GAVIN MOREIRA , Administration Officer of the CMPA provides an overview of the new Personal Work Record Book. THE purpose behind the Personal Work Record Book is to provide individual employees with a singular, centralised location to document evidence of…
With the ever changing landscape and economic conditions it is important that directors know their responsibilities. If you are or have recently been made a director of a company you need to understand these law changes as this could significantly…
JOHN MITAS, General Manager Minerals & Extractive Operations, reports on the new mining laws to strengthen earth resources regulation. THE Victorian Coalition Government has introduced amendments to mining laws to strengthen the enforcement powers of the State’s mining and extractive…
PETER MCCLUSKEY provides an update on the Victorian Limestone Producers Association. THE VLPA held its AGM & annual conference in Springvale on the 18th of October 2012. The Chairman Kevin Matthews spoke about projects undertaken during the foregoing year and…
CHRIS PROWSE, Managing Director of C.K. Prowse & Associates Pty Ltd, reports on the development of the business. C.K. Prowse & Associates was ‘born’ in 1989 following from my experiences in the quarrying and minerals industries in most Australian states…
CMPA Honorary Voting Member, TOM MCKENNY recalls his involvement in the quarry industry and the development of his career in journalism. THE quarry industry wasn’t something that I had bargained on becoming involved in when I started my journalism career…
KELVIN WILSON, Sales Manager of TSS Company reports on the new home for the Melbourne based engineering group. TSS Company, and its subsidiary Conveyor Pulleys Australia, have relocated into their new office and manufacturing facility in Carrum Downs, Victoria. Servicing…
GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Administration Officer, provides a summary of the CMPA Annual Report. WE’ve had another year of challenges and some more changes at the CMPA. But overall it has been another great year of achievement for our industry. Here…
BRUCE McCLURE, General Manager of the CMPA, comments on the inquiry by the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission and subsequent State Government response into streamlining local government regulation. IN August 2009 the Victorian State Labor Government directed the Victorian Competition…
SURVEY DEVELOPMENT GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Administration Officer. THE main drivers behind developing of the Members Survey were to gain an understanding of the future direction of the industry, to establish Member priorities and to direct the Associations resources accordingly. Development…