Mining

Children’s Education is one of the Reasons for Growth of FIFO Practice

As ABC Rural reports, the fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) practice of workers to the mine sites will probably be growing over the next years. Besides economic reasons, the social component plays an important ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

FIFO suicides - unions call for mental health code of practice

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Northern Territory trade unions say seven workers from Darwin's Inpex gas project ...
Perth Now

Barnett Government rejects new FIFO “code of practice” proposal

The code is a key recommendation from a parliamentary report released in July following an inquiry. The Barnett Government responded to the report on Tuesday, supporting half of the recommendations.
Perth Now

FIFO suicides: McGowan Government under fire from unions, families over mining industry reforms

THE McGowan Government has come under fire from union officials and fly-in, fly-out families for “not going far enough” to protect workers’ mental health as suicides continue unabated. Australian ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Seven FIFO suicides on Northern Territory gas project show need for code of practice, unions say

Northern Territory trade unions have called for a FIFO formal code of practice, saying seven fly-in, fly-out workers from Darwin's Inpex Ichthys gas project took their own lives over the past three ...
WAtoday

WA inquiry on FIFO suicides recommends code of practice for workers' health

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. A WA inquiry in the mental health of fly-in, fly-out workers has recommended the development of a ...
The Irish Times

‘Working FIFO in Australia tests your mental strength’

I've been a FIFO (fly in fly out) worker in Western Australia for almost three years on and off. The phrase FIFO is a relatively new one to us Irish. Australia began to adopt FIFO work practices in ...
Mining Weekly

FIFO code of practice introduced in WA

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The Western Australian government this week launched Australia’s first code of practice for mental health for fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers in the resources and ...
Mining Weekly

FIFO code of practice introduced in WA

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