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TIGHT-KNIT FIFO not a homewrecker NEW research has found fly-in flyout (FIFO) mine work is not breaking up marriages. “FIFO is increasing in Queensland, and people are trying to link that to the suggestion it is causing more relationships to break down,� said CQUniversity researcher Lindsay Greer. “But this is not reflected in the data.�

Mr Greer has been analysing ABS data from the last three census collections.

The data has been broken down into industry sectors and local government areas, and the results have been surprising. “I was looking for evidence of an increasing rate of divorce or separation among mine workers.� “I was also expecting a higher proportion of mine workers to be divorced or separated compared to other sectors.� “But I found that neither was the case.�

Mr Greer said he took on the research project because he felt there were a lot of urban myths circulating about FIFO work. “I have been to so many conferences where people say a new mine is coming and there will be an increase in violence, alcoholism, divorce etc.� “All these social ills are rolled out as a fait accompli and I started to think well what evidence do they have to support those claims?�

Mr Greer said the few studies that have been done in the area relied heavily on anecdotal evidence and not primary data.

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FROM THE EDITOR

SOME weeks there is so much happening in mining and industry in central Queensland there are not enough pages to print the news.

This edition was one of those occasions.

As an editor, I am forced to choose between the stories I think matter most to you - which is not always an easy task.

Our front page story this week on new research into FIFO marriages - I think will be of interest to most in the industry.

So often we hear about the pitfalls of FIFO as a lifestyle choice, but this research would seem to counter some of those negatives.

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For those of you who haven’t heard of Kronic - turn to page five.

It’s a synthetic cannabis that is promoted as a “legal high� and currently goes undetected on mine sites.

But all that is about to change with the Queensland government moving to ban it, and the Queensland Resources Council hinting it could soon be on the hit list of mines.

And finally, if you wonder what your future in mining looks like, turn to page six and read about the new wave of driver-less trucks in the Pilbara.

While there are no plans to roll them out in Queensland yet, automation is certainly part of the future landscape of the industry.

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Sydney harbour trapped in mines: QRC THE Queensland government has been accused of stubborn indifference when it comes to coal mines still inundated with flood waters.

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) chief executive Michael Roche said the true extent of the last wet season’s impact on the coal sector was continually underestimated and the government remained unwilling to take decisive action.

“The chickens continue to come home to roost from the Queensland Government’s stubborn refusal in late January, and since, to declare the coal industry’s water inundation predicament an industry-wide emergency,” Mr Roche said.

Thirty-two central Queensland mines have released water trapped on site during the summer floods back into the Fitzroy River catchment over the past six months.

Since December, the Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) has allowed 41 releases of water under what are known as Transitional Environment Programs (TEPs), and approved 22 amendments to existing TEPs. While most of the releases were granted during the wet season when rivers were

flowing rapidly, a number have occurred over the past few months.

Okay Creek, Moorvale and Curragh mines have all been allowed to release water into local rivers in April and May. What exactly to do with the water left trapped on mine sites after the summer deluge is still an every day concern for most operations.

Many are still struggling to get back to full production, as mirrored in the latest coal export figures.

“Coal exports in May 2011, at 12.2 million tonnes, were some 23 per cent below the May 2010 level and the lowest month of May export tally for at least five years,” said Mr Roche.

Mr Roche said that before the wet season crisis, the Queensland coal industry was set to export a record 200 million tonnes or more in 2010-11, but now looks likely to fall around 40 million tonnes short of that figure.

“That’s coal exports of $7 billion lost to Queensland,” said Mr Roche “I can only hope that Treasurer Fraser has received assurances from his colleague Environment and Resource Management

Minister Kate Jones that she has a plan to help remove the water equivalent to the volume of Sydney Harbour which continues to hamper operations.”

Tight discharge regulations mean most mines are simply moving the water around on site in order to get closer to full production.

“Moving water around on mine sites is a temporary solution,” said Mr Roche.

A review is currently underway into the conditions governing discharge from coal mines.

‘That review must very quickly translate into real changes that will allow Queensland coal mines to get ready for the next wet season, now only a few months away, and wet seasons beyond,’ he said.

“As we hopefully start to see more normal production and export levels towards the end of 2011, it needs to be clearly understood by the government that this

can’t be achieved by the current situation where many mines are spending huge sums of money to move water around on their mine sites, because they are currently unable to release the water offsite.”

“Many mines are still struggling to get back to full production, as mirrored in the latest coal export figures.”

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Kronic shortage on site... dude IT was advertised as “the most potent legal weed on the market” but now Kronic and other synthetic cannabis products will be banned in Queensland.

The product first gained notoriety in Western Australia, after it was revealed mine workers were using Kronic to get high because it did not show up in drug testing.

The CFMEU has also confirmed its use

is rife in the Bowen Basin.

In fact, Kronic’s ability to go undetected is a key selling point, marketed online as: “If you happen to be in an industry where it’s frowned upon to have a bit of THC in your system then you’ve just discovered the workaround.”

Not anymore.

Late last week, the Deputy Premier Paul

Lucas announced the law would be changed to ban synthetic cannabinoids.

“The [legal] definition will [now] include any substances that are ‘intended’ to have a substantially similar pharmacological effect as known drugs,” Mr Lucas told state parliament.

The mining industry has applauded the move, but has been at pains to point out the problem is not one confined to the sector.

“While the resources sector has been at the forefront of raising potential health and safety concerns over Kronic, it is not an issue peculiar to our industries and is of much wider community concern,” said Queensland Resources Council Michael Roche.

“Queensland’s resources companies have rigorous drug and alcohol testing regimes and fitness for work policies in place, reflecting Queensland’s legislative requirements and their own commitment to workplace safety.”

“The policies and regimes supporting these high standards are reviewed regularly, and adapted when necessary to capture any new and potentially harmful substances that threaten to compromise the health and safety of individuals or their colleagues.”

Kronic is currently advertised online as a legal high that is “not gunna get yo ass busted by the po po”.

It seems those days are numbered.

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Carbon price to cost CQ jobs: O’Dowd THE federal government’s carbon tax will hit central Queensland hard and costs many jobs in the region, according to LNP Member for Flynn Ken O’Dowd.

Mr Flynn said alarm bells should be ringing for the region, with many big mining and industrial businesses on the list of the nation’s worst emitters.

“Most of our major employers make the list of the worst 300 emitters,” said Mr O’Dowd.

They include the Boyne Smelters, QAL, Rio Tinto, Gladstone Ports Corporation, BMA, Anglo American, Xstrata, and Queensland Nickel.

