GRAHAM MCKAY, Director for Cowwarr Quarries provides a report on the development and growth of the site. Cowwarr Quarries was started eight years ago as a Greenfield site on land owned by a family member, who was also a Director of the Company. Setting up the site and getting a work plan together to reduce…
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Benefits of the Preferred Suppliers & General Information Reference Manual The CMPA Preferred Suppliers & General Information Reference Manual 2016/17 will be delivered in early December to all members, Voting, Honorary Voting, Associate and Workforce. The manual provides you with…
CMPA releases Noise Management Guideline A new publication released by CMPA, providing support to members regarding Noise Management in the Workplace. CMPA is pleased to announce the release of the Noise Management Guideline on 20 October 2016 which adds to…
Dr Elizabeth Gibson, General Manager CMPA outlines Public Sustainability Reporting in the extractive industry. Public Sustainability Reporting is a new impost on the extractive industry. The following is an extract from the Earth Resources Regulator’s Guideline “Public Sustainability Reporting for…
The Victorian Government has made some press releases in early November 2016 which may be good news for Members: Major Works Set To Transform Outer-Western Roads The Victorian Government has called for Expressions of Interest for the western package of…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager for CMPA provides a summary of the Voting Members survey 2015/16. Voting member survey results 2015/16 The main drivers behind continuing with the survey (which is in its fifth year) were to gain an understanding…
An extract of the first major refresh of this UV Guidance Note in twelve years by Worksafe Victoria. The purpose of this guidance is to assist employers, employees and independent contractors to understand the risk of occupational exposure to ultraviolet…
CMPA Secretariat reports on the successful day recently held in the North of Melbourne for CMPA members. Noise Management Workshop On 20 October 2016 the CMPA held a workshop to expand on the collective knowledge of its members and to…
MILES BEAMISH, Senior Business Finance Broker from Finlease reports on 9 quick facts you need to know about equipment finance. After 25 years of financing equipment for capital intensive industries, we thought we would share a few facts which will…
LEANNE MARNELL, Secretary of the Australian Autoglass Industry Alliance (AAIA) reports on how it grew out of industry circumstances where independent autoglass businesses did not have an industry voice. In many ways the industry circumstances which drove the establishment of…
MICHAEL BETTS, Director for Betts Blasting Pty Ltd provides an insight into the growth of the family business. In 2010, a call from a quarry manager in South Gippsland requesting the services of a shot firer saw the beginning of…