CMPA – General Meeting Friday 14th March NAB PRESENTATION – Like most participants of various associations, including those of the CMPA, we attend meetings for the prime reason of rubbing shoulders with our established customers, prospective buyers and also, as…
The ATO’s review of the effective life of quarry assets continues, but feedback and recent meetings suggest the issue is not going favourably for smaller independent extractive industry operators. A revised effective life schedule has been released by the ATO…
INTERLUDE If you are unhappy… Once upon a time there was a non-conforming sparrow who decided not to fly south for the winter. However soon the weather turned so cold, that he reluctantly started to fly south. In a short…
Continued from issue 8: Just prior to the onset of the Depression, my father Arthur Rayner bought out my grandfather, who, by reason of having financed homes purchased for some fifteen workmen, was obliged to forego all house payments because…
At the last CMPA General Meeting a donation was made from the evenings takings to the Farmhand Appeal. To continue its efforts at supporting the wider community, the CMPA has chosen to support the Royal Victorian Institute of the Blind…
CMPA held the last meeting for 2002 on November 29 at the at the Tullamarine Airport Motor Inn. More than 50 members and guests attended to hear a variety of guest speakers and updates from the CMPA executive. At the…
The CMPA, together with Box Hill TAFE have written to the Education Minister requesting the placement of a Industry Liaison Agent to the Victorian quarrying industry. The agent (ILA) would facilitate better understanding of training programs available to the industry…
The return from the Christmas break heralded the beginning of the annual Australian Student Mineral Venture (ASMV) site tours. Prior to involvement of the CMPA, ASMV tours were primarily based on the mining industry. This year extractive industry tours organised…
One of the ongoing issues currently being tackled by the CMPA is the review of the Extractive Industry Training Package (EITP). The CMPA has been involved since the beginning of the review with the Education Committee and numerous volunteers from…
The ATO has yet to determine a final outcome in its review of the effective life of quarrying assets and has surprisingly granted an extension for submissions from other industry representative bodies. The CMPA presented a detailed submission to the…