Implications for Quarry Owners – Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Bill 2015 DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA discusses amendments to the Aboriginal Heritage Bill 2015. The CMPA recognises and respects the State’s Aboriginal Heritage and Culture and the need to…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides the following comments supplied by the CMPA on the “Implementation Plan for Public Reporting”. The Resources Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 has amended the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 (“Act”) to introduce public…
JASON FREEMAN, Managing Director of Freeman Contracting Services, recounts the development of the family owned business he and his wife Bronwyn run from small beginnings to present. Based at Little River in Melbourne’s west Freeman Contracting Services started business in 1998…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON reports on comments made by CMPA on section 3.5 Extractive Industries p.36 of the Plan Melbourne Refresh discussion paper (October 2015). According to the discussion paper “Melbourne is facing many challenges with significant planning implications. These include: A changing…
Prepared by the Secretariat with comments from Tej Panesar, Associate Chairperson. The main drivers behind continuing with the survey (which is in its fourth year) were to continue consolidating and to gain an understanding of how the associates view the…
Dust Exposure Standards – Respirable Crystalline Silica DR ELIZABETH GIBSON reports on the CMPA’s response to questions posed in a recently released discussion paper. The Australian Government Department, Safe Work Australia released a discussion paper on The Role of Chemical Exposure Standards…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON reports on the Action Plan for the Earth Resources Regulation Branch on the improvement of regulations within the earth resources sector. A letter was received from the Minister for Energy and Resources, The Hon Lily D’Ambrosio MP, on improving…
STEVE FALLAND, Managing Director of Barossa Quarries reports on the history of this diverse family business. In 2003 Barossa Quarries was born out of Howard Quarries, established c1938 in South Australia at Angaston in the Barossa Valley, as a result of a…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides a summary of issues concerning the future of quarrying in Victoria. Letters to the State Government A number of issues have recently arisen that gives grave concern to the Secretariat about the…
Specific comments It was proposed that the reference to the mining industry in the discussion paper should be amended to read the quarrying or extractives sector. There should be mention that one of the major reasons for the “high unemployment, weak productivity…