The CFA have produced a publication Preparing your property, that aims to assist you to fireproof your properties in the country, including quarry sites. This is summarised below. YOU can reduce the spread, speed and heat of a bushfire by…
Most employers and employees of construction material processing business are aware that dusts can be a serious health hazard. Below is an extract from the CMPA’s Work Safely Reference Manual outlining two potential Dust Hazards in your workplace. DUST HAZARDS…
TOM KERR from Conundrum Holdings provides some advice to those looking to purchase a sales loader. ARE you looking to purchase new plant or machinery? Under the Victorian OHS Regulations designers, manufacturers, suppliers and employers who use plant all have…
There are new compliance requirements for companies wishing to win contracts for works that are funded in part from the Commonwealth Government. Executive Director ROGER BUCKLEY summarises these requirements. AS part of the Commonwealth Government’s response to the Global Financial…
ROB MATTHEWS is a foundation member of the CMPA and the K & RJ Matthews Quarries Pty Ltd on the northern side of the Latrobe Valley has grown and his business interests have expanded as the CMPA has also developed…
On Wednesday the 18th of November the Premier of Victoria the Honourable John Brumby MP officially opened the $45 million Western Metropolitan Recycling Facility with the unveiling of a plaque from the Victorian Government, reports TEGAN ELDRIDGE, CMPA Development Officer…
RAYMOND WALSH proudly guided Minister Batchelor around his family’s quarry and new processing plant. REPRESENTATIVES of the CMPA Management Committee met with the Minister for Energy and Resources, Peter Batchelor on Tuesday 15th December 2009 during Minister Batchelor’s visit to…
The Fair Work Act 2009 is the third different industrial relations system industry has had to deal with in the last five years. The new union right of entry under this Act largely replicates the provisions in the previous Workplace…
By ROGER BUCKLEY The release of the An Unsustainable Future report has kept the Secretariat busy as well as visiting members and providing industry comment on regulatory and legislative changes. ROGER BUCKLEY, CMPA Executive Director, provides an overview. SUBMISSION ON…
The Year In Reflection Honorary CEO, RON KERR, reflects on the past twelve months of the CMPA. WELCOME to 2010 and thank-you for taking the time to read our Sand & Stone. The beginning of a new year is an…