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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
SUBMISSIONS Budget submission to Victorian Government. In response to the Honourable Candy Broad, Minister for Energy and Resources’ request for input into the 2001 / 2002 budget, the CMPA completed a submission during January 2001. Many issues were canvassed and…
Many members will have seen an article in the Herald Sun (15/5) under the heading Woodchip subsidy blasted – Old growth cheaper than bread. Apparently the Australian Conservation Foundation commissioned a study of the old growth timber logging industry, and…