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Mining NewsNovember 2005
Workers at a Queensland aluminium refinery are getting new toilets after overflowing sewage forced more than 100 workers to walk out. Bosses to Fund Wran Plan 09 November 2005A new NSW levy on mining companies is a big step towards bringing safety standards up to scratch, says the CFMEU. October 2005
Two Hunter Valley coal companies have lost a challenge to the NSW Industrial Relations Commission’s power to convict killer companies. August 2005
Scores of workers are being injured in mines while the NSW Government sits on its hands over reform in the industry, according to the CFMEU. March 2005
Swiss mining giant Xstrata has been fined $1.47 million over the 1996 deaths of four Hunter Valley coalminers. February 2005
Workers fears over losing their entitlements have been scapegoated for a jump in injuries at a Tasmanian mine. "Backlash' Warning Over Bosses Move To Strip Law 04 February 2005The Miners Union warned of an industrial backlash over attempts by two of the biggest coal companies in Australia to overturn criminal provisions in safety laws. September 2004
The uranium poisoning of up to 120 Northern Territory mineworkers has been sheeted home to the use of AWAs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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