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More work and workers in Central Queensland

Written by dev on . Posted in Coal, Processing / Manufacturing.

Central Queensland’s FiFo and DiDo population hit a 10-year high last year. That’s what a snapshot of the non-resident population shows.

The figures were gleaned from the last week of June 2023 when the Bowen Basin’s non-resident population was estimated at 22,225, an increase of 1,685 (or 8 per cent) up from June 2022. 

That’s more than any year since the heady days of the mining infrastructure boom of the early naughties.

It was mainly coal-related including mining and project construction. Gas industry operations and developments also stuck their hand. . .

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What mining can learn from Defence personnel management

Written by dev on . Posted in All News.

In past weeks, iQ has been looking at the similarities between the mining industry and the Australian Defence Force in terms of managing stresses on personnel.

This week we look at the primary relationship between the staff member and families, not only when they're away, but when they return from onsite.

How does Defence manage it?

Time apart due to deployments, training or other service requirements is an integral feature of Defence life.

Defence seeks to inform and prepare families for these times and. . .

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How Defence does it – education

Written by dev on . Posted in All News.

Mining and Defence have a lot in common.

Both can be technical exercises, both require high levels of skills and enormous logistics.

Like mining, the action for soldiers, sailors and air force members is very rarely close to home.

In the second of this series we look at the services offered to ADF families to help educate children. What can the mining industry learn?

Defence recognises that some children may experience disruption to their education each time they move for a posting.

There are a range of . . .

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