Wage-cutting strategies in the mining industry: UPDATED
Report by McKell Institute, May 2022
A report by the McKell Institute has found that hundreds of millions of dollars is being lost from key mining region economies every year as a result of the widespread...
The hydrogen revolution has to start with the most affordable gas
Andrew Forrest's impassioned denouncement this week of all hydrogen derived from coal was an oddly loose contribution to the energy debate – even accounting for Twiggy's taste for vaudeville.
Submission to the WA Parliamentary Inquiry into sexual harassment
AUGUST 2021
The Western Mineworkers Alliance (WMWA) - our joint venture with the AWU in the Pilbara, has made a submission to the WA Parliamentary Inquiry into sexual harassment against women in the FIFO mining...
Mining communities keep being told there aren’t many casuals in mining. Employers have been claiming absurdly low percentages to claim that casualisation is not a problem in mining.
The Coal Industry Long Service Leave scheme is one of the most comprehensive schemes for blue collar workers in the world. However, there are further important improvements needed to strengthen the scheme...
IR Omnibus Bill entrenches ‘permanent casual’ rort in mining
FEBRUARY 2021
The Miners Union will today give evidence at a Senate Inquiry about how the Federal Government’s IR Omnibus Bill exacerbates rampant casualisation in the mining industry.
Wage cutting strategies in the mining industry: the cost to workers and communities
Report by McKell Institute, March 2020
A report by the McKell Institute has found that hundreds of millions of dollars is being lost from key mining region economies every year as a result of the widespread...
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...
Speech to Sydney Institute by Tony Maher, 27 November 2019
National President Tony Maher said in a speech delivered to the Sydney Institute: 'As leader of the union representing Australian coal miners and power...
