With operating conditions restricting the re-opening of a productive Victorian granite stone quarry, BRUCE MCCLURE looks at the possible demise of dimension stone quarrying in Central Victoria. THE CMPA was notified late last year by the DPI that the Work Authority for an established granite quarry (producing mainly dimension stone) on Mount Alexander at Harcourt, …
BRUCE MCCLURE, CMPA’s General Manager reports on the use of primary production registered trucks to commercially cart Quarry Products. A number of Members have raised with the CMPA the situation where some vehicles registered for primary production are also being used to cart products from quarries to sites for customers undertaking construction works. In most …
GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA’s Administration Officer reports on the development of WorkSafe Victoria’s latest Guidance Note Preventing falls from quarry faces. In March 2011, WorkSafe Victoria released a Guidance Note for Preventing falls from quarry faces with the intention of highlighting to operators the risks and possible controls faced by those working on or around active …
CMPA Secretariat provides an update of the latest news and happenings. MINISTER FOR PLANNING, MATTHEW GUY On March 28 this year, the CMPA met with the Hon Matt hew Guy, Minister for Planning in the current state government. The CMPA was represented at this meeting by Ron Kerr, CMPA’s Honorary CEO, Bruce McClure, CMPA’s General …
KATHLEEN CUTHBERTSON, reports on the history and changes to the family business JH Cuthbertson Pty Ltd. LIKE the man who first bought it, the quarry on Old Telegraph Rd at Jindivick has a history that is entwined with Gippsland itself. As far back as the 1940’s entrepreneurial loggers Jack Cuthbertson and Ray Richards were on …
Is there light at the end of the tunnel? CMPA General Manager, BRUCE MCCLURE, re-visits rehabilitation bonds and it’s imposition on the industry. THE current application of rehabilitation bonds remains unsustainable and is creating a financial impediment for many of our Members businesses’. As a result the CMPA has kept this issue on our radar …