In a case reminiscent of the industry term ‘ambulance chasing’ a mine worker has been awarded one million dollars after he sustained an injury, was asked to return to work to keep the...
Category - Mental Health
Mine workers and the family of a miner who took his life at Telfer mine have ridden from Newcrest headquarters to Perth for mental health awareness and in memory of their mate Mick Van Duren. The MVD...
There is no doubt that mining is a dangerous occupation. In centuries past, the risk of death and serious injury was a very real possibility for mine workers whether they were extracting coal, metal...
Suicide prevention organisation R U OK? is urging workmates to support one another before they hit rock bottom, as part of a new campaign aimed at mental health in the fly-in, fly-out mining industry...
Mine workers and FIFO camps go hand in hand. But turning to drugs and alcohol to cope with the isolation that comes with fly-in fly-out work. The Mental Illness Fellowship of Queensland CEO Tony...
Everyone has the right to feel physically and emotionally safe in a workplace culture, and workers aren’t the only ones that benefit from a stable environment, Mental Illness Fellowship of...
Two young men have set to the skies and soared above and beyond to raise funds for mental health awareness for Beyond Blue. Flight Beyond follows the journey of Adrian Luscombe, a 26-year-old medical...
Mining camp conditions have been highlighted in a new report by the CFMEU. The CFMEU says that ‘After a long day out on the mine site, workers are being forced to retreat to their dongas the...
A guide on how to prevent and respond to violence in the workplace has been released by SafeWork SA. The guide Preventing and Responding to Work-Related Violence (PDF 247 kb) has...
