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The Miners’ Union has welcomed the introduction of a Bill to Queensland Parliament today to extend industrial manslaughter laws to the state’s mining industry.

The death of a mineworker at Curragh coal mine in Central Queensland yesterday is a tragic start to 2020.

Key points:
•    The Fair Work Commission yesterday approved two Enterprise Agreements to cover BHP Operations Services employees.
•    The CFMEU’s challenge to the legality of these agreements was unsuccessful and we will appeal the approvals.

A determined five-month campaign of industrial action by CFMEU Mining and Energy members has delivered a big win on pay and conditions at Boggabri Coal and set a new standard for working conditions in the Gunnedah Basin coal industry.

CFMEU members have been at the frontline of fighting the recent dangerous bushfires across NSW.

The collapse of Bounty Mining’s Cook Colliery in Central Queensland has left workers without jobs before Christmas and unlikely to receive any entitlements because they are casuals, the Miners’ Union said today.

December 16 marks the 90th anniversary of the bloodiest clash in the industrial history of Australia. It took place at the Rothbury Colliery during the 15-month long 1929-1930 Northern District coal miners lock-out.

BHP has announced it will introduce autonomous trucks at its Goonyella Riverside coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.

This is the first major deployment of automated trucks in the Queensland coal industry and other mines and operators are likely to follow suit.

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Applications for the 2020 Mineworkers' Trust Scholarship awards are now open.

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