Mr O’Dowd is also concerned about the revenue raised from the new carbon price, which if set at $25/$26 a tonne would net $11 billion in its first year.

“In the EU, their ETS raised $2.6 to $2.9 billion between 2005 and 2011, which means the Gillard Government’s proposed c arbon tax will raise more money in its first three months than the European scheme has raised in more than five years, “Mr O’Dowd said.

“Europe represents 14 percent of global emissions while Australia emits just 1.4 percent.”

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“Martin Ferguson has finally admitted what the rest of the Gillard Government Ministers have dodged and evaded – that Labor’s carbon tax is going to cost jobs,” Mr O’Dowd said.

“He wants to console mining workers with the claim hypothetical jobs will be created in the future.: “But that will be very cold comfort for the more than 4000 Queensland and New South Wales workers who will lose their jobs because of the carbon tax.”

FAST NEWS Buffel Park called in The Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser will now decide the future of BMA’s proposed Buffel Park accommodation village near Moranbah.

Isaac Regional Council had rejected the application for the 2000-bed camp that is needed to build and run BMA’s new Caval Ridge mine.

But now Mr Fraser has stepped in and will decide its fate to prevent lengthy court action.

The village has been contentious because of its location, and BMA’s desire to run the mine on a 100 per cent fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workforce.

Mr Fraser said the call-in would consider the location of Buffel Park - but the percentage of FIFO workers was a matter that would be determined separately by the Coordinator-General. .....................................................................

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Speed dating has been adapted into speed networking - where businesses are given one minute to make a sales pitch.

The Gladstone Engineering Alliance (GEA) trialled the technique at a recent trade show, and declared it a success.

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Koalas stall Palmer?

Koala and an 8,000 hectare nature reserve ‘Bimblebox’ are the latest obstacles in Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer’s quest to get the China First project up and running in the Galilee Basin.

Mr Palmer’s fourth attempt to float his company Resourcehouse on the Hong Kong stock exchange was unsuccessful earlier this month, but he has managed to side step trouble by securing a $1.2 billion credit listing with a Chinese bank to ensure the project goes ahead.

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Robots on the march in mining RIO Tinto will double its fleet of driver-less haul trucks and introduce a suite of other new mining technologies as it continues its major push into developing automated mining in Australia.

To date all the research has been undertaken in remote iron ore mines in Western Australia, and a spokesperson for Rio said the company had no short term plans to introduce the new technologies in Queensland.

However, a number of the research projects have obvious applications in the coal industry.

Rio says it could almost halve the time it takes to develop an underground mine in the future by harnessing some of the new shaft and tunnel boring systems it has developed for underground excavation.

The company is also trialling the use of drilling rigs that would undertake drill and blast processes on site without the need for human operators.

“The intent of the integrated system is that automated blast hole drill rigs will precisely position the blast holes, conduct live rock analysis, dictate to the explosives delivery vehicle the correct charge for each hole,

and provide data supporting three dimensional mapping systems to provide detailed imaging of each deposit,” a spokesman said.

Rio Tinto is also celebrating the one year anniversary of its Perth operations centre where more than 400 workers remotely oversee the running of a mine, rail and port located in the Pilbara.

In 2008 Rio Tinto’s head of innovation John McGagh said automation would redefine mining in Australia.

“Technologies are being tested in the alpha pit of the West Angelas iron ore mine in the Pilbara, and we will use the technology to move 35,000,000 tonnes of ore in 18 months,” he said at the time.

“This [mining] world is going to more resemble a Toyota manufacturing plant than the mine we see now.”

“I have been around automated machines, and I felt safer than I did around a human operator.”

“We will still need people, but we will need an intimate relationship to up skill the workforce, this is inevitable, and there is a tonne of opportunity.”

Curragh home to new electric shovel IT weighs 1400 tonnes, can carry 90 tonnes in its bucket and its operator will sit nine metres above the ground.

The new Bucyrus 495HR2 electric rope shovel is the first of its kind to land in Australia, and it’s now working at Wesfarmers Curragh mine.

The machine is manufactured in the US, and has been put together on site by Bucyrus technicians.

What makes the machine different is its latchless dipper system and hydraulic crowd technology - which should considerably reduce ongoing maintenance.

The HydraCrowd technology means

there is no need to replace the crowd rope, and the LatchFree system means the you don’t need to shim the dipper door release mechanism - both of which would normally involve working at heights.

Until now, this type of shovel has only operated in extreme cold climates like the Canadian Oil Sands.

An extra radiator has been installed to make it run in its new hot home here in central Queensland.

Shift Miner understands BMA Blackwater has ordered the new model, and Olympic Dam in South Australia is in negotiations to buy three.

Miner raised $91K for Indian children ONE Moranbah miner has raised more than $91,000 to help educate slum children in India.

Goonyella Riverside miner Richard Beilby raised $45,700, which was then matched dollar for dollar by his employer BMA. The funds will go directly towards the Helping Hands School in Jaipur in India, which provides free education to more than 240 children from the Kathputli Slum.

Mr Beilby said the additional funding will help the school grow to more than 500 students in 2014.

“It was great to see the central Queensland community support a cause that is geographically so far removed from where we are, but the need for education and children’s services is something we can all relate to,” Mr Beilby said.

“The Helping Hands School project will see these children move out of their current rented school facilities and into their own school, on their own land.”

General Manager for Goonyella Riverside Mine, Jason Economidis, says BMA is very supportive of its employees in their pursuits outside of work, particularly in relation to their charity and fundraising efforts.

“People like Richard help give BMA a human face and extend our impact beyond the towns in Central Queensland.”

“We’re proud of our contribution to Richard’s outstanding effort.”

Mr Beilby’s fundraising campaign ran from July 2010 and finished in March this year.

HELPING HAND: Moranbah Miner Richard Beilby has raised $91,000 to help Indian children go to school

$25K donation for 1.5 million safe hours A workplace safety record at Dyno Nobel’s ammonium nitrate plant in Moranbah has led to a generous donation to a children’s charity.

More than 800 construction workers have clocked up 1.5 million hours building the new plant without any lost-time injuries.

To celebrate the milestone, $25,000 has been donated to the Starlight Children’s Foundation.

“This is a fantastic performance considering the magnitude of the project, the complex nature of the work, the number of different companies involved and the attimes adverse weather,” said Operations Manager Kyle Gimpl.

The $935 million plant is being built by the Project Aurora team of UGL Resources and its partners Conneq Infrastructure Services and BGC Contracting.

