CMPA Annual Report

GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Administration Officer, provides a summary of the CMPA Annual Report.

WE’ve had another year of challenges and some more changes at the CMPA. But overall it has been another great year of achievement for our industry. Here is a summation from the CMPA Annual Report.

CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT – JOHN MAWSON

We have had another year of challenges but overall it has been another great year of achievement for our industry. Over the last year the CMPA has continued its aim of lifting the standards in the manner in which our Members’ conduct their business activities; be it training, networking, occupational health and safety, industry regulator relationships or the way we have conveyed our input into legislative changes.

The CMPA has continued our advocacy work with the state government and opposition over the last twelve months, as we have always had an even approach to the way we consult, it has held us in good stead for the change of government and we have been able to directly lobby our concerns, frustrations and ideas to the new ministers and their most senior advisors. Industry networking is also an important aspect of the work of the CMPA and several workshops and training days were organised during the year by the CMPA to address key safety issues.

The CMPA Secretariat continues to represent Members views to Government on a whole range of issues, here is just some issues that have been worked on in the last twelve months.

• DPCD – Victorian Planning Provisions
• DPI – Draft Geotechnical Guideline
• EDIC – Parliament of Victoria – Inquiry into Greenfields Mineral Exploration and Project Development in Victoria
• Aboriginal Affairs Victoria – Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 Review
• Growth Areas Authority – Growth Corridor Plans – Managing Melbourne’s Growth
• Productivity Commission – Regulatory Impact Analysis Benchmarking Study

These are just a few of the many submissions that have been made in the past twelve months and it is a credit to our small but extremely efficient secretariat and their advisors that make this happen.

ASSOCIATE CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT – MARK THOMPSON

Well it’s certainly been another challenging year. With the introduction of not only the carbon tax but also the ever increasing Australian Dollar and a declining construction industry that has made it difficult for our associates.

In 2012 our Associate members have been actively “getting to know your customer” with good results. By adopting the back to basics approach we have been able to steadily grow our businesses within the CMPA community and ensure the members have the very best in products, customer service and advice.

The CMPA training workshops have enabled many of our associates to provide sponsorship that not only supports the members and their staff but also allows our associates to display and sell their products at the cold face, this we hope will continue into the new year. The CMPA provides associates with a great opportunity to get closer to the industry and participate in issues that affect not only Members but those downstream suppliers and partners such as us.

Changes in the Associate Committee

After leading the Associates for the two past years it is with regret that I stand down as chairman of the associates and acknowledge and congratulate our new incoming Chairman Tej Panesar. I am honoured to have been chairperson of the CMPA Associates and look forward to working with Tej and Erik and the newly elected team for the new year ahead and wish the committee all the very best for 2013.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT – GARRY CRANNY

While 2012 was a relatively quiet year for the CMPA in the area of education we nonetheless maintained our focus on the development and facilitation of industry based training through the TAFE system.

This training is aimed primarily at the safety and development of employees which reduces risk and improves the productivity and sustainability of member’s businesses.

The CMPA continues to provide:

• Seed capital for the development of identified resources if those resources don’t already exist. There are five Reference Manuals currently available and development continues with another five;
• Guidance to Members and others in the industry;
• Representation at a national and state level. This involves participation in the continuous improvement of the Extractive Industry Training Package;
• A conduit for information flow between participants, employers, RTOs and Governments alike.

Resource Development

The CMPA developed reference manuals and checklists used in most of the day-to-day areas of quarrying operations are also continually being revised, updated and supplemented.

The Management Committee encourages all members to purchase from the available range of CMPA educational resources. They have been developed by members, for members and they should be readily accessible to all your employees.

Continued Training of the Industry

The benefits of industry specific training, especially in high risk industries such as the extractive and mining industries, are well accepted and documented. In this context, the CMPA is committed to continuing to advance its role in the provision of educational leadership to the industry, and to improving industry standards in safety and environmental performance.

CMPA businesses that understand and manage risk, which is greatly assisted through education and training, will prosper and deliver significant productivity gains and credibility to our industry.

We understand the undertaking of industry education and training requires significant commitment. On occasions it can be as confronting, time consuming and plain inconvenient as it is rewarding for small to medium businesses. However, a safer and more productive, better skilled workforce is the tangible outcome. The CMPA will continue to work with all industry stakeholders to realise that effort and the achievement of beneficial results for our members, employees and the industry.

The Future

One of the ongoing challenges for the CMPA is to influence all levels of government, especially the Victorian State Government, regarding legislation and other structural issues that impact our industry and more specifically, our SME business sustainability; we have a need to positively influence policy outcomes in support of our industry, regional development and the small businesses that comprise the great majority of our membership.

TREASURER’S REPORT – JOHN PITITTO

With the 2012 financial year coming to an end, we look back on what has been a busy and productive year for the CMPA with a handy profit for the period. Whilst the CMPA has posted a reasonably strong result it has not been without its challenges. The final profit was ahead of our budgeted profit for the year, this was mainly due to an increase in membership and advertising revenue.

The major source of income was membership subscriptions, with contributions from meetings and events, newsletter advertising and operator document sales. All of these aspects were higher than 2010/11 therefore overall Income was higher than the previous year. Employment expenses were the single largest expense in the period.

This covered two full time employees and two part time employees. Other expenses included publications, consultants and the cost of holding meetings and events. Total expenditure was higher than last year.

SECRETARIAT’S REPORT – SARAH ANDREW

Position Holders

The 2011/12 financial year has been a stable year for the CMPA with all position holders remaining the same. This has allowed all to more fully develop their roles to suit them.

We have seen Bruce and Adrian visit Voting Members as reported in the magazine. Bruce has also been to numerous meetings with other stakeholders including the Ministers for Energy & Resources and Environment and Climate Change in his role of General Manager representing the Members. Gavin has been visiting Associate Members with the goal of visiting all Associates every three years. Sean has been visiting both Voting and Associate Members in his efforts to further develop the reference manuals he is finalising.

This year a total of 11,282kms have been travelled and 38 Member’s sites have been visited. We especially thank all our Members for their time and effort in hosting us and ensuring we have a better appreciation of your needs.

INFORMATION FLOW

Sand & Stone has continued as the primary source of keeping Members informed of the CMPA’s activities throughout 2011/12. The standard of the magazine is a testament to the hard work put into its design by Michelle Kerr, its publishers being New Litho and more recently Y Media, its many contributors especially those who present articles for every edition, and finally the advertisers who without the magazine would not be possible.

The CMPA Updates have continued to provide recipients a summary of recent industry specific accidents and incidents, along with information on upcoming events.

The purpose of the updates is primarily to provide its readers with a summary of the incidents that have occurred across the state, nation and internationally to improve the state of knowledge in the industry.

Once again, I would like to highlight the essential support received by the CMPA from our valued Associate Members whose continued support is greatly appreciated. We cannot stress how much this assists the association and I would again ask Voting Members in return to use the skills of our Associate Members when possible.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership over the last financial year has remained relatively stable in numbers with a number of members resigning and an equal number of new members being welcomed. We thank all our Members for their continued support and look forward to working with them over the coming year.

SUBMISSIONS
The CMPA regularly makes submissions to Government and other regulatory bodies when it believes an issue will have an effect on Members’ businesses.

Above is a list of submissions produced over the last twelve months.

Copies of these submissions are available on the CMPA website.

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