Tax Law Amendment— Its affect on the Industry CMPA Associate Member Mead Partners—Chartered Accountants have looked into the Tax Law Amendment (2007 Measures No. 2) Bill 2007 on behalf of the Association’s Members. After reviewing the relevant information including the legislation prior to the amendment, the amendment itself and the Bill’s explanatory memorandum, it seems …
The graph to the below ‘History of Application Status’ refers to those Work Authority applications yet to be approved, and provides a comparison over time. ‘With Proponent’, ‘With MPR’, and ‘With Referral’ all refer to applications currently in the Draft Work Plan stage. ‘Endorsed’ refers to applications for which the Work Plan has been endorsed, …
“History of Victorian Quarries” – Presentation at the CMPA Annual Dinner Early Quarries Ropes over the face were used to support drillers with jack hammers Shot rock was transported to the crushing plant by road or rail Bucket elevator transporting material from the crusher to the trommel screen Operator would stand on the buckets and …
Explosives Stolen from Storage Magazine A significant quantity of blasting explosives was recently stolen from an approved explosive storage magazine located in southern Tasmania. Between Friday 27 and Monday 30 April 2007, several men broken into an explosive magazine storage facility. They gained access by cutting the lock on a boom-gate, and removing a heavy …
Educating High School Students The CMPA is presently working with a number of other related industries to develop a pre-employment program that can be undertaken by high school students. This should be able to give them an understanding and appreciation of the works those in this and related industries undertake on a daily basis. To …
Work Plan Expectations by Community One of our Members is in the process of applying for a Work Authority. This has ended up at VCAT and it is interesting to see what sort of things the community (that is the local government and objectors) expect of the business. Rehabilitation Plan including: Landscape plan Planting plan …
Substance Abuse Victoria Police have been surprised at the rate of positive tests obtained from roadside random drug tests. Increasingly, VECCI is contacted by members who have an employee they know, or whom they suspect, is attending work affected by alcohol or drugs. It would be naive to believe this social problem will not occasionally …
Owner Driver Premium Public Ruling The implementation of the recently released Owner Drivers premium ruling has been deferred. This deferral follows a request from representatives of industry groups for further time to consider the ruling. The ruling has also been removed from the WorkSafe Victoria website—www.worksafe,vic.gov.au What you need to do In the interim you …
Summary of CMPA Activities Over the Past 12 Months Over the last 12 months, the CMPA has been involved in a wide range of issues with the most notable being the continued development of the Crushing and Screening Reference Manuals to accompany Certificate II and III units of the Extractive Industries Training Package. In addition, …