Should the Extractive Industry be regulated under OHS (Mines) Regs? Due to the introduction of the new OHS Act, all regulations under the previous Act are presently being reviewed. This will see the establishment of a general overarching regulation and…
Management of OH&S in the earth resources industry An inquiry is being conducted by Neil Pope, a former parliamentarian, to: Investigate and report on OHS performance in the industry Make recommendations on the future management of the system Consider the…
Review of the Extractive Industries Development Act The CMPA’s first submission regarding the review was made on 13 February 2006. The purpose of this initial stage is to raise fundamental issues rather than to provide solutions and detail specific clauses…
Extractive Industry Acts & Regulations Update The CMPA produces an Acts & Regulations Pack for its Members. The packs comprises of a comprehensive collection of Acts and Regulations which are required by law to be held on extractive industries sites.…
New Victorian Land Tax Trust Provisions The Duties and Land Tax Acts (Amendment) 2005 gives effect to new land tax trust provisions. The key elements of the new land tax trusts model are: As from 1 January 2006, a tax…
A need for legal clarity within Australian Standards and Codes of Practice As personal and business life seems to become increasingly dominated by bureaucracy new terms and words enter the lexicon apace providing unnecessary complexity at best and interpretive confusion…
Subsidised Internet Connection As part of the Federal Government initiative to provide telecommunications services at a reasonable cost throughout regional Australia, the internet connection and service subsidy is again available. Previously known as Hibis the facility is now called Broadband…
Assisting Box Hill Institute of TAFE in meeting industry’s needs Recently, the CMPA and others were invited to make comment to Box Hill Institute of TAFE on how best they should engage industry in the training delivered by them. The…
Teaching a Person to Squash Rocks and Sort Sands Squashing rocks and sorting sands is something most of you do every day, but would your business be able to teach someone new to your site how to do just that?…
Credit Card Facilities Following enquiries from numerous Members, the CMPA now has Credit Card facilities which are available for use by all CMPA customers. As a means of minimising costs to the Association a surcharge of 2% of the transaction…