“Project Aurora manages safety on site by encouraging proactive reporting of hazards and recording of all incidents,” said UGL Resources chief executive David Simpson.

“This allows us to continuously improve and optimise safety processes on site, helping to achieve the goal of zero harm.”

Construction workers chose to donate to the Starlight Children’s Foundation, which works with children in the Moranbah and Mackay areas.

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SAFE HANDS: Workers on the Dyno Nobel ammonium nitrate plant at Moranbah have donated $25,000 to charity after achieving a safety milestone

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FIFO not a homewrecker

While he is the first to admit his research has limitations, he says it does expel the myth that FIFO plays a big role in family break downs.

“It’s not clear from my research that FIFO does not influence divorce or separation rates, but what it does suggest more broadly is that it is not a problem to the extend that many people believe it is.”

“Nor is there strong evidence to suggest that you will be divorced or separated if you work in the mining industry.”

Mr Greer said the living patterns of mine workers had changed in Queensland over the past decade, and that could partly be responsible for misconceptions about FIFO. “Instead of all miners living in say Moura, they are now on the coast - and lots of people know each other and gossip and talk about how such and such is separating.”

“All of that feeds into this suburban theory, but as far as evidence goes there is not a lot of it out there.”

Mr Greer is finalising his research paper, before it is publicly released later this year.

“All these social ills are rolled out as a fait accompli and I started to think well what evidence do they have to support those claims?”

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BMA miners walk off the job HUNDREDS of miners met across the Coalfields last week, as part of rolling strike action at BMA mines throughout the Bowen Basin.

The six-hour stoppages kicked off at Norwich Park and Saraji mines near Dysart, then BMA Blackwater followed by Goonyella and Peak Downs mines near Moranbah.

Talks between the three unions and employer BMA (BHP Mitsubishi Alliance) have broken down after months of negotiations over a new workplace agreement.

The union says BMA’s $5000 sign-on sweetner has not deterred 3000 workers from walking off the job.

“It really was a desperate attempt to bribe or coerce our members, and not one person at the meetings so far has raised it as a concern,” said the CFMEU’s Steve Smyth.

“We’ve been meeting with our members and the blokes are very positive and happy with the way negotiations are being handled by the union.”

Since the protected action began last week, Mr Smyth said the company had not contacted the union.

“We have received no calls, no notifications, no nothing.”

“Our next round of meeting with BHP is in Rockhampton on Monday and Tuesday so I guess we will hear more then.”

Mr Smyth said mine managers had asked workers what they could do to prevent the strike action at the local level.

“The trouble is they have no part of play in the negotiations, and they are taking those instructions from the top down - whether its

from Brisbane or further afield.”

The main sticking points in the agreement are employee representation, jobs security and work hours.

“In terms of jobs security, we just want everything put on the table so nothing is hidden and our members know what they are signing up for when it comes to work hours and that sort of thing,” said Mr Smyth.

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$40M game changer for Rocky industry FORTY million dollars is now on the table to build the Gracemere overpass and open up a new industrial precinct for Rockhampton.

The announcement came without fanfare, and was buried in barrage of state budget announcements last week.

But according to Neil Lethlean from Capricorn Tourism Economic Development Ltd (CTEDL) the new funding is a game changer.

“If this had happened 20 years ago Rockhampton would be a different city,” he said.

“This will allow us to develop a world class industrial estate and it should develop quite rapidly.”

The state government had previously committed $10 million to the project to draw up the plans for the road/rail overpass that will open up the industrial precinct.

It will also allow QR National to duplicate the rail track once the current road crossings are taken out of the equation.

The extra $40 million will see the overpass built, with construction work expected to start within the next six months.

“What it means is that 18 months from today this estate could be fully accessible and we now need to attract investment and industry here,” said Mr Lethlean.

“We already have a number of projects ready to move in.”

Mr Lethlean said it was now up to the Rockhampton Regional Council to ensure related infrastructure like sewerage, power and water was not held up.

“All of that is designed and planned for, and now this announcement has been made I would expect them to bring it all forward.”

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LNG lynchpin in Qld turnaround: Fraser THE Queensland Treasurer says the state’s $30 billion LNG industry will be responsible for a jobs bonanza and economic turnaround.

While a summer of floods and cyclones wiped $6 billion off the books, the Treasurer Andrew Fraser yesterday banked on the LNG industry returning Queensland to economic good times.

“Our economy is set for a massive jobs bonanza,” he said while delivering his fourth budget.

“At the forefront is LNG - as significant an economic development as the opening of the Bowen Basin in 1970s.”

“Ten years ago an LNG industry is this state was was unimaginable. Five years ago it was unbankable.”

“Today it is reality – generating jobs, regional prosperity, and delivering cleaner, greener energy for the future.”

Business investment is forecast to surge by more than 27 per cent in 2011-12, and Mr

Fraser said investment in coal, LNG and metals is leading the charge.

“This is the dynamic that has the Reserve Bank with its finger on the trigger,” he said.

“They see the investment boom coursing through the veins of our state, and of WA and running through the Australian economy as a whole.”

The Queensland Resources Council chief executive Michael Roche said it was a ringing endorsement that the state’s fortunes rest on the growth of its minerals and energy industries.

“The budget forecast is for mining and gas royalties to deliver $3.4 billion to Queensland taxpayers next financial year,”

Mr Roche said.

“In doing so, they will become the single largest source of revenue raised by the state government, surpassing payroll tax.”

Mr Roche said the 2011-12 budget is based on a rebound in coal production and exports, despite the lasting production impacts of extensive flooding that began in September 2010.

“We can only hope that Treasury’s forecasts are proved correct because as recently as last month, export data confirmed the coal industry is operating at around 75 per cent capacity as a result of flooded pits and restrictions on water discharges,” Mr Roche said.

“Ten years ago an LNG industry is this state was was unimaginable. Five years ago it was unbankable.”

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“I told you so”: Joyce on Mt Morgan MORE than $24 million will be spent keeping Queensland’s abandoned mine sites safe over the next four years.

The abandoned mines program first began a decade ago and covers five former mine sites across the state for which no individual or company can be held responsible for their management or rehabilitation.

The old gold mine at Mount Morgan is one of the sites, and made headlines earlier this year when Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce claimed toxic water stored in the mine was an environmental disaster waiting to happen.

Senator Joyce accused the Queensland government of incompetence, and said the toxic water threatened the Dee and Fitzroy Rivers and the Great Barrier Reef.

