The Queensland Government has invested $5 million into researching and providing treatment for lung diseases common with mine workers.
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New QLD PTSD laws a saving Grace
The Queensland Government has introduced changes to the state’s workers compensation laws to improve the support and compensation of first responders suffering post-traumatic disorder (PTSD).
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Taking health checks to the heart of QLD
In a sweeping reform to combat and prevent lung health diseases among Queensland’s mine workers, the state government will send a health truck across the regions this year.
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Grosvenor mine to resume operations in 2021
Anglo American is anticipating a safe restart of the Grosvenor coal mine in Queensland for the second half of next year.
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QLD mine workers to receive compulsory lung screening
Queensland has extended its free lung health checks to all of the state's mine and quarry workers.
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New safety body for QLD mine workers
Queensland's resource workers will soon have their own independent health and safety regulatory body after the state parliament supported new legislation.
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Young miners at risk of hidden skin cancer
Young Australians are more likely to have skin cancer detected on non-sunburnt parts of their body compared with people over 40, a new study from the University of Queensland has found.
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Coal inspectors hit the beat at Rockhampton
Two coal mine inspectors have started work to ensure health and safety across mines and quarries near Rockhampton.
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QLD to order stricter gas monitoring next year
The Queensland Government is set to release new health and safety regulations next year to target the danger of methane gas.
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Queensland safety reset edges closer to completion
The Queensland safety reset has officially reached 96 per cent of the state's mine and quarry workforce despite the deadline being at the end of August.
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Anglo American scores $2m win for QLD mine safety
Anglo American will purchase a $2 million winder, a mobile truck-mounted emergency egress system, to assist rescue crews in the event miners are trapped underground.
The company will wholly fund the purchase
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Eight more QLD projects get 100% FIFO ban
The Queensland Government has put a ban on eight more large resource projects to employ a fully fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workforce, taking the number of projects affected by this ruling to 69.
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Australian-first dust disease register arrives in Queensland
The Queensland Government has introduced Australia’s first dust-related disease register in an effort to provide better workplace health and safety protection to workers.
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Whitehaven Coal advances $1bn Winchester South expansion
Whitehaven Coal has again found favour with the Queensland state government and hit a milestone at the proposed $1 billion Winchester South mine in the Bowen Basin.
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Mine safety, Great Barrier Reef winners of Queensland budget
The Queensland Government is focusing on mine safety and protection of the Great Barrier Reef in its natural resources, mines and energy budget this year.
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One in the eye: Mining’s cyclone peril
Australia is in the midst of cyclone season and it pays to be on guard. Safe to Work looks at how mine sites can be affected.
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QLD aims to improve safety in the workplace
Queensland’s Work Health and Safety Board, the peak advisory Board to its government on work health and safety issues, has developed a five-year plan to make the state safer.
The Board, made up of representatives
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Queensland commemorates 1500 fallen workers
Queensland's resources community commemorated the loss of 1500 workers who have died in mining operations on Miners' Memorial Day in northern Queensland.
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Rio Tinto Amrun Chith export facility recognised for civil construction
Rio Tinto's Amrun Chith export facility has been recognised for its excellence in civil construction with the Queensland Civil Contractors Federation (CFC) Earth Award.
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Mining inspectorate probes worker safety allowance in QLD
Queensland's Mines Inspectorate has committed to launch a crack down on companies that handed over payments of health checks and safety gears to workers, in breach of Queensland's mine safety laws.
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