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Issue 104 – Apr/May 2019

Value of Membership

Value of Membership

GAVIN MOREIRA, Member Services Manager of CMPA reports on the value of being a CMPA Member. The CMPA is recognised as the principal advocate for the Construction Materials Processors Industry in Victoria. The mission of the CMPA is to provide strong representation and advocacy in the best interests of its Members. In so doing, the…

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From the Secretariat (Issue 104)

From the Secretariat (Issue 104)

Meeting with the Minister for Resources DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides a report. The Minister Jaclyn Symes, her Senior Adviser Adam Olive and Anthony Hurst (DJPR) met with Garry Cranny (Chairperson CMPA / Dandy Premix Quarries),…

CMPA News (Issue 104)

CMPA News (Issue 104)

Member Visits to South and East Gippsland The Member Services Manager, Gavin Moreira visited members in South and East Gippsland. A five day trip spread out over two weeks in April 2019. This was one of a number of field…

Dust in the Extractive Industry

Dust in the Extractive Industry

RON KERR, Honorary CEO and ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of CMPA provides a copy of our Submission on Dust. We as an association have tirelessly tried to bring this to our members attention from our very first issues of Sand…

Our quarries and our growing state

Our quarries and our growing state

Minister for Resources Jaclyn Symes talks to Sand and Stone. It’s great to be able to talk to members of the Construction Material Processors Association via Sand and Stone. I’m really proud that our government is leading the state’s biggest…

Victoria’s North and Murray Water Resource Plan

Victoria’s North and Murray Water Resource Plan

DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of CMPA reports on references to the Extractive Industry in the Plan. The Victoria’s North and Murray Water Plan (the Plan) is a comprehensive document (1022 pages) with the intent to “… outline how the…

Regulatory Impact Statement for DRAFT Mineral Industries Regulations

Regulatory Impact Statement for DRAFT Mineral Industries Regulations

The following is an extract from the CMPA submission to the Regulatory Impact Statement for the draft Mineral Industries Regulations that was submitted to the Victorian Government on 23rd April 2019. The CMPA supports the principle of responsible, balanced legislation…

Land Tax in the Victorian Extractive Industry

Land Tax in the Victorian Extractive Industry

This article is an extract from a discussion paper regarding the calculation of land tax by MICHAEL HOCKING, Certified Practicing Valuer for CJ Ham & Murray Pty Ltd. In December 2017 the Victorian Parliament passed Legislation amending several Acts including…

Landair Surveys Rewrites the Rules of Aerial Surveying

Landair Surveys Rewrites the Rules of Aerial Surveying

Landair Surveys (Ringwood, VIC) continues to upgrade its surveying toolkit. Our latest addition a Vulcanair P68C twin engine aerial survey aircraft will rewrite the rules of aerial surveying in Australia and here is why. Our Vulcanair P68C is an extremely…

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