“There is no way on God’s earth that if this was happening near Wivenhoe, or anywhere in the south-east, we would have this situation,” he said at the time.

“There would be all hell breaking loose.”

Six million of the $24.2 million unveiled in yesterday’s state budget will be invested into the abandoned mines program over the next 12 months.

The Member for Rockhampton Robert Schwarten said the old Mount Morgan mine was a legacy of old mining practices and needed safe management and careful environmental strategies.

“Problems with old and outdated mining practices were created over many years and will take many years to address but we won’t shy away from that,” he said.

He said the works funded through the program would reduce the likelihood of spills from the sites and protect local drinking supplies.

Senator Joyce said the funding boost was a turnaround in attitude by the state government.

“At the time the Minister Sterling Hinchliffe said I was irresponsible and scaremongering and that it was all under control with the completion of a $1.8 million upgrade of the water treatment plant,” he said.

“Far be it for me to say to Minister Hinchliffe, I told you so, but thankfully now they are doing something.”

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Gauge reads critical shortage for gas jobs THERE is still no quick fix for the critical shortage of electrical instrumentation tradespeople needed for the LNG industry, according to one industry boss.

While shortages are anticipated in virtually all trades required for the mining and gas industries, there are some specialised skills where demand is expected to be even more acute.

Energy Skills Queensland CEO Glen Porter highlighted these critical shortages to around 80 people at a Gladstone Engineering Alliance industry update recently. “Engineers will continue to be a priority job role, including process engineers and electrical instrumentation control engineers,� he said. “There will also be a high demand for maintenance technicians and electrical instrumentation technicians, and there are significant constraints on the supply for these sorts of people.�

Mr Porter said Energy Skills Queensland was looking at a range of solutions, but none of them was fast.

The first and most advanced was the sponsorship of around 150 tradespeople mostly electricians - to complete their certificate IV in instrumentation control systems.

Other longer term possibilities were also being explored. “We are also looking at and working with some of the group training companies including GAGAL and others to look at converting some of the third and fourth year apprentices who have signed up as electricians,� said Mr Porter. “They have got the approval they need to move into a dual trade apprenticeship that could create some future tradespeople.� “Instrumentation control is a big issue, not just for gas but for also a whole range of industries, mining, electricity industry, manufacturing even, so there is a large competition for a very small pool of skills.�

Speaking to Shift Miner Magazine recently, GAGAL general manager Kerry Whitaker said the problem facing the LNG industry was while the jobs would be needed in the future, the apprentice positions weren’t available yet. “The only way to be a tradesman is to get an apprenticeship, and you can’t do that if there isn’t a job for you.� “The jobs aren’t here in the gas industry yet - but they will be.�

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Lazy workforce to reach ‘pinch point’ in two years THE central Queensland mining and gas industries will reach a severe ‘pinch point’ in the supply of skills in 2013, two years before the rest of Australia.

The forecast comes from Construction Skills Queensland CEO Brett Schimming, who also believes the shortage will be magnified by low productivity.

“We are not as good as we used to be, our productivity is down, we are a bit lazy in this country,” Mr Schimming told a Gladstone Engineering Alliance meeting recently.

“We haven’t been spending anywhere near enough on R&D, and these aren’t just insights, this is just the way it is.”

“We have a real underlying social prob-

lem, not a construction industry problem, a social problem with literacy and numeracy, we all know about that and it’s a problem and it’s not going away.”

While acknowledging the enormous potential of the local coal and gas industries, Mr Schimming said businesses will still be competing with other major projects for staff.

He cited the Flood Reconstruction Taskforce and the National Broadbank Network as two rival projects and said local businesses would have to plan for higher wages and think about innovative ways to attract staff.

“If you’re not thinking about older people - you need to start thinking about them, because you are going to need them.”

“There has been a real shift in how people think, and people are not going to come to Gladstone just for the money.”

“There is a whole lot of people in Hervey Bay who are third generation unemployed and it is $5.95 for a steak and chips and one beer.”

“Life’s good and people don’t move when life’s good.”

He said the construction industry was also facing an aging crisis.

“In the civil sector, 45 per cent are over 45, do you think they are going to want to work here?”

“It’s all going to become pretty exciting in 2015, there is going to be a pinch point for skills.”

Among the possible solutions to the problem, Mr Schimming advised businesses to consider how they might be able to accommodate retired workers who would consider working part-time.

He also said central Queensland needed to start marketing itself collectively as a destination rather than just a place to earn good money.

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around town 114 EDITION. 2011

CHANGING OF THE GUARD The Blackwater & Bluff Lions and Lioness Clubs held their changeovers recently at the Blackwater Civic Centre

Blackwater Lions Past President Lorraine Wilson presented Life Memberships to Tom “Fifty” Edwards (L) and Frank Wilson (R)

George, John and Loretta Williams

Jenny Hooper, Trevor Duffy and Lorraine Wilson

The Robertson family Jesse, Anthea, Victoria and Greg

Bill and Cassie Richmond

Annette Baker, Cheryl Cochrane and Fabiana Koti

Kathy Galton and Peter Keir

Errol and Helen Rix

Roy and Val Vesey with Patty Kavanagh

Dorothy and Jack Talbot

Arthur and Nyree Goodwin

Frank and Dorothy Wilson with Fran Eklund

Sam and Estelle Serio

Michelle and Pat Rogers

Jeannette Fletcher, Jenny Hooper, Shirley Pidgeon and Estelle Serio

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What’s happening in sport in your town?

Cold snap freezes old boy desire The cold snap last week caused the cancellation of the Old Boys rugby match scheduled for Capella, but it didn’t derail the rest of the Capella Cattle Dogs 20 year anniversary celebrations.

While Old Boy footy players are notoriously unreliable, it seems the wet and windy weather convinced them to remain indoors by the fire, resting their old and weary bones.

However despite this minor hiccup, around 150 people turned up to watch Capella beat a tough Clermont outfit 18 nil, and join in on the 20 year celebrations afterwards.

Captain and President of the Capella club Tim Reeves says despite the weather it was great day.

“I just think it was too wet and miserable for the old boys so it never happened,” he said.

“It was a good day on the BBQ at least, I don’t think we had many steak sandwiches left.”

‘I guess for the future of the club, it was good to have a win over Clermont in the main game.”

“Everyone I spoke to said the game was of a high standard it was the best they had seen on the Central Highlands for a while.”

“We had almost all the possession, and spent most of the time in Clermont’s half, but the Clermont team just bashed us in defence, most of us are really feeling it this week.”

