The biggest change in 50 years to Victoria’s environment protection laws is coming soon. The new Environment Protection Amendment Act 2018 (the Act) comes into force on 1 July 2020. It will be focused on prevention. The general environmental duty…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA reports on the Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) for Draft Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Extractive Industries Regulations (EIR) 2019. The current Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Extractive Industries Regulations 2010 are due to sunset…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA and Members comments on the Draft Geotechnical Guideline (Guideline) for Terminal and Rehabilitated Slopes Extractive Industry. Earth Resources Regulation (DJPR) has been in consultation with CMPA and the extractive industry in general…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA comments on the Draft National Light Pollution Guidelines for Wildlife. The Federal Department of the Environment and Energy is developing draft National Light Pollution Guidelines for Wildlife including Marine Turtles, Seabirds and…
ANNA CRONIN Commissioner for Better Regulation and Red Tape Commissioner’s second six-monthly review to implement the Getting the Groundwork Right report is available from www.earthresources.vic.gov.au The second review was commissioned by the Minister for Resources The Hon Jaclyn Symes MP…
JACLYN SYMES MP, Minister for Resources. The Minister’s speech given at the CMPA Annual Dinner in Marysville on 14 September 2019. This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the formation of the CMPA – that’s two decades of providing a…
Written by John Mawson. Last month the Quarry Industry lost one of its oldest and most esteemed leaders. At the age of 97, after a long and healthy life, Ken Mawson passed away peacefully at his home in Torquay. Ken…
The CMPA came across additional production statistics from Earth Resources Regulation (thanks to Sarah Andrew, Conundrum Holdings) and thought that this would be of interest. The statistics have been broken down into charts for unit rate (cost/tonne) and tonnages produced…
GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Member Services Manager, provides a summary of the CMPA Annual Report. Chairperson’s Report – Garry Cranny Following is a summary of the Chairperson’s report by Garry Cranny prepared by Dr Elizabeth Gibson. The most important set of…
An Extract from the CMPA CHAIRPERSON – GARRY CRANNY’ Annual Dinner speech for those members who were not in attendance, highlights the key issues we in the industry are now facing and into the future. “Minister – I am in…