An emergency meeting has been called by the Queensland government for this afternoon at Parliament House to discuss immediate and long-term practices to ensure the state’s 49,000 mine and quarry workers’ health and safety is ensured.
The meeting follows six deaths in Queensland mines and quarries in the past 12 months, two of which occurring in the past fortnight.
Natural Resources Minister Anthony Lynham says the meeting must establish operational details of a statewide plan that refocuses attention on safety in these environments.