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R U OK?: How workplaces can support mental wellbeing

R U OK?: How workplaces can support mental wellbeing

This article includes a list of resources for mental healthcare and suicide prevention. Australian government statistics show that one-in-two Australians will experience a diagnosable mental health issue in their lifetime. From anxiety to bipolar to ADHD, we all either have something or know someone who does, which is why mental health awareness and suicide prevention is so important to the community — perhaps even more so in mining. R U OK? Is an Australian suicide prevention charity, and R U OK? Day 2021 falls on September 9th. The aim is to start conversations about mental health. On this day, millions in the country are still in lockdown, experiencing unprecedented isolation and profound economic hardship. In the mining industry, mental health...

Coronavirus screening for FIFO workers

Coronavirus screening for FIFO workers

Coronavirus screening for FIFO workers FLY-IN, fly-out workers may undergo a special coronavirus screening as part of new measures to protect rural and remote communities from the spread of the virus. The Australian Principle Health Committee will present a management plan to the Federal Government, which will include special measures for FIFO employees. Chief medical officer Brendan Murphy said the health risks posed by the virus affected metropolitan and rural areas differently. “In metropolitan areas the health system would be able to cope... but in isolated communities this could have pretty devastating consequences,” he said. “They present a particular risk and so we’re planning a range of approaches to staffing and screening of people coming into community so that we...

Mental health focus a win-win

Mental health focus a win-win

By Reuben Adams Friday, 19 June 2015 NINE WA resources industry workers took their own lives during a 12 month period between 2013 and 2014 – the catalyst for a parliamentary inquiry into fly in, fly out mental health launched by the state’s Education and Health Standing Committee in August last year. The Queensland government has also started a similar investigation. The WA inquiry, due to report on 18 June, will scrutinise the contributing factors that may lead to mental illness and suicide amongst FIFO workers. It covers the current legislation, regulations, policies and practices for workplace mental health in WA; current initiatives by government, industry and community; and recommended improvements. In Queensland, the parliamentary Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources Committee...

States put FIFO under spotlight

States put FIFO under spotlight

By Rachel Dally-Watkins 12 May, 2015 AS the WA and Queensland governments prepare the findings of two separate reviews on fly in, fly out workers amid a resources downturn, support network FIFO Families has warned the industry not to be distracted from the key issues. In June, the WA Government will outline the findings of its inquiry into the link between FIFO work arrangements and suicide; while the Queensland Government is reviewing two 100 per cent FIFO operations to determine the allowable percentage of FIFO workers on mining sites in the state. The use of 100 per cent FIFO workforces in Queensland has been a controversial issue for some time, with many arguing the practice takes opportunities away from locals....