“Both us and Clermont have improved this year, and maybe Emerald has dropped off a bit, but it is just so good to have lots of players available.”

“It’s a really good sign for Central Highlands rugby.”

There were lots of speeches throughout the afternoon, from all generations of the Capella club’s history, and the anniversary jerseys were sold off raising more than $5000 for the club.

Biggest bloody field ever: Coal Capital Speedway President of the Coal Capital Speedway at Blackwater, Ross Ballard, says they are ready for what is expected to be the biggest Speedway event ever for the club this coming weekend.

They have around 100 cars coming from all over the state to compete in more than six classes.

Mr Ballard says its going to be huge night.

“We have the central Queensland titles for the modified production cars, and we have 34 nominations already for that event,” he said.

“Even if only 30 turn up it will be the biggest bloody field we have ever seen here in Blackwater.”

“I will be racing in the CQ titles for the V6 wingless sprints, and I am expecting possibly a dozen cars in that event.”

“Then we have the junior sedans.”

“Its looking like about a dozen cars in that event and you should see those little buggers go, absolutely no fear, they were three wide around the track last year.”

On top of those classes Mr Ballard says there is the AMCA car bonanza, which is sponsored by local mining business Jalgrid.

The AMCA class’ most notable feature is the use of the old Holden 253 V8 motor.

Those of us over 30 will remember how prized that motor was during the 70, 80s and even the 90s.

There is also a Super Street car category and the ever popular Super Stocker class.

With so much racing to get through during the night the

If your local club has any news or photos it wants added to this page, you can submit your articles to angus.peacocke@shiftminer.com

READY TO ROLL: BMA Goonyella drag line operator Alan Hazelwood’s modified production car is one of many expected to compete at Blackwater this weekend

action is expected to be non stop from about 5pm.

There will be full bar and canteen facilities for everyone, although you are reminded that there is absolutely no glass allowed into the event.

“As usual, this sort of thing would not happen without the support of all our sponsors, like LCR Cranes, T & J Whitehouse, West Auto Electrics, Jalgrid, Quantum Racing industries, I cant list every business here but they all know who they are - so thanks to all of them,” Mr Ballard added.

Emerald Tigers plan big-hearted July The Emerald Tigers rugby league club have flagged a huge July, with no less than three special fund raising events scheduled.

On July 2 they will be playing a “Call to Arms” match against the Springsure Mountain Men to raise money for men’s cancer research.

The idea of a “Call to Arms” match first started in 2006 when Essendon Football Club champion Adam Ramanauskas was diagnosed with cancer.

His teammates wore yellow armbands in a “Clash For Cancer” against Melbourne Football Club to raise money for research.

Since then the idea has been picked up across different codes and different parts of the country.

On July 9 the Tigers have their major sponsors night, which will feature a special “Old Boys” match against the Emerald Cowboys.

Finally, on July 30, they will play the Blackwater Crushers in a special “Pink Ribbon Day” event, where teams will be playing in pink to raise money for breast cancer.

In other Rugby League news, all fixtures were back on over the weekend, after a short break for the long weekend.

At the time of printing the results from those games were not yet to hand.v

Rio Tinto Coal Australia is proud to be part of the Clermont, Emerald, Capella, Nebo and Mackay communities.

We support Clermont State High School’s new agricultural programme

Centre of Learning Excellence in a Rural Setting The programme is the first of its kind in the Clermont region to develop vocation training for students to lead into further careers and employment within agriculture.

More than 40 students from the school are now developing skills in agriculture.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR Event details

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start

Speedway

CQ Championships

25/6/11

Blackwater

Evening

Rugby league

Bluff v Springsure

25/6/11

Bluff

Afternoon

Rugby league

Cowboys v Dysart

25/6/11

Bluff

Afternoon

Rugby league

Blackwater v Tieri

25/6/11

Blackwater

Afternoon

Rugby league

Middlemount v Emerald

25/6/11

Middlemount

Afternoon

Rugby

Emerald V Capella

25/6/11

Emerald

Afternoon

Rugby

Rolleston V Moranbah

25/6/11

Emerald

Afternoon

Boxing

Blackwater PCYC

27/6/11

Blackwater

Evening

Rugby

Blackwater v Brothers

2/7/11

Blackwater

Afternoon

Remote Control Car

Race Day

3/7/11

Moranbah

Afternoon

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CQ Cruisers

Clinton Saunders

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Kerry Lee Katchel

klkatchel@curragh.com.au

Emerald Tigers RL

Jay Edwards

0448 154 231 jayedwards10@hotmail.com

Emerald Brothers Cowboys RL

Damon Walsh

emeraldcowboys@hotmail.com (07) 4987 4610

Moranbah Bulls RUFC

Joel Hunter

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Moranbah Raceway

Darby Salmon

0424668 934

Moranbah Classic & Muscle Car Club

Ross Brackley

0428 259 367

We support a range of local projects through the Clermont Region, Kestrel Mine, and Hail Creek Mine Community Development Funds.

For more information about the Funds contact: • Clermont Region Community Relations Specialist Samantha Faint on 0447 599 990, • Kestrel Mine Community Relations Specialist Maureen Tutton on 07 4984 7694, or • Hail Creek Mine Community Relations Specialist Fiona Kruger on 07 4951 6402.

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The Coalfields is on the strike for the first time in a decade:

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Hold in their boys, good to see people are still prepared to strike for workers’ rights. G.R, Brisbane

About time you started a recruitment section, it’s the first place I turn to now.

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Fair Dinkum!

IN THE USA – A Memphis man has given new meaning to the phrase “let them eat cake” after threatening the host of a children’s birthday party with a gun when his kids missed out on being served cake and ice cream.

According to a police affidavit the man became upset when talking to the host and began yelling: “Ya’ll didn’t save my kids no damn ice cream and cake!”

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STILL IN THE USA – A New York street merchant has been arrested for the third time in a year for selling condoms with US President Barack Obama’s face on the wrapper.

The vendor’s right to sell the condoms is protected under the free speech amendment in the US constitution, but the NYPD has vowed to keep busting him pending the outcome of an appeal in the Supreme Court.

Obama condoms are marketed to tourists using the slick sales pitch: “The ultimate stimulus package for hard times.”

IN SWEDEN – A drunken sail-

or sparked a major sea rescue alert after reporting that his wife had fallen overboard.

The man sent a distress call, believing his wife had fallen out of the boat and drowned.

After some further investigation police discovered the man’s wife was safe on shore - having never boarded the vessel.

