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…
Implications for Quarry Owners – Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Bill 2015 DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA discusses amendments to the Aboriginal Heritage Bill 2015. The CMPA recognises and respects the State’s Aboriginal Heritage and Culture and the need…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides the following comments supplied by the CMPA on the “Implementation Plan for Public Reporting”. The Resources Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 has amended the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 (“Act”) to…