Recycling of construction and demolition materials is an important industry in Victoria. It is important to ensure that Members are meeting their obligations under the related asbestos legislation. Following is a summary of guidance material available from the WORKSAFE website.…
WORKSAFE has produced a new handbook, ‘Working Safely with Air Receivers’, to improve awareness of risks associated with air receivers and explain ways to reduce and eliminate those risks. Air receivers have the potential to cause serious damage to people…
Australia’s largest recycler of construction and demolition materials is about to embark on a groundbreaking program of development that will see people at both entry level and middle management receive unprecedented levels of training and support. THE Alex Fraser Group,…
The AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS has recently released the Consumer Price Index data for the March 2009 quarter. Following is a summary of the findings. AT the ‘All Groups’ level, the CPI rose in all capital cities this quarter, with…
The type of screening and size of the material will have a large bearing on the type of screening media that would be most efficient for the operation. We look at some of these factors. Th is is an extract…
The 2009 Federal Budget has been announced! Here MEAD PARTNERS further explains Small Business and General Tax Breaks. WHILE the legislation is still not law yet, there have been some significant amendments to the Exposure Draft that you should take…
The CMPA recently provided comments to the Department of Planning & Community Development on the review of the Planning and Environment Act and associated discussion paper. Below is the CMPA’s submission. MANY Members operate businesses under the Extractive Industries Development…
By SARAH ANDREW The Secretariat has been very busy in April and May with a number of industry initiatives coming to fruition and legislative reviews being tabled. STAFF CHANGES AT CMPA As reported in the last edition of Sand &…
Success, Direction & Longevity After ten successful years, we aim to keep our Members at the forefront of the industry reports TIM BIRD, the CMPA’s Chairperson. THERE is no doubt that the last ten years of the CMPA have been…
Using agricultural lime for the improvement of pastures is currently being explored by Pastures Australia, reports PETER MCCLUSKEY of the VLPA. THE VLPA and its kindred body, the National Aglime Association, were recently invited to be represented at the Pastures…