Off The Back Of The Truck… Potential banning the sales of quarry materials seems to have become a new role for the DPI with the introduction of the noxious weed control plan in the North East and Goulburn Broken catchment area as mooted by the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 and received in writing …
Victorian Road Freight Advisory Council Forum 2004 Freight Task Set to Double. What’s Needed? Tony Tamburro, Conundrum Holdings The Victorian Road Freight Advisory Council (VRFAC) agenda is currently focusing on the growing freight task and what is needed to cope with the ever increasing demands of the future. Road freight requirements have been on the …
A Test Drive of the New Award Review Service Mary Thompson, Tylden Quarries On January 1st 2005, the Federal Quarry Industry – Victoria – Award 2000 will come into effect via the Common Rule Test Cases. We understand that the Victorian Trades Hall Council has lodged an application at the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to …
Work Safely Training Become involved in what has proven to be an extremely successful course. All successful participants receive certification for the “Work Safely Competency” in Certificate II – Quarry Management from the Nationally endorsed Extractive Industry Training Package. Would you be confident that your efforts to train your employees/yourself in OH&S could stand up …
Incident Investigations and Enforcement Actions John Mitas, Manager Minerals & Extractive Operations (Southern Region) Minerals & Petroleum Regulation Branch The primary role of Minerals & Petroleum Regulation Branch (MPR) is to encourage and facilitate compliance with the various Acts and Regulations administered by the Department of Primary Industries. To achieve this the Department: Collect, collate …
Ammonium Nitrate Sarah Kerr, CMPA Secretary The CMPA was recently invited to attend a forum to discuss the issue of ammonium nitrate. The following is a summary of the issue and WorkSafe’s subsequent response. A national review into ammonium nitrate has been conducted under the auspices of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG),which recommended the …
Sarah Kerr, CMPA Secretary With the coming Federal election, the CMPA felt it appropriate to review the major parties industrial relations policies. The following article looks at the policies put forward by the Australian Labour Party, Australian Greens, and the Australian Democrats. Unfortunately the Liberal Party’s policy had not been released at the time of …
The CMPA have recently reviewed their accomplishments over the last 12 months. The following is a summary of the activities undertaken by the CMPA for members information. Sarah Kerr, CMPA Secretary Establishment and Development of the CMPA Identity The CMPA has been invited to participate in ACE 2005 to which the association has agreed to. …
Mr Peter Langlands On the day before the CMPA Annual General Meeting,‘ Wimmera Crushing & Processing’ was launched with a demonstration of a mobile impact crushing plant at Tarranyurk, near Jeparit in the Wimmera region of Victoria. Following a successful demonstration of the self propelled‘Trakpactor’ in the morning, the attendees including some CMPA members who …
Wimmera Crushing and Processing has bought the region’s first Trakpactor, a remote-control-operated mobile rock crusher, one of only eight in Australia. The 428-model Trakpactor can crush a variety of rocks through its three-stage hammer mill crushing unit. Rocks the size of humans can be crushed to mere pebbles and concrete can be crushed to a …