KEN NORRIS Partner for Norris & Schoeffel reports on the statutory review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) which commenced on 29 October 2019. Over the next 12 months, the review will look at how…
Matthews Quarries is a family owned and operated business supplying quarry products across Victoria. The business has steadily grown, with sister companies Latrobe Valley Concrete and Latrobe Valley Sands, to meet diverse construction material needs. A founding member of the…
ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager for CMPA provides an update on how the CMPA will continue to support our Members. Social distancing plays an important part in preventing the spread of the virus, but this affects many CMPA activities, from simple…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of CMPA reports on the ERR 2018/19 Statistical Report. Earth Resources Regulation (ERR) has recently released the 2018/19 Annual Statistical Report (available at www.earthresources.vic.gov.au). The upturn in annual construction material tonnages continues to its highest…
BRIAN CALOVIC, Health Safety & Environmental Manager for Conundrum Holdings Pty Ltd reports on Worksafe Victoria’s Silicosis Summit. Approximately 600 people from engineered stone, tunnel project and earth resources industry attended the Worksafe Victoria Silicosis Summit. Mr Colin Radford CEO…
Prepared by Dr Elizabeth Gibson, General Manager of the CMPA with input from Jack Kraan, Managing Director of Focus CDS Consultants. The extractive industry has long had an issue with encroachment into buffers by incompatible uses such as residential development.…
The Victorian Government has been progressing the Strategic Extractive Resource Area (SERA) pilot project – a flagship initiative of the Helping Victoria Grow: Extractive Resources Strategy. The SERA pilot project aims to introduce new planning policies and controls in defined…
Respirable dust particles are small enough (0.2 – 7 Microns) to penetrate past the upper respiratory tract and deep into the lungs. Potential health effects associated with exposure to respirable quartz dust, known as Respirable Crystalline Silica Dust (RCSD) are…
CMPA’s submission to the proposed Planning for health amenity and safety buffers questionnaire prepared by Dr Elizabeth Gibson. Overview “The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) is proposing updates to the Planning Policy Framework and Clause 53.10 of…
This article has been compiled in part by Dr Elizabeth Gibson from the presentation given by Dr Michelle Delaire, Director of the Regulatory Transition Taskforce, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (DJPR) on 27 November 2019 in Kilmore to CMPA…