The drunken sailor failed a breath test back on shore and was promptly charged with boating while intoxicated.

IN AUSTRALIA – One of our countries greatest pastimes - beer drinking - is on the decline, according to recent survey data.

Consumption of the cleansing ale has reached its lowest point in 62 years, with the average Aussie drinking just over two litres (about a six pack) of beer per week.

This is a sharp decline compared to similar data released in the 70s in which the average Aussie knocked back roughly four litres (11 stubbies) of beer per week.

Guilt over expanding waistlines and the search by punters for a more refined alcoholic beverage is thought to be one of the main causes for the decline in beer drinking.

Khadesia dances to the top EMERALD Aboriginal student Khadesia Cora’s passion for dance has led her to performing in Brisbane recently along with 39 members of her dance school at the Brisbane Performing Arts Challenge.

The nine-year-old Emerald Christian College student was in Brisbane to perform a mixture of jazz, contemporary dance, and ballet with the Emerald Academy of Dancing.

The challenge is a dance competition open to the public but it also provides opportunities for students to develop their skills through a variety of dance and musical theatre workshops.

The Kestrel Mine Aboriginal Community Development Fund has provided $900 to assist Khadesia with her costume, and accommoda-

tion and transport costs for the challenge.

Proud father Luther Cora said Khadesia has been dancing since she was seven but it’s been a part of her life since she was a baby.

“I performed in an Aboriginal group, Nunuckle Kunjiel, for about 10 years on the Gold Coast, and she would come and watch so I think that motivated her to want to join dance classes,” Mr Cora said.

“She is learning a variety of styles from jazz to contemporary but she has not forgotten her roots and loves watching Aboriginal groups like the Bangarra Dance Company.”

“It’s great for our local Aboriginal community to see a young Aboriginal person doing well in this field, especially as dance and music is such a big part of our culture.”

Frank the Tank’s

“Streakin” good love advice Dear Frank, I was out on the town recently and I met a really great girl and we have since been on a few dates. I found out on our last date that she is only 18, making her exactly 10 years younger than me! I really like her, but is it wrong to keep seeing a girl 10 years my junior?

Allan, Biloela Allan, my friend, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with dating a younger girl, you can take it from me, and if you’re not convinced, you can ask my new girlfriend, she normally gets home from school at around 3.30pm.

There are an almost infinite number of benefits in dating a much younger girl, and I’ll attempt to outline the most attractive of those to you through the course of this installment of streakin’ good love advice.

Dating a woman your own age is torturous, you have to spend hour after agonising hour discussing current affairs, financial security and how all her friends are getting pregnant, fat, or both.

Consider this, any 28-year-old woman who you date is going to be bitter and twisted from past relationships, there’s a good chance she may have been married, and an even better chance she’s carrying a venereal disease of some description.

Sensible Susan Allan, Age can certainly be a factor in a relationship, but I don’t think you should end it with this girl based purely on your age difference.

With a younger woman you won’t find yourself encountering these tiresome problems. Granted, you may have to help her with her homework occasionally, but that’s really a small price to pay.

As a general rule younger girls are impressed by things we take for granted, like drinking, smoking and driving, and you can make yourself look incredibly cool by combining all three of those things.

If you want to have a really good time with a younger bird I recommend adding spirituous beverages to the mix. Purchase some alcohol for your young lady friend and invite her over for dinner. Hopefully she’ll be unaware of the inhibition lowering properties of ‘the good stuff’ and before you know it she’ll be dancing topless on the dinner table to a song that you’re too old to recognise.

Should the evening progress to the boudoir you can approach the situation with the utmost confidence. It would take all of your skills, and perhaps the assistance of an apparatus of some description to properly satisfy a woman your own age. Most of these younger girls are rather inexperienced in the realm of the erotic, so even if your performance is less than terrible, she’ll be none the wiser.

A word of warning though, this inexperience cuts both ways and could see you sustain a bedroom injury if you don’t take the proper precautions. Play it safe and give detailed instructions, otherwise you may end up with your crotch in plaster.

Frank

If neither of you have a problem your age gap, and you both enjoy each other’s company, that’s really the most important thing.

If you both want similar things from the relationship you’re in then I’d advise you to keep seeing her (providing she still wants to see you, of course), and try to remember that age is just a state of mind!

Susan

If you have a question for Frank and Susan Email Us at: franksusan.shiftminer@gmail.com

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“G’day,” said Jack to the short waitress standing behind the counter. “I’d like a coffee, thanks.”

The waitress looked up and said in an Irish accent, “Is that a collared shirt?”

Jack blinked. Talk about lost in translation. He’d thought he’d give the new Irish pub and coffee shop and whatever else was in this joint a try, but was already regretting it.

“No,” he said, slower, more clearly. “I’d like a coffee, thank you.

Black, no sugar.”

“Is that a collared shirt you’re wearing under your coat?”

Jack looked down at his coat, which was zipped up to the top against the cold. “Why do you want to know?” he asked, genuinely curious.

“We have a dress code,” the girl said, still making no move to write down his order. “You need a collared shirt after six pm.”

Jack blinked again. “But you can’t see my shirt.”

“I know, sir.” She seemed to be losing patience now. Waitresses were supposed to be more patient than this, he thought. Perhaps it as an Irish thing. “That’s why I’m asking you now, if it’s got a collar.”

“But it’s like this,” said Jack. “A dress code can only logically apply to clothing that is visible. You can’t mandate clothing that you can’t see. Otherwise you might have a dress code that insists on brieftype jocks and not boxers.”

The girl looked puzzled.

“I hate boxers. I promise I’m not wearing them.”

She placed the order pad carefully down on the bench and sighed. Jack didn’t think waitress-

es were supposed to sigh like that.

Very unproffessional. “After six pm, you must wear a collared shirt.

Even a t-shirt with a collar is fine.”

“Even if you can’t actually see the shirt?”

“Yes sir.”

Jack looked intently at her.

“I’m willing to open up my jacket and check, if you’re willing to admit that your dress code makes no sense.” He looked around about him. It was a pub. A clean pub, granted, but still just a pub.

“I mean, it’s not even such a nice place.”

“I don’t rightly care if it makes sense,” said the waitress. “I just have to check for shoes and collared shirts.”

Jack looked down and checked his feet. “Well, I do have shoes on,” he said.

“I know.” Her voice was icy now. Pity; she hadn’t looked half bad before she’d got cranky.

Jack unzipped his jacket, grabbed the top of his shirt near his neck and had a look. “I’m afraid you’re out of luck,” he said to her. “No collar.”

