBSITE and are FREE as a benefit of being a CMPA member.

From the Secretariat

By Gavin Moreira

New CMPA logo GAVIN MOREIRA, Member Services Manager of the CMPA. The CMPA Annual Dinner at the MCG with a record attendance of Members and guests was a perfect time to launch the new CMPA logo. After 23 years the old logo which has served the Association well, was showing its age and is no …

Volvo ticks the boxes for Epsom Sand & Soil

By Gavin Moreira

Epsom Sand and Soil began as a family-owned business and continues tooperate as one today. As owner David Mills tells it, Epsom Sand and Soil started out as a side hustle, that later expanded into a successful family business. “My old man had a concrete truck, carting ready mixed concrete, and a lot of the …

CMPA News (130)

By Gavin Moreira

RECENT EVENTS ERR 2022/23 Online Annual Returns webinar was held to discuss implementation, attended by E. Gibson Earth Resources Approvals Coordinator meeting was held via MS Teams, attended by E. Gibson IQA new CEO Clare Murray met with CMPA General Manager, E. Gibson via MS Teams John Bradley, Secretary DEECA, met with E. Gibson in …

Chadwick Geotechnics Invests in the future of Geotechnical Engineering

By Gavin Moreira

Chadwick Geotechnics is committed to investing in the future of the geotechnical engineering industry. The company, a leading supplier of testing, drilling and engineering services, is sponsoring Victoria University’s ‘Most Outstanding Student in Geotechnical Engineering’ award for the next five years. The award recognises the academic achievements of a student in the field of geotechnical …

Victorian Government Extractive Resources Supply and Demand Study 2022-30

By Gavin Moreira

DR PETER MARSHALL of PJM Economics and DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides further detail on the Extractive Resources Supply and Demand Study 2022-30 published August 2023 by Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action. BackgroundThe Extractive Resources in Victoria: Demand and Supply Study 2015-2050 (2016) (https://earthresources.vic.gov.au/projects/extractive-resources-strategy/extractive-resources-supply-and-demand-study) was found to have grossly …

CMPA Annual Report

By Gavin Moreira

GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Member Services Manager, provides a summary of the CMPA Annual Report. Chairperson’s Report – Jason Comben Following is a summary of the Chairperson’s report by Jason Comben prepared by Dr Elizabeth Gibson. The most important set of issues confronting the Extractive Industries sector are the identification, security, and certainty of access to …

CMPA Annual Dinner – Mighty MCG

By Gavin Moreira

The 2023 CMPA Annual Dinner was held at the mighty MCG in Melbourne. CMPA Member Services Manager, Gavin Moreira, reviews our record breaking night. We have to go back seven years since the last CMPA Annual Dinner was celebrated in Melbourne. What an event it was with over 370 attendees and guests ascending on the …