...As to the labour issues afflicting the sector : A curated...

...As to the labour issues afflicting the sector :
A curated collection of press :

(The drive  to get more women involved (proudly adopted by BHP as was recently noted ) has a second agenda ...getting more bums on truck seats.)
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 / 4:19 PM / 2 MONTHS AGO
Australian mining's macho image worsens pain of labour shortage
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...worsens-pain-of-labour-shortage-idUSKCN1M10TJ


Skills shortage: Australia facing critical decline of new mining engineers
ABC Goldfields
By Jarrod Lucas
Updated 10 Jun 2018, 9:11am
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06...critical-shortage-of-mining-engineers/9851142


A new skills shortage looms in Western Australia as fears of automation turns workers away
By Elicia Kennedy
Updated 9 Jul 2018, 7:47am
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07...-takeover-creating-wa-skills-shortage/9950368


Thousands of mining jