NEWS FROM ABROAD
Sarah Andrew, CMPA Project Manager Every now and again the CMPA receives an update on the quarrying industry in the United Kingdom. One such update arrived on April 1 and, if it weren’t for the date on the letter, we…
Features
LUBRICATION & ITS RELATIONSHIP TO MAINTENANCE, PRODUCTION & PROFITS
Barry Taylor, ILM Services Lubrication and its importance to production and maintenance levels is often ignored, and in some cases even discarded. As simple as lubrication may seem, it is actually one of the most important issues to be addressed…
SILICA – A STORM OR A GUST
Andrew Lumb, Nevett Ford Silica has been a topical subject of late. The National Occupational Health and Safety Commission has from 1st January 2005 amended the National Exposure Standards for crystalline silica, and for quartz the standard has been changed…
QUARRY UNDER FEE THREAT
Tom McKenny, Roving Reporter The sharp escalation of a Crown Land licence fee has pressured a central Victorian dimensional stone quarry to the brink of closure. Mr Oliver contacted the CMPA both dismayed and at a loss of how to…
LEGISLATIVE UPDATES (Issue 20)
Summary of Updates NOHSC BECOMES ASCC On Monday 7th February, the National Occupational Health & Safety Commission (NOHSC)became the Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC),under the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. The changes to NOHSC were flagged by the…
DPI UPDATE (Issue 20)
Regulatory Activities—Mining and Extractive Sectors John Mitas, Operations Manager, DPI
VIC ROADS
VRFAC Melbourne Forum 2004—report Every year the Victorian Road Freight Advisory Council organise a series of forums to involve road users with issues affecting freight. The forums are attended by a variety of people including representatives from state and local…
TRISTAN ANTICO, PIONEERING INDUSTRIALIST
Grant Phillips, Yarra Valley Quarries/CMPA Chairperson Tristano Venus Antico, who died at age 81, arrived in Australia at the age of seven with just three words of English – “yes, no, toilet”. From such an unpromising beginning, he would become…
PREMIERE OF STONE SHOW
In April 2005 the Stone Institute of Australasia and dmg world media will jointly present The Stone Show as a major feature of the inaugural Form and Function Expo. This exciting new exhibition will be co-located with design EX, Australia’s…
OHS COURT RULINGS
Inspector McDonald v Solo Waste Aust Pty Ltd In Inspector McDonald v Solo Waste Australia Pty Ltd (2004) the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales Court considered what an appropriate penalty would be for breaching the Occupational Health and…