GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Administration Officer, provides a summary of the CMPA Annual Report. WE’ve had another year of challenges and some more changes at the CMPA. But overall it has been another great year of achievement for our industry. Here is a summation from the CMPA Annual Report. CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT – JOHN MAWSON We have …
BRUCE McCLURE, General Manager of the CMPA, comments on the inquiry by the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission and subsequent State Government response into streamlining local government regulation. IN August 2009 the Victorian State Labor Government directed the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission (VCEC) to conduct an inquiry into streamlining local government regulation. The Treasurer …
SURVEY DEVELOPMENT GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Administration Officer. THE main drivers behind developing of the Members Survey were to gain an understanding of the future direction of the industry, to establish Member priorities and to direct the Associations resources accordingly. Development of the survey took a few months, dating back to March. Initial meetings were held …
BRUCE McCLURE General Manager of the CMPA comments on the recent spate of road pavement failures around Victoria due to wet and cold weather conditions. THROUGHOUT history mankind has used various techniques to improve the condition of the roads that were needed for people to move round, for commerce and unfortunately for military manoeuvres. The …
CMPA Secretariat provides an update of the latest news and happenings. ANNUAL DINNER PHOTOS Would you like a happy snap of you and your friends all dressed up for the Annual Dinner? Photos from the night are available to be downloaded free of charge from http://outbackphototours.com.au/CMPA2012/ High resolution, printable versions of the photos can also …
KANE HENSON, General Manager reports on the development of the business to what it is today. ANDREW Halloran has an eye for opportunity, not just identifying it, but acting upon it. As the Company Director of the EMM Group (formerly Echuca Mini Mix), based on the banks of the Murray River in Echuca/Moama, he has …
The NIMBY Syndrome BRUCE McCLURE General Manager of the CMPA comments on the impact of the NIMBY syndrome. OVER the last few years one issue that is becoming of major concern throughout Australia is the NIMBY syndrome and its implications on current and future extractive industry sites. The NIMBY or ‘Not in My Back Yard’ …
JILLIAN MANNIX, Teacher Primary Industries from Bendigo TAFE reports on collect routine site sampling training (MSL952001A). THE Sample Collection course was initially delivered late in 2011. Following a review by various industry experts; this course is ready for delivery now at your worksite. The training has been aligned to the relevant national competency standard and …
CMPA Honorary Voting Member, ROBIN HOCKING recalls an earlier life and his progress into the valuation profession and his subsequent interest in quarrying. ROBIN Hocking was born in Castlemaine in 1936 and spent the last three years of schooling at Wesley College in Melbourne. He commenced work at the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney in …
JAY MADGETT, Director of Techweigh reports on the integration of belt scales into mobile crushers. NO longer is it complex and expensive to integrate belt scales into mobile crushers. Tecweigh’s dexterity in manufacturing customised and innovative equipment has more recently developed belt weighing scales to complement the rough environments imposed by mobile crushers. Tecweigh offer …