“I’m very sorry, sir.” she said.

“But I’ll have to ask you to leave.”

“When will you have to do that?”

“Now.” Jack shrugged. “I guess you can all do what you like, whether it makes sense or not,” said Jack, zipping his jacket back up. “You’ll just have to do it with somebody else’s money.”

As he left, he saw that the bouncers on the front door had t-shirts on without collars. Perhaps that’s why they have to stay outside, he thought.

Bernard S. Jansen is 33, married and has three young boys. He lives in Emerald, works as an engineer at a local coal mine and is active in his local church. Read more of Bernard’s writing online at surgebin.blogspot.com or email him at bernard.jansen@gmail.com GOT AN IDEA FOR A STORY? Let Bernard know - email him at bernard.jansen@gmail.com or hop on his blog surgebin.blogspot.com

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Bait shop Banter FISHING IN GLADSTONE This year’s Boyne Tannum Hook Up was not for the faint hearted - with 30 knot winds and plenty of rain!

Still, for those willing to brave the weather there was plenty of fish to be caught with coral trout and spanish mackerel the main hauls.

Dylan, from Pat’s Tackle World, says the spanish have definitely moved in.

“Anyone who goes out wide is catching them, even if they’re not trying!” our resident fishing guru said.

For those venturing out around the harbour, barra are still being caught - but the Hot Water Outlet is still the main place to go if you are interested.

Bream, whiting and plenty of big flathead are also being landed, and the blue and king salmon are about in good numbers.

“There have also been plenty of crabs still around, which is a bit surprising really,” said Dylan.

The outlook is good - the cold weather and westerlies usually bring nice, clear, calm water - so rug up and get amongst it.

FISHING IN YEPPOON PLENTY of fish around for amateurs and commercial operators - that’s the word from John at the Rosslyn Bay Fisherman’s Co-op.

“There have been good catches of everything, although it has slackened off a bit over the last fortnight with the change of seasons and temperature,” said John.

Coral trout and red emperor are the dish of the day, and spanish mackerel are biting around Barron Island and in the rocky reefs about 30 miles off shore.

“They should be really good further north

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around Stanage Bay by now too,” said John.

“This next week on we’ve got the tides dropping off and big high pressure system so conditions should be really good.”

Crabs are still around in good, full condition - and the winter whiting are starting to show up.

The first catches of gar have also been reported.

FISHING IN MACKAY The fishing in Mackay has been running smoothly for the last month or so, according to Bruce at Nashy’s Compleat Anger.

“Remember what I told you last fortnight - well ditto!” laughed Bruce when he was asked for the latest update.

“Lots of people are out using the moon at the moment and they are catching trout, nannagais and red fish in the channel.”

The snapper are also starting to come on.

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“People are getting them from the islands off Sarina through to Hay Point but just watch out for those exclusion zones around there.”

The patches straight off the harbour have been quiet, but the cooler currents should start to bring the snapper in over the next month.

Small-ish mackerel are also around in good quantities, Bruce’s tip is head to Wigden Island.

The whiting are also getting bigger in size and quantity - Shoal Point beach and the mouth of the Reliance have been reporting good catches, and the river itself is producing but in small sizes.

“Give it a few more weeks and that will improve,” said Bruce.

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Cold nights - frosts in south Week 1 - the fourth East Coast Low so far this year has cause more flooding for the NSW coast. This has driven cold dry air over central Queensland, causing low single figure minimums and frosts for the southern Coalfields.

Biloela recorded its fifth frost this year and in some places south of Emerald there have been even more. Higher areas of the northern Coalfields just snuck into to the light frost category (Red Mountain/Mt. McLaren). Great to cuddle up at night in the swag but mild/warm sunny days followed. A milder season kicks in this week with early fogs then another cold burst with frosts mid-week.

The moderate offshore west to south west winds make for calm seas inshore. Great for the fishermen! Be wary of the “spike” winds from

the south offshore overnight which usually drop during the day. Not bad for the angler. Watch for increasing winds from a high in the Tasman late week with a coastal squally shower.

Week 2 - the SOI has risen to +7 early in the 2nd week before falling to +5 on the 16th June, which is about the same as last year. Relatively milder minimums overnight should be a feature inland. There is an early fog risk and low single figure minimums in the western high areas. If another East Coast Low develops near NSW then daytime temperatures could warm mid-week ahead of another cold burst with frost; late week.

Mariners! Winds should ease south of Yeppoon early in the week and further north later.

Watch for light/moderate NNE’ly winds heralding a rapid southerly change late Fri/Sat.

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Synchronised swimming & billy cart racing IF swimming is your thing, well Moranbah’s pool is about to get the kind of revamp that makes Pamela Anderson’s make-over from frumpy brunette to buxom blonde seem modest.

Construction has begun on the $5.5 million upgrade to the Greg Cruickshank Aquatic Centre, in a move that is expected to create a vibrant new meeting point for the mining town.

The make-over will turn the pool into a

“hub” with separate play areas for toddlers and children, a cafe, outdoor BBQ area, spectator stand - and for those swimmers too weak to handle the winter freeze - heating for the 25 metre pool.

Local councillors are convinced the new centre will be so popular it will actual assist the town in drawing in new residents.

“It will help foster Moranbah’s reputation as an engaging, modern town,” said

for people to pursue healthy outdoor lifestyles, it will also be a lively meeting place for the community to come together to have fun.”

The centre will be part funded by mining giant BMA - which has kicked in $2.5 million to the project.

It is expected to reopen at the start of next year.

Meanwhile, if you are looking for a fun family day out next month - then there is no looking past the Tieri Lions Billy Cart Derby on Sunday 31 July.

This annual event is growing more popular by the year, with a number of categories including open, high school, primary school and box cart race for the under 8s.

Registrations are filling fast so don’t miss your chance to be involved.

Email nicky@waycommunincation.com. au for details.

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councillor Anne Barker.

“This should make a big difference for companies when it comes to attracting and retaining staff.”

Deputy Mayor Roger Ferguson agrees.

“When we presented the draft plan to the community last year, it was obvious there was a great deal of anticipation for this project,” he said.

“The centre will not only be a great place

The Hangover: Part 2 - Same premise, still delivers

REVIEW

AFTER the success of the first Hangover movie a sequel was all but inevitable, and The Hangover: Part 2 will not disappoint fans of the original, dishing up a barrage of big laughs.

The premise - and plot for that matter is almost identical to that of the first film.

