City Circle Group employee, Linda Widdup recently accepted the honour of ‘Australian of the Year Award – Local Hero’, for her volunteering efforts as a farming community organiser. She brings hope to Australian farmers in their time of need, organising…
Emma Morrison recently joined the CMPA part-time as Member Services Officer and has been busy with Elizabeth on site visits across Victoria. With significant experience in marketing and communications both operational and strategic, her skills broadly include brand management, events,…
Conundrum Holdings was awarded the Highly Commended CMPA Progressive Rehabilitation Award (Large quarries category), sponsored by Resources Victoria, at the CMPA Annual Dinner on 30 August 2025. Jason Comben, Chairperson, CMPA Management Committee, presented the award to Brian Calovic, Manager,…
Andy Lumb recently celebrated completion of almost 37 years of legal practice at Nevett Ford, firstly as a director and in recent years as Special Counsel and as a senior member of the Nevett Ford Commercial Law Practice Group. Andrew,…
Resources Victoria Regulatory Operations (RVRO) Compliance Priorities 2025-26 At the last of 2025 RVRO Industry Reference Group meeting (25 November 2025) attended by the peak bodies (including Dr Elizabeth Gibson, General Manager CMPA) in quarrying and mining, the new Chief…
Dr Elizabeth Gibson, General Manager CMPA, provides excerpts from the final Resources Victoria Regulatory Operations (RVRO) Blast Impact Assessments: A guide to documenting blasting activities for mining and quarry applications (BIA). BackgroundRVRO developed the BIA as a mandatory requirement for…
Earlier this year, Alex Fraser and SAMI Bitumen Technologies received the Australian Flexible Pavement Association (AfPA) State Award for Outstanding Project Under $10 Million for the Toll Road Upgrade project in Altona North. The project’s outstanding achievements were further recognised…
Heat illness occurs when the body cannot sufficiently cool itself. Factors that contribute to this include: temperature humidity amount of air movement radiant temperature of surroundings clothing physical activity (metabolic heat load). Heat illness covers a range of medical conditions…
We recently updated the CMPA ‘Working Safely with Geotechnical Risk in Quarries’ Guideline, with Issue 4 providing more detailed information for quarry managers, leading hands and operators in controlling geotechnical risk. The following new sections have been added: 8.3 Unused…
Dr Elizabeth Gibson, General Manager CMPA provides highlights from the AUSMASA Insights for Tomorrow 2025: Mining Workforce Plan. BackgroundThe Australian Mining and Automotive Skills Alliance (AUSMASA) is one of the 10 Jobs and Skills Councils (JSCs) established by the Australian…