General New (Issue 5)
It is timely to release the fifth issue of CMPA News and the second for 2001 with the next General Meeting scheduled for November 30th 2001 at Digby’s Function Room (RSVP: 27th of November). Thanks must be extended to Action…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. (Issue 5)
Ken Mawson representing the Australian Institute of Quarrying Education Foundation dated 3rd September 2001 Congratulations on a highly successful evening which launched the CMPA Induction Handbook last Friday. You should be very proud of your efforts and the hard working…
FEATURE ARTICLE (Issue 5)
The following abridged speech was written and delivered by Robert Durward, Director of the British Aggregates Association, to the Institute of Quarrying’s Annual Conference held in Dunblane on 5th October 2001. To assist in putting Robert’s speech into perspective remember…
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ISSUES.
SUBMISSIONS EPA Draft Air Quality Improvement Plan On the 31st August 2001, CMPA representatives including Brendan Cooper, Ron Kerr, Basil Natoli and Len Thompson met with EPA representatives Lyn Dennison, Bill Millard and Jennifer Walcott, to discuss CMPA concerns with…
CHAIRPERSON’S COMMENT – INDUSTRY SPECIFIC GUIDELINES
Over recent months, we have been presented with various Guidelines that require the input of members before they are finalised. This is an excellent opportunity for those who are going to be governed by a document to contribute to the…
OUTSTANDING EMIAB ISSUES (EXTRACTIVE & MINING INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD)
Duplication of Incident Notification for Work Authority sites An issue paper was submitted to the September EMIAB Meeting seeking agreement that all “specified incidents” on Work Authority sites which at this time should be notified to both Work Cover and…
REPORT FROM THE POLICY & SPECIAL ISSUES COMMITTEE
CMPA Induction Hand Book [IH] After editing by Andrew Shaw and numerous adjustments carried out by Glenn Jordan, the IH is almost finalised for printing. It is with much relief therefore that we can inform all that the IH should…
General Business (Issue 4)
May 2001 It is timely to release the fourth issue of CMPA News and the first for 2001 with the next General Meeting scheduled for June 1st 2001. In this issue we will update progress in all areas of interest…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (Issue 4)
From Mr A McCarthy of Tylden Quarries. Sir, In the last C.M.P.A. newsletter, Mr. R. Symons from Gippsland expressed his appreciation for the assistance and effort of the C.M.P.A. in achieving a reduction in the increase to his site’s rehabilitation…
Whose Quarry now? Long may your landlord live!
Where a quarry operation is conducted on leased land, the landowner and the quarry operator have potentially competing interests. On the one hand the land owner, like any landlord, wishes to be in a position, if he so chooses, to…