From its inception in 1974, CJD EQUIPMENT has grown to become one of Australia’s leading distributors of world-class construction, earthmoving and road transport products and solutions. CJD EQUIPMENT was founded on the 4th of February 1974 by Directors Ron Rafferty and Rob Jowett, both of whom are involved as much today as they were in…
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JOHN PITITTO, Mead Partners, Chartered Accountants reports on Debtor Management as per his presentation at the September 2013 CMPA Business Seminar 2. Chasing up debtors is a particular management problem for many businesses – people just don’t like making the…
GRANT HACKLETON, Legal Practitioner Director and ASHLEY DILGES, Solicitor Manager for Jones King Lawyers provide a report on the end of temporary protection under the PPSA. THE Personal Properties Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (“PPSA”) governs the taking of, registration and…
GAVIN MOREIRA, Member Services Manager for CMPA reports on the Dust Management Training. THE Dust Management training was held at William Adams on Thursday 27th February 2014. CMPA Secretariat reports on a successful training session recently held in Laverton for…
WORKSAFE VICTORIA, provides Information for employers about risks associated with mobile plant (such as dump trucks) overturning at mines or quarries. Background IN a recent incident, a fully loaded articulated dump truck overturned while travelling along a section of sealed…
Planning Permits and Expiry Conditions ANDREW NATOLI, Lawyer & Town Planner for Equipe Lawyers Pty Ltd reports on Old Extractive Industry Planning Permits. LEGISLATIVE reform in any area of regulation can often leave a legacy of anomalies, particularly where instruments,…
Strategic Liaison Committee DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager CMPA reports on the last CCAA VicRoads Strategic Liaison Committee meeting. CMPA requested representation on the CCAA VicRoads Strategic Liaison Committee. The Committee’s aim is to improve communication between VicRoads and the…
Results for 2012/2013 DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager CMPA provides an analysis on the Voting Members Survey. The main drivers behind continuing with the survey (which is in its second year) were to gain an understanding of the future direction…
What does it mean to you? DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager, CMPA provides an update on the Water Bill Exposure Draft. tHE victorian Government is reviewing the Water Act 1989 and the Water Industry Act 1994 to deliver a “streamlined…
Issue Paper into Public Infrastructure Dr Elizabeth Gibson, reports on the recently released Productivity Commission’s Issue Paper. THE Australian Government has asked the Productivity Commission (the Commission) to undertake a broadranging inquiry into public infrastructure,comprising two broad streams of work:…
Identifying extractive resources Dr Elizabeth Gibson reports on the recent Minerals Development Victoria (MDV) meeting. ELIZABETH Gibson met with Anthony Hurst (Executive Director, Earth Resources Development), Adrian Panow and Fiona Clarke of Department of State Development, Business and Innovation (DSDBI)…