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Concentration on FIFO misses the point The current spate of media interest in the effects of fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) and drive-in/drive-out (DIDO) and the House of Representative’s Standing Committee’s inquiry into FIFO workforce practices are heartening but are missing the wider point, according to Dr Jennifer Bowers, Chief Executive Officer of the Australasian Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health. “The fact is that FIFO and DIDO are just two stressors among many that have negative impacts on the mental health of mining and remote construction workers. There are plenty of others,” said Dr Bowers. “Long days, harsh environments, extreme weather, alien living conditions and dangerous work-sites where a momentary lapse in concentration can result in injury or death – all these can and do contribute to mental disorders such as destructive thinking, depression, anxiety disorder and acute stress disorder. And in turn, these are all implicated in things like alcohol and substance misuse, workplace bullying and interpersonal conflict,” she said. Dr Bowers said that great attention is now paid to physical health and safety in the mining and remote construction sector yet, sadly, the attention paid to mental health is either non-existent or perfunctory. “This lack of real focus on mental health is dangerous and expensive in terms of lost productivity and reduced profit. A worker with a mental health issue is known to be 41% more likely to have an accident. It’s high time Boards and senior managers took mental health as seriously as physical health and safety.” “A half-day PowerPoint workshop on depression and a box of brochures dumped in a canteen or a crib room do not constitute an integrated, sustainable, whole-of-business mental health strategy,” she said.
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