A group of friends attempt to have a low key pre-wedding celebration, and wind up on an all night bender which results in one of them going missing.

Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), and Alan (Zach Galifianakis) must then try to piece together their hazy night out in

Bangkok in an attempt to find Teddy, their missing friend.

Their search for clues leads them to some hilarious encounters with monks, transvestite strippers, and international criminals.

As you’d expect the movie is laced with laugh-out-loud moments, Galifiankis delivers consistently side-splitting one liners as the incompetent but well meaning Alan.

Ken Jeong reprises his role as ‘Mr Chow’, perhaps one of the most memorable characters from the first film, and provides some fairly memorable moments in the sequel.

You can’t help but be filled with a sense

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The jokes, however, are fresh, and the big laughs are perfectly spaced throughout the film, so it’s fairly easy to forget that you’re watching what is essentially a carbon copy of the original film.

Although this movie is a sequel, if you haven’t seen the first Hangover fear not, you won’t be lost in Part 2, it’s definitely a great movie to see if you’re in need of a good chuckle.

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Your Health 114 EDITION. 2011

EXPERT ADVICE For those too busy or embarrassed to ask the important questions about their health Over the next four editions we will be going back to explore the basics in simple nutrition.

• The saturated fat should be 30 per cent less then the total fat (to keep you healthy)

For now we are going to overview the foods we are buying in our weekly shop, but in order to assess what we are buying - and whether it is the better option - we firstly need to look at what we should be aiming for when buying foods.

• Trans fats are the worst type of fat, try to avoid them wherever possible • Carbohydrates, this section concentrates on the use of starches and sugars in the food, identifying how much of each is in the food

Have you noticed even when you go to buy a can of tuna you have the tuna in spring water, tuna in oil, tuna with chilli and that is just on one shelf?! That’s why food labels are so important.

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• You really do want to minimise eating foods with added sugars, aim for less then 10g of sugar per 100g

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• Dietary fibre, aim for foods with higher amounts of fibre, 8g of fibre per 100g or more

What a label should tell you is: • The energy involved highlights how many kilojoules is within one serve or 100g of the food

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To make it a little easier when you are comparing all of the foods on the shelf, check out the 100g panel on the right hand side, this allows you to compare all the varieties in the foods due to so many varied serving sizes.

• The fat content is always divided into the total fat, saturated fat & trans fats (or at least should be) • The foods you choose should be less than 10g per 100g total fat in the food

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Tammy Farrell is a registered nurse, nutritionist and author of ‘The Real Man’s Toolbox – A DIY Health Manual for Men’. Tammy grew up in the Hunter Valley with two brothers in the local coal mines. In 2007, she started to give health talks in the Hunter, and that’s when she began compiling the book, helping hundreds of men answer questions about their bodies.

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MONEY MATTERS 114 EDITION. 2011

MONEY TIPS FROM THE EXPERTS

New tax rules for your super Watch those concessional contributions One of those changes in the 2010 Budget related to how much you can contribute to your super account before the current tax concession is removed.

If you’ve been salary sacrificing into your super since July 2010 it’s not a bad idea to check where you’re up to at this point, just to make sure you’re not going to go over the limit.

What are concessional contributions?

Money going into your super is either a ‘concessional’ or a ‘non-concessional’ contribution. If it’s concessional it means you only pay 15% tax, a ‘concession’ to the tax rate you generally pay on most other

things, e.g. your salary.

Concessional contributions include the (minimum) 9% compulsory super paid by your employer, as well as any salary sacrifice contributions you might be making.

For the 2010 financial year, changes now mean that there is a reduced annual limit on your concessional contributions down by half, to $25,000 pa.

There are, however, transitional rules for people aged 50 or over (or turning 50) where the rules allow you to make concessional contributions up to $50,000 pa until 30 June 2012.

tions in excess of the concessional cap are taxed (currently) at 31.5*%, in addition to the standard 15% contributions tax. This includes the 1.5% Medicare Levy.

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HTW said that oversupply has been caused by developers marketing properties to non-local investors on the speculation of strong growth and high rents.

However, HTW said the reality might not turn out that way.

In the period after the Kogan Creek Power Station and accompanying mine were built near Dalby, rental vacancy rates actually increased because of an oversupply of housing.

Currently rents in Chinchilla range between $390 and $420 per week, but HTW warned investors to be careful. “There is evidence of some developers offering guaranteed rental agreements in house and land contracts.� “However upon analysis of the construction costs there would appear to be in some cases, a loading applied to compensate the developer for the guarantee.�

The median house price in Chinchilla is currently $331,000 and $285,000 in Dalby; however, sales activity has been very slow of late with one agent reporting that they had not received a single sale in five months.

Valuers cautious about Surat real estate VALUERS Herron Todd White (HTW) have advised investors to be cautious about the Surat Basin, despite a tightening rental market and rising house prices.

Like its northern cousin the Bowen Basin, the Surat Basin has vast reserves of coal and and coal seam gas (CSG), as well as a significant agricultural sector.

However, unlike the Bowen Basin, most of the Surat Basin coal resources are yet to be developed.

According to HTW, the number of rental properties available has fallen in the Surat towns of Dalby and Chinchilla since final investment decisions have been made by several CSG companies.

“This is a marked improvement from 2010, when approximately 200 rental properties were vacant in Dalby, and approximately 60 vacant in Chinchilla,� HTW said in its latest monthly report. “Chinchilla currently has very limited rental properties available for rent while Dalby has an oversupply.�

“In the period after the Kogan Creek Power Station and accompanying mine were built near Dalby, rental vacancy rates actually increased because of an oversupply of housing.�

Rockhampton beats unit slump in March ROCKHAMPTON, Toowoomba and Townsville are rare bright spots in the unit and townhouse market, with median prices increasing 4.5 per cent in the first three months of this year.

By comparison median unit prices in Brisbane fell about 1.4 per cent, and nearly three per cent on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts.

Across all of Queensland, the number of unit and townhouse sales fell 15 per cent over the March quarter.

According to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) chairman Pamela Bennett, those people who would normally be investing in this sector have been shy.

“The unit and townhouse market has been impacted by lower numbers of first home buyers and investors,� she said. “They are the type of buyers who usually are the most interested in this more affordable segment of the market.� “First home buyers continue to languish at about 15 per cent of the Queensland residential property market, while investors appear to have adopted a wait and see approach until a clearer picture emerges on interest rates and the economy.�

The upper end of the unit and town house market has also taken a hit with the number of sales of properties with more than a $1 mil-

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