The 2013 Annual Dinner
The 2013 Annual Dinner is almost upon us, here is a last minute update by Gavin Moreira, Administration Officer, CMPA. WHO is up for a fun night or an enjoyable weekend away? If the answer is yes, then a reminder…
Gavin Moreira
STEEL AND WEAR IN QUARRIES
TEJ PANESAR, TSP Group of Companies reports on the usage of steel materials in quarries. STEEL is the predominant material used in various pieces of equipment in Quarries and by the very nature of the operation it is subject to…
PRE-EMPLOYMENT, PERIODIC AND EXIT MEDICAL ASSESSMENTS
DR DEB SUTHERLAND, Corporate Manager, Physiotherapist, ERA Health reports on the updated employee medical assessments. ERA Health in collaboration with CMPA has recently prepared medical examination forms designed to assess medical and functional fitness specifically related to the quarrying industry.…
A Day in the Life of a WorkSafe Inspector –Earth Resources Unit
Following on from recent articles from WorkSafe about industry safety performance, dangerous machines, plant safety and availability of free consultancy, TONY FERRA ZZA, Senior Mining Engineer, from the Earth Resources Unit, looks at the role of the WorkSafe inspector. TONY…
Meeting with Deputy Premier
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager CMPA comments on the recent meeting with Deputy Premier Peter Ryan. DUE to the changes in Victorian Government Departments, that is, as of 1 July 2013 Earth Resources formerly of the Department of Primary Industries…
VICROADS – THE NEW SECTION 831
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager for CMPA reports on the new Section 831. THE following is a summary of the response to CMPA from VicRoads received 12 July 2013 regarding issues with new Section 831. CMPA requested for a minimum…
Stacksite Specification and Supply Issues
MARK WAGNER, Commercial Manager for Conundrum Holdings Pty Ltd and CRAIG JAMES, General Manager – Technical Concrete and Quarries for E B Mawson & Sons Pty Ltd provide and update on Stacksite and Supply Issues. EARLY this year the CMPA…
CMPA NEWS (Issue 69)
DRAFT REGIONAL GROWTH PLANS Regional growth plans are being developed to provide broad direction for land use and development across regional Victoria. They will also provide more detailed planning frameworks for key regional centres. The regional growth plans are the…
SBI Cranbourne Quarries
PAUL WILLIAMSON, Managing Director of SBI Cranbourne Quarries looks at the history of the organisation. SBI Cranbourne Quarries was originally a sand pit supplying brick sand, packing sand and top soil to the Melbourne Markets. In the mid 1980’s owner…
From the Secretariat (Issue 69)
Government Response to EDIC DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager CMPA reports on the Governments response to the EDIC. THE Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee (EDIC) is a Joint Investigatory Committee of the Parliament of Victoria. The Committee carries out investigations…