A mine worker who committed suicide in a FIFO camp last year was afraid to seek help from mine site counsellors for fear he would lose his job, a FIFO mental health inquiry has heard. Peter Miller...
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A speaker at the WA Government’s inquiry into mental health impacts of FIFO work has called for new workers to go through an ‘induction period’ to gauge their suitability for the FIFO lifestyle. FIFO...
Head of the Queensland Resources Council, Michael Roche says blaming fly-in fly-out (FIFO) operations for a coal industry downturn bore the hallmarks of a witch-hunt. The comments were made by Roche...
Mines operating near Central Queensland towns will be banned from employing a 100% FIFO workforce if Labor wins the next state election. Queensland opposition leader Annastacia Palaszczuk said...
FIFO workers from mining and gas projects in south-west Queensland have been targeted for drug searches by police with sniffer dogs at Miles Airport. According to Surat Basin.com, nine flights were...
Thanks to the launch of a new online resource, Fly-in Fly-Out (FIFO) workers and their families will now have better access to help and support with mental illness. The ‘This FIFO Life’ website was...
Adani’s Carmichael coal project is now taking expressions of interest from people wanting to work on construction of the new mine, earmarked for 160km north west of Clermont. According to The...
An official inquiry into FIFO related suicides in Western Australia has been launched with the WA Education and Health Standing Committee agreeing to the move at a meeting last night. The inquiry...
By Cecilia Jamasmie: www.mining.com The recent deaths of nine Western Australian fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers who took their own lives has put the issue of living conditions and depression in the...
Mine companies that employ a fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workforce instead of local workers should be denied certain tax concessions according to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union...
