DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides a summary on the meeting held in March 2016. The Earth Resources Ministerial Advisory Council (ERMAC) has been reformed and its purpose is to provide strategic advice to Minister for Energy…
DAVID O’BRIEN, Managing Director of Prosper Valley Enterprises provides an insight into his family’s venture into quarrying. I feel most readers may be somewhat surprised that a tiny quarry which operates with no power, no plant, no buildings, no fuel…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA reports on the progress by ERR on Improving the Regulation of the Earth Resources Sector. There has been some progress towards implementation of the Action Plan for Earth Resources Regulation (ERR), Department…
CMPA Secretariat reports on the successful day recently held in the north east of Victoria for CMPA members. On 18 February 2016 the CMPA held a second workshop (previously held in 2015) to expand on the collective knowledge of its…
Implications for Quarry Owners – Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Bill 2015 DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA discusses amendments to the Aboriginal Heritage Bill 2015. The CMPA recognises and respects the State’s Aboriginal Heritage and Culture and the need…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides the following comments supplied by the CMPA on the “Implementation Plan for Public Reporting”. The Resources Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 has amended the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 (“Act”) to…
JASON FREEMAN, Managing Director of Freeman Contracting Services, recounts the development of the family owned business he and his wife Bronwyn run from small beginnings to present. Based at Little River in Melbourne’s west Freeman Contracting Services started business in…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON reports on comments made by CMPA on section 3.5 Extractive Industries p.36 of the Plan Melbourne Refresh discussion paper (October 2015). According to the discussion paper “Melbourne is facing many challenges with significant planning implications. These include:…
Prepared by the Secretariat with comments from Tej Panesar, Associate Chairperson. The main drivers behind continuing with the survey (which is in its fourth year) were to continue consolidating and to gain an understanding of how the associates view the…
Dust Exposure Standards – Respirable Crystalline Silica DR ELIZABETH GIBSON reports on the CMPA’s response to questions posed in a recently released discussion paper. The Australian Government Department, Safe Work Australia released a discussion paper on The Role of Chemical…