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From the Secretariat (Issue 104)

By Gavin Moreira

Meeting with the Minister for Resources DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides a report. The Minister Jaclyn Symes, her Senior Adviser Adam Olive and Anthony Hurst (DJPR) met with Garry Cranny (Chairperson CMPA / Dandy Premix Quarries), John Mawson (Management Committee Member CMPA / E. B. Mawson & Sons), Ron Kerr (Hon. …

Value of Membership

By Gavin Moreira

GAVIN MOREIRA, Member Services Manager of CMPA reports on the value of being a CMPA Member. The CMPA is recognised as the principal advocate for the Construction Materials Processors Industry in Victoria. The mission of the CMPA is to provide strong representation and advocacy in the best interests of its Members. In so doing, the …

CMPA News (Issue 104)

By Gavin Moreira

Member Visits to South and East Gippsland The Member Services Manager, Gavin Moreira visited members in South and East Gippsland. A five day trip spread out over two weeks in April 2019. This was one of a number of field trips planned this year to cover as many districts as possible throughout the state. The …

Dust in the Extractive Industry

By Gavin Moreira

RON KERR, Honorary CEO and ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of CMPA provides a copy of our Submission on Dust. We as an association have tirelessly tried to bring this to our members attention from our very first issues of Sand & Stone through training resources and policy documents, submissions and presentations to our regulators. To …

Our quarries and our growing state

By Gavin Moreira

Minister for Resources Jaclyn Symes talks to Sand and Stone. It’s great to be able to talk to members of the Construction Material Processors Association via Sand and Stone. I’m really proud that our government is leading the state’s biggest ever boom in transport, school and hospital infrastructure – and Victoria’s quarries have a huge …

Victoria’s North and Murray Water Resource Plan

By Gavin Moreira

DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of CMPA reports on references to the Extractive Industry in the Plan. The Victoria’s North and Murray Water Plan (the Plan) is a comprehensive document (1022 pages) with the intent to “… outline how the state will meet its Basin Plan requirements and comply with the sustainable diversion limits.” Additionally, …

Extractive Industry and Protecting Melbourne’s Strategic Agricultural Land

By Gavin Moreira

DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides a copy of our Submission. Introduction The CMPA made a submission to the Victorian Government’s intention to protect the long-term future of strategic agricultural land in Melbourne’s green wedge and peri-urban areas on 23rd April 2019. Some of Victoria’s most productive agricultural land is within 100 …

Regulatory Impact Statement for DRAFT Mineral Industries Regulations

By Gavin Moreira

The following is an extract from the CMPA submission to the Regulatory Impact Statement for the draft Mineral Industries Regulations that was submitted to the Victorian Government on 23rd April 2019. The CMPA supports the principle of responsible, balanced legislation that is in the best interests of the State of Victoria. Thank you for the …

Land Tax in the Victorian Extractive Industry

By Gavin Moreira

This article is an extract from a discussion paper regarding the calculation of land tax by MICHAEL HOCKING, Certified Practicing Valuer for CJ Ham & Murray Pty Ltd. In December 2017 the Victorian Parliament passed Legislation amending several Acts including the Valuation of Land Act 1960 centralising all rating and taxing of land in Victoria. …

Landair Surveys Rewrites the Rules of Aerial Surveying

By Gavin Moreira

Landair Surveys (Ringwood, VIC) continues to upgrade its surveying toolkit. Our latest addition a Vulcanair P68C twin engine aerial survey aircraft will rewrite the rules of aerial surveying in Australia and here is why. Our Vulcanair P68C is an extremely suitable platform for our state-of-the art Leica RCD30 specialised aerial camera system, which has a …