What’s News? (Issue 27)
Ron Kerr & Sarah Andrew off to tour Europe! As of June 7 both Ron Kerr and Sarah Andrew will be absent from the CMPA offices and are off to tour Europe with the family, returning to the CMPA on…
Gavin Moreira
CMPA Guarding Workshop
Industry gather for the 4th CMPA Hazard & Risk Identification Workshop Over 70 industry personnel gathered at Caterpillar Institute in Tullamarine for the Guarding Hazard & Risk Identification Workshop, incorporating a site visit to Readymix—Oaklands Junction. Attendees arrived at Caterpillar…
Membership Matters (Issue 26)
CMPA CLASSIFIEDS WORK WANTED! Contact: Tukorehe Thompson Ph: 0433 793 938 After a position operating machinery. Previous experience driving pay loaders, excavators & dump trucks. Moved from New Zealand, after quarry work. WORK WANTED! Contact: Cam Marchetti Ph: 0419 360…
Associate Membership (Issue 26)
The CMPA would like to welcome a new Associate Member to the Association! Ground Hog Earthmoving Contact: Andrew Predika 1300 660 001 Ground Hog Earthmoving are specialists in the area of wet and dry hire of earthmoving equipment and contract…
OH&S (Issue 26)
Should the Extractive Industry be regulated under OHS (Mines) Regs? Due to the introduction of the new OHS Act, all regulations under the previous Act are presently being reviewed. This will see the establishment of a general overarching regulation and…
DPI Update (Issue 26)
Management of OH&S in the earth resources industry An inquiry is being conducted by Neil Pope, a former parliamentarian, to: Investigate and report on OHS performance in the industry Make recommendations on the future management of the system Consider the…
Submissions & Issues (Issue 26)
Review of the Extractive Industries Development Act The CMPA’s first submission regarding the review was made on 13 February 2006. The purpose of this initial stage is to raise fundamental issues rather than to provide solutions and detail specific clauses…
Legislative Update (Issue 26)
Extractive Industry Acts & Regulations Update The CMPA produces an Acts & Regulations Pack for its Members. The packs comprises of a comprehensive collection of Acts and Regulations which are required by law to be held on extractive industries sites.…
Business Update (Issue 26)
New Victorian Land Tax Trust Provisions The Duties and Land Tax Acts (Amendment) 2005 gives effect to new land tax trust provisions. The key elements of the new land tax trusts model are: As from 1 January 2006, a tax…
Just Who is in Control?
A need for legal clarity within Australian Standards and Codes of Practice As personal and business life seems to become increasingly dominated by bureaucracy new terms and words enter the lexicon apace providing unnecessary complexity at best and interpretive confusion…