GAVIN MOREIRA, Member Services Manager for the CMPA provides an extract on precautions to be taken when operating plant under adverse weather conditions. Accident statistics prove that there is an increased risk of personal injury during the winter months. Additional…
DAVID HAZELL, Managing Director for Onetrak reflects on the first ten years of the business. In April 2006, Onetrak equipment established itself as a brand new company for the Hyundai construction equipment franchise in Tasmania. Managing Director David Hazell says,…
MIKE CAMERON, Leadership Development for Australian Training Alliance reports on the new development program for the extractive industry. Registered Training Organisation, Australian Training Alliance (ATA) has been providing training solutions nationally since 2005 for the construction, mining and quarrying industries…
JOHN PITITTO, Partner for Mead Partners – Charted Accountants provides an update on SuperStream. The deadline is looming for smaller businesses who are not already using the government’s Superstream initiative. The new, standardised processing method for handling superannuation payments is…
MILES BEAMISH, Senior Business Finance Broker from Finlease reports on how to get the right equipment finance. All too often we see companies scrambling at the last minute to put finance facilities in place to pay for machines needed for…
DAVID O’BRIEN, Managing Director of Prosper Valley Enterprises provides an insight into his family’s venture into quarrying. I feel most readers may be somewhat surprised that a tiny quarry which operates with no power, no plant, no buildings, no fuel…
Minister Launches Geotech Guideline DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides a summary on the launch of the CMPA’s latest guidline. The CMPA was pleased that the Minister for Energy and Resources The Hon Lily D’Ambrosio MP launched…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA reports on the progress by ERR on Improving the Regulation of the Earth Resources Sector. There has been some progress towards implementation of the Action Plan for Earth Resources Regulation (ERR), Department…
Is your supplier a ‘CMPA Preferred Supplier’? The CMPA has continued its aim of supporting members by lifting standards in the manner in which Members’ conduct their business activities; be it training, networking, occupational health and safety, industry-regulator relationships or…
CMPA Secretariat reports on the successful day recently held in the north east of Victoria for CMPA members. On 18 February 2016 the CMPA held a second workshop (previously held in 2015) to expand on the collective knowledge of its…