New Administration Support Officer
Meet Jacinta Gall JACINTA GALL, a brief histroy and introduction to CMPA’s new ASO. I started my career at the age of 17, a small town girl, fresh out of school and straight into the Army where I was a…
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Associate Members Survey
Voting Members Survey Results 2013/14 PREPARED by the Secretariat with comments from Tej Panesar, Associate Chairperson The main drivers behind continuing with the survey (which is in its third year) were to gain an understanding of how the associates view…
VicRoads
VicRoads and CMPA Technical committee meeting DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager CMPA reports on the CMPA Technical committee meeting with VicRoads. A meeting was held between VicRoads (Graeme Newman and Sven Scheppokat) and the CMPA technical committee (Craig James, E.…
State Environment Protection Policies
Review of Victoria’s State Environment Protection Policies for Noise DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of CMPA provides a report on the discussion paper released by SEPP for Noise. EPA Victoria (EPA) and the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI)…
CMPA Submission summary concerning proposed annual and increased Government fees
CMPA Submission to the Exposure Draft Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) (Extractive Industries) Amendment Regulations and Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS). THE submission was in response to the above draft Regulations and the accompanying RIS. At the outset it is important to…
Workshop on the development of a risk-based Work Plan application
Dr Elizabeth Gibson, General Manager CMPA, reports on the DSDBI Workshop. FOLLOWING on from the article in Sand & Stone Issue 72, a workshop was held at the Stamford Plaza Hotel in Melbourne to progress the development of a risk-based…
Traffic Management Workshop – Ballarat
Dr Elizabeth Gibson, reports on the Traffic Management Workshop held in Ballarat. THE traffic Management Workshop was held in Ballarat on 1 May, 2014 and was facilitated by David McKelvie of DMcK Management. the sponsors were Landair Surveys and Walsh…
Importance of identification of extractive resources
Dr Elizabeth Gibson reports on the State Government Taskforce that recognises the importance of maintaining appropriate access to extractive resources. THE taskforce met in early April and consists of Anthony Hurst (Chair) and Fiona Clarke, DSDBI; Elizabeth Gibson, CMPA, Brian…
What’s next for the civil construction industry?
GE Capital summary from CMPA General Meeting Australia’s civil construction industry is forecast to grow at 4.3% annually through to 2016, despite a slowdown in Australian GDP growth – thanks to renewed business confidence and commitments to housing and infrastructure…
Progress on Rehabilitation Bond Model
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides an update on the Rehabilitation Bond Model. A sub group of the Earth resources reform Steering Committee DSDBI/industry representatives), the rehabilitation Bond Working Group – Extractive and Minerals Industry has been…