C HIE F E X E CU TIV E ' S R EP O R T
CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REPORT For 102 years AMMA has supported Australian employers through periods of growth and recession; times of success and times of great challenges. A key purpose of AMMA’s formation in 1918 was to assist resources employers through the period of immense social and industry change following The Great War. Our industry’s role, as a key growth sector, included placing repatriated soldiers back into meaningful employment and kick-starting the recovery of the Australian economy. More than a century on from AMMA’s beginnings, our industry and indeed the nation is facing another significant crisis in the COVID-19 global health pandemic. Once again AMMA has supported its members every step of the way, ensuring they overcome the many and varied challenges to remain operational, keep people in employment and continue delivering for the Australian economy, with many other sectors unable to do so. AMMA is uniquely placed to deliver such support through times of crisis, with a diverse national membership network, practical expertise in employee relations and workforce management, and strong relationships at all levels of government
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including the Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers and other key state and federal stakeholders. Critical assistance has been provided not only in response to government pandemic measures, as states shut their borders and rosters and people movement required immediate overhaul, but also through ongoing industry collaboration forums, information webinars and regular podcasts, all utilising the latest communication technology to keep the AMMA community connected and together. Whilst COVID-19 presents a unique set of challenges, it has again highlighted that effectively supporting members through periods of great uncertainty is not only within AMMA’s remit, but where the Group’s capabilities and networks are of greatest value. So too will AMMA’s influence and support be key to the nation’s postCOVID recovery. Our industry also has more than $100 billion in new major projects in its
