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CCAA: COVID-safe construction essential to Australia’s recovery

Ken Slattery, the chief executive officer of the peak body for Australia’s heavy construction materials industry, has warned in an opinion piece that the capacity for the industry to be an engine for the nation’s post-pandemic economic recovery is being hindered by snap lockdowns. Read More

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Western Australia updates silica workplace exposure standards

The Western Australian Government has followed the lead of Australia’s eastern states to deliver new workplace exposure standards for silica and coal dust.
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Queensland industrial manslaughter offences put into effect

Queensland’s hard-hitting mine and quarry safety laws have become active as of 1 July, with senior officers facing potentially more severe penalties for workplace fatalities.
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Free lung health checks for Queensland quarry workers

Queensland’s quarrying and mineral mining workers will be given free lung health checks for life to protect them from dust-related lung diseases.
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WesTrac reduces industry workplace dangers with new project

Caterpillar distributor WesTrac has introduced its Elimination of Live Work (ELW) project which can outline technology, tools and workplace practices to prevent safety risks to people working close to live equipment in the construction and mining sectors.
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Health truck to provide lung checks to regional workers

Lung checks to Queensland’s former and present quarry and mine workers will be provided by a prime mover health truck that will roll through regional areas by the end of the year.
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Commissioner ‘heartened’ by industry’s response to safety reset

The Queensland resources sector must ride the momentum from the recent “safety reset”, says the state’s Commissioner for Mine Health and Safety who has praised operators planning to implement the concept on a national and permanent basis.
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