Substance Abuse Victoria Police have been surprised at the rate of positive tests obtained from roadside random drug tests. Increasingly, VECCI is contacted by members who have an employee they know, or whom they suspect, is attending work affected by…
Owner Driver Premium Public Ruling The implementation of the recently released Owner Drivers premium ruling has been deferred. This deferral follows a request from representatives of industry groups for further time to consider the ruling. The ruling has also been…
Summary of CMPA Activities Over the Past 12 Months Over the last 12 months, the CMPA has been involved in a wide range of issues with the most notable being the continued development of the Crushing and Screening Reference Manuals…
ACCC Proposes to Grant Authorisation to the CMPA Two standard form contracts released by the Construction Materials Processing Association are expected to improve efficiency, productivity and reduce uncertainty in quarry material suppliers business relationships with purchasers and also owner drivers.…
Guidelines for Native Vegetation Management / Mobile Plant ‘Add-Ons’ Date: Friday 12th October 2007 Time: 1.30pm—5.00pm Location: William Adams, Laverton Draft Guidelines for Native Vegetation Management The Draft Native Vegetation Management Guidelines for the Extractive Industry have been released for…
Industry travels to Bendigo for the 2007 CMPA AGM & Dinner The 2007 CMPA Annual General Meeting & Dinner was held in Bendigo on Saturday 11 August and was attended by over 160 CMPA Members and others from the industry.…
ERTS Forum Sarah Andrew represented the Association at the Earth Resource Tripartite Safety Forum in August. The forum had wide representation from government, industry and the unions. Discussion points included an update from WorkCover on the transition process and DPI…
Rain Provides Healthy Outlook Continued rain in Victoria, especially during July, is providing a healthy outlook for cropping and pastoral areas and thus a greater requirement for use of agricultural lime than we have seen in recent seasons Protocol for…
National Mine Safety Framework Consultations are underway across Australia to develop the National Mine Safety Framework – a mechanism that will deliver a consistent set of mine health and safety regulations across Australia. Key stakeholder groups within the mining industry,…
The graph below ‘History of Application Status’ refers to those Work uthority applications yet to be approved, and provides a comparison over time. ‘With Proponent’, ‘With MPR’, and ‘With Referral’ all refer to applications currently in the Draft Work Plan…