All posts by Emma Morrison

  • Resources Victoria – Guidelines for Minor Variations

    A minor variation refers to a change in any part of an approved work plan that does not significantly increase risk to: The environment The public Land Property Infrastructure A minor variation enables an operator to implement...

    • Posted March 24, 2026
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  • WorkSafe – OH&S Regulations Discussion Paper

    The CMPA had the opportunity to comment on the Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Regulations Discussion Paper, presented in the first SRG meeting in November 2025. CMPA is a member of WorkSafe’s Mines, Quarries and Petroleum Stakeholder...

    • Posted March 24, 2026
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  • EPA Financial Assurances

    Dr Elizabeth Gibson, General Manager CMPA and Matt Skidmore, General Manager City Circle Group provided the CMPA submission to EPA’s Draft Methods for Calculating Financial Assurance for Bulk Storage, Onsite Soil Retention and Waste and Resource Recovery....

    • Posted March 24, 2026
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  • Workplace Exposure Limits

    Dr Elizabeth Gibson General Manager CMPA provides the CMPA submission to WorkSafe Victoria’s Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Workplace Exposure Limits) Regulations. WorkSafe Victoria provided the opportunity to comment on the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Workplace...

    • Posted March 24, 2026
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  • Manage your Geotechnical Risk

    We recently updated the CMPA ‘Working Safely with Geotechnical Risk in Quarries’ Guideline. While we featured new content relating to Section 8 of the guideline in the last Sand & Stone, the following new content relates to...

    • Posted March 24, 2026
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  • Collaboration and enforcement key to reducing harm

    Every Victorian worker deserves to return home safely at the end of their shift. It’s a principle that drives WorkSafe Victoria’s engagement with workplaces across the state, including those in Victoria’s extractives industry, such as quarrying, mining...

    • Posted March 24, 2026
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  • Slimes Management Guideline

    We recently updated the Slimes Management Guideline – Issue 2 | 2025 It has been circulated for review to a cross section of CMPA members. When we have received and collated feedback, we will incorporate updates and...

    • Posted March 24, 2026
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  • Kinder Australia celebrates staff

    As Kinder celebrates 40 years of innovation and teamwork, they continue to spotlight the people who make their success possible. Anthony Ockers joined Kinder in October 2018 as a Field Applications Specialist, a position that offered him...

    • Posted March 24, 2026
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  • Dust management, compliance risk and reliability

    For Australia’s heavy industry balancing output and compliance, locally made is resonating across the sector. As regulators sharpen their focus on silica and respirable dust, and as communities grow more sensitive to air-quality impacts, Victorian quarries, concrete...

    • Posted March 24, 2026
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  • Ultra-Dynamics talks about measurement and data

    The quarry industry is becoming increasingly more competitive as a number of factors, including tighter environmental constraints, come into effect. In addition to this, customers are becoming more demanding regarding product specifications, demanding improved quality control.Budgetary constraints...

    • Posted March 24, 2026
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