Mining towns have a higher proportion of families than the rest of regional Australia, with communities also posting higher income, employment, and education figures, a new study has found.
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‘Modular’ hotel to target FIFOs
A new 'modular' hotel is being built near Perth airport to provide cheap accommodation targeted at WA's large fly-in fly-out market.
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Newman hints at stricter approach to FIFO
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has hinted at the Government taking a stricter approach to fly-in fly-out in order to help develop rural towns.
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Mining, fly-in, fly-out workers and the risk of suicide
While everyone is aware of the social impacts of FIFO workers, what is the impact that FIFO has on the workers themselves?
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FIFO worker narrowly escapes paralysing in pool accident
A Karratha fly-in, fly-out worker has broken his neck diving into a hotel swimming pool following a few end-of-rotation beers last week.
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FIFO workers told “death” is the only excuse for not showing up to work at Christmas
WA fly-in, fly-out workers are being warned they will face fines and docked pay if they don’t show up to work over the Christmas and New Year period.
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Shipping from Rio’s new $1.45 billion South of Embley bauxite mine to start in 2016
Rio Tinto Alcan announced it expects to spend $528 million over the next three years developing is new South of Embley bauxite mine, located near Weipa in Queensland’s Far North.
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FIFO workers say bosses don’t care
FIFO workers say their employers do not care about their well being and most say they do not feel valued for the work they do, a new survey has found.
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Mining camps create “hot boxes” of crime and abuse
A prominent Queensland researcher says mining camps create “hot boxes” of crime and drug abuse, and can be compared to concentration camps.
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Shell boss “not a fan” of FIFO
The boss of Royal Dutch Shell’s Australian operations, Ann Pickard, has joined Woodside CEO Peter Coleman in talking down the benefits of fly-in fly-out work.
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Pilot strike threatens FIFO operations
WA’s fly-in-fly out workforce could be left stranded after pilots voted in favour of strike action over a pay dispute.
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Plans to solve Queensland accommodation shortages
Gladstone Regional Council has approved the development of a new workers village in Targinie, Queensland.
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Pilbara FIFO still booming
Fly-in fly-out workers will make up more than 83 per cent of the Pilbara’s mining workforce by 2020, according to the Chamber of Minerals and Energy.
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FIFO camp proposed for Laverton
The community of Laverton in Western Australia is slated for a fly-in fly-out miners’ accommodation project.
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FIFO-only apartments planned for Perth
A $16 million riverside apartment complex catering exclusively to FIFO miners has been proposed for Perth.
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Rio cancels Pilbara accommodation project
Rio Tinto has cancelled its Rocklea Palms Pilbara accommodation expansion project.
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FIFO miner fined for bomb threat
Fly-in, fly out miner Hayden Michael Angwin has been fined $6,000 for joking about a bomb being placed on a Virgin flight from Rock Hampton to the Gold Coast.
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Motel owners win case against FIFO sex workers
Hotel and motel owners have won the right to evict FIFO sex workers after the QLD government changed the anti-discrimination act.
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Calls for a new runway at Perth Airport
Qantas chief Alan Joyce agrees that Perth Airport needs a third runaway, saying congestion and longer taxiing times were a major problem.
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FIFO defended in art
Andrew Quilty got tired of people calling his FIFO mates "cashed up bogans", so he started making some art showing what he saw in his mates.
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