Qld 'FIFO ban' bill to be introduced This has got to be good news for the mining towns of QLD. Hopefully help turn chinchilla around for me.
The newspaper heading and your heading are misleading. The bill is to ban 100% FIFO. And what will happen when they can't get enough workers prepared to relocate!?And some mines are located hundreds of km from a decent size town. But as always the devil will be in the detail. Marg
I think you misunderstand Jenko. The infrastructure costs of supporting a small town for a mining operation (for permanent residents) is prohibitive. Mining Co's just won't build new mines if they have to build whole towns. 100% FIFO should be allowed on remote sites, but Mining Co's should not be allowed to discriminate against workers who choose to live locally. The issue that has spurred the whole debate is the fact that BMA were allowed to have 2 operations as 100% FIFO, AND they were less than 25km from Moranbah. It was a ploy designed to break the strength of the unions, as BMA and the CFMEU have been feuding for decades. Both sides are in the wrong and the workers lose out.
They will be competing for workers with the other states where FIFO is allowed and the money is just as good. And when partners and children come into the mix it is not easy to uproot a whole family, particularly if the partner has a career outside mining. Marg
If it helps companies look at employing more locals or encourage workers to live in the towns that thay work its a good thing. Obviously there would need to be the existing facilities that could cope with the amount of people. I'm not talking about far remote places but there are many little towns that abused by mine companies and their workers the workers don't like the place, have no respect for the town or the people that live there and do not contribute to the economics. Yet the locals don't get the opportunity to work in the mines. Just because of a lack of training.
With the over supply of houses i would think many employers would be looking to force fifo to relocate. It would Save a fortune on fifo rates and the associated costs You do need a mix of fifo and locals. It will revert back very quick once fifo is needed
It depends. Its important to deliniate between the various phases of a mine. During operations I would agree a limit could be applied (100% seems a bit much though). However, I think during construction it should be the other way around. They should force the mining companies to fully provide accomodation for the workforce - thus removing the pressure from the local communities. Blacky
