The Western Australian Government has appointed the Centre for Transformative Work Design, part of the Future of Work Institute at Curtin University, to undertake a four-year research project to gather and evaluate data on sexual assault, harassment, mental health, drug and alcohol use, and emerging mine safety issues.
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FIFO workers get $6m in mental health support
The Government will provide $6 million to MATES in Construction to boost support for the mental health and wellbeing of remote workers.
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Code of practice set to protect WA resource workers
ECU has helped shape a new initiative making WA the first in Australia to have a code of practice protecting the mental wellbeing of workers.
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Mental health initiative a boost for mine workers
The Western Australian Government has launched a grant program to help prevent mental health injury at work and promote positive work practices, with a seperate initiative specifically targeted towards the mining and resources sector.
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LIVINWell tour to boost mental health education in students
The Gold Industry Group and LIVIN will aim to empower Australian students to speak up and provide practical tools on mental health when their third national tour starts this month.
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Psychological distress, bullying headline FIFO concerns
In one of the most comprehensive fly-in fly-out (FIFO) research studies undertaken in Australia, rates of psychological distress, workplace bullying and burnout were found significantly higher among FIFO workers than their non-FIFO counterparts.
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Companies launch programs to battle mental health stigma
World Mental Health Day has seen the successful roll out of a 'gamified microlearning' program for miners to combat stigma around mental health.
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Mining companies join forces in suicide prevention in an Australian first
Mining companies have, for the first time, got on board with the annual MATES In Construction 'Fly the Flag Day' public awareness campaign to help prevent suicide.
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FIFO code of practice up for review in WA
The McGowan government has released an updated draft FIFO code of practice to protect Western Australians' mental health in the workplace.
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FIFO workers’ health and wellbeing under spotlight in Pilbara
Mental health and wellbeing of men living in remote Western Australian mining communities are being placed at the forefront in the Pilbara during Men’s Health Week.
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FIFO workers at high risk of psychological distress
Remote mine workers are at significantly higher risk of psychological distress than the general Australian population, according to a report from the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA).
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Facing the men’s mental health stigma head on
Half of all Australian men will have a mental health problem at some point in their life and one-in-eight will experience depression yet they are far less likely to open up about what is affecting them than their female counterpart.
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Online counselling service offered for SA mine workers
A free online counselling service is being offered to South Australian mining and quarry workers in an effort to relieve mental health issues.
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Tackling mining sector challenges with innovative HR strategies
Throughout the world, mining companies are battling a range of forces that are reshaping the sector and require a new approach to management.
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Tracking the 2016 Trends – Part 10: An expanded view of corporate and personal welfare
The final of the ten part series examining the trends that will define mining in 2016.
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As coal mining declines, community mental health problems linger
The U.S. coal industry is in rapid decline, a shift marked not only by the bankruptcy of many mine operators in coal-rich Appalachia but also by a legacy of potential environmental and social disasters.
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R U OK? campaign tackles FIFO worker mental health support
Suicide prevention organisation R U OK? has launched a new campaign encouraging FIFO workers to support one another before they “hit rock bottom”.
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New FIFO research released
A recently released research paper has shown that levels of depression, anxiety and stress among FIFO workers are higher than those experienced by non-FIFO workers, and that such mental health problems are not determined by demographic differences such as gender or relationship status.
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New blueprint for mental health in resources industry
The Minerals Council of Australia has announced the release of a blueprint for mental health and well-being in the mining industry.
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CME WA releases mining Mental Health Blueprint
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia has released a Mental Health Blueprint for WA miners.
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