Laura Hayman certainly knows her way around a mine site (and an airport or two) having spent the last nine years FIFO on some of Australia’s largest underground and open pit mines.
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Downer EDI Mining granted anti-discrimination exemption to employ more women
Contractor Downer EDI Mining has secured an exemption from anti-discrimination laws, allowing it to advertise for 50 women-only truck driving positions a year at its Queensland mine sites.
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Calling all women working in the NSW mining sector
The NSW Minerals Council is seeking women with experience in the state’s mining industry to fill out a quick survey so it can better understand how to attract and retain females to the sector.
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Chinese women banned from studying mining degrees
Activists in China are challenging long-standing rules which ban women from studying mining degrees because “mining work is unsuitable for women”.
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Chevron pulls intimate quiz
A probing Chevron recruitment questionnaire which asks prospective job seekers, amongst other things, about their reproductive history has now been withdrawn.
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Australian Mining Prospect Awards Finalists: Mining’s Woman of the Year
The shortlist for the 10th Annual Prospect Awards Woman of the Year
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Chevron quizzes ‘reproductive outcomes’
A job application questionnaire has sparked outrage amongst the mining community.
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Is your time of the month Chevron’s business?
Gas company Chevron has been criticised for posing intrusive questions to job seekers, asking if they are pregnant, had an abortion, ever contracted an STD or whether they take birth control.
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Shuttleworth to head up Fortescue’s Cloudbreak mine
Fortescue Metals Group has managed to lure former Australian Mining mine manager of the year Julie Shuttleworth from Barrick Gold.
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Women talk making it in mining @ AIMEX13
The women in mining panel discussion was a highlight for visitors at this week’s AIMEX, with a cross-section of ladies working in the sector sitting down to share their varied experiences.
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Women in Mining Day – AIMEX 2013
Today is Women in Mining Day at AIMEX, where the industry will celebrate and highlight the integral role women play in the resource sector.
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FIFO family matters at AIMEX
Miners will meet with the Mining Family Matters group at Asia-Pacific’s International Mining Exhibition next month.
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QLD minister pushes for more women in mining
A Queensland minister wants more women participating in the mining industry.
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No love lost for Hunter FIFO from councils
Hunter councils are demanding more involvement in deciding on fly-in fly-out camps like the proposed $100 million temporary camp in Singleton.
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Blaming FIFO for failing relationships is a “cop-out”
Blaming fly-in, fly-out rosters for destroying relationships is a “cop-out” a women’s mining group claims.
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Positive discrimination won’t help women: Rio
One of Australia’s senior businesswomen says a move to force companies to appoint women to their boards will create a culture of compliance, mediocrity, and resentment.
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Gina Rinehart rated as Australia’s most powerful woman
Mining tycoon Gina Rinehart has out-rated some top names in the business world to take out the 16th spot in Forbes magazine’s annual most powerful women in the world list.
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Women make up 15.1% in mining: report
A new report and strategy paper will be released today to tackle the stereotypes around the nature of ‘women’s work’ in mining, utility and construction sectors.
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FIFO women mentally stronger
Women cope better than men when it comes to living the FIFO lifestyle, new research reveals.
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Mining’s graduating workforce: A plug for the skills shortage drain
The skills shortages in Australia’s mining industry remains at unrelenting levels, and they’re expected to stay there for a while yet. Alex Heber reports mining graduates could be the solution.
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