Coffs Coast Advocate

Claims bridge ‘mess’ is blocking corridor to Bowen Basin

A Paget transport company says an old bridge on the Peak Downs Highway is stopping the delivery of equipment to mines.

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17th Dec. 2020 4:12 PM

Peak Downs Highway sign. Picture: Tara Miko

Study into Bowen Basin’s gas potential begins

The two-year investigation will look at the region’s gas reserves and the jobs that may come with it.

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12th Dec. 2020 11:12 AM

The $5 million study will be conducted over two years. Photo: File.

Miner sues for $750k for injury from lifting heavy buckets

He said he was moving 15 to 20 buckets, which were filled with galvanised bolts and weighed between 40kg to 70kg.

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25th Nov. 2020 6:11 AM

A CQ miner has filed a lawsuit for $750,000, claiming a back injury on the job has left him with a permanent disability.

Blue ban as mining workshop shows its Queensland colours

The extreme way one workplace is showing its love for the Maroons ahead of State of Origin 2

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11th Nov. 2020 5:11 PM

Austin Engineering general manager Rick Drewes, front, with boilermaker Michael Dincono and workshop administration co-ordinator Cheyenne Edwards with the Maroons-themed mining excavator for the 2020 State of Origin. Picture: Zizi Averill

$1m overhaul set to boost Rocky’s growing service hub

A cooling solutions supplier will undertake over $1 million in upgrades at its Kawana site.

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30th Oct. 2020 2:10 PM

Works will soon commence at Kawana's Coxon Group site.

Radical plan that could save Australia

This year has decimated Australia’s economy, but an audacious $100 billion plan could save us all and see us create a “new...

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22nd Oct. 2020 6:10 AM

The railway would stretch from Abbot Point and Queensland’s coalfields to the Pilbara’s iron ore country.

Mining workshop development push in new Paget hub

Application to break ground on former cane farm that was turned into a civil works hub last year

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28th Aug. 2020 5:08 AM

An aerial view of Production Park estate.

Deafening worksites damaging tradie’s health

Miner’s hearing loss warning: ‘Imagine the noisiest V8 you can find and sit on top of it’

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24th Aug. 2020 5:08 AM

Specsavers Mackay and Cannonvale audiologist Rebecca Moriarty conducting a hearing test on Andergrove miner Adam MacDonald, 54. Picture: Zizi Averill

Mackay miner launches mental health movement for industry

‘One conversation can save your mate’s life or your own life.'

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21st Aug. 2020 11:08 AM

Mackay miner James Quartermaine has started a new mental health campaign called Mineset. Picture: Supplied

New CQ renewable corridor, Bowen Basin gas pipeline study

Central Queensland to benefit from new renewable energy corridor.

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20th Aug. 2020 10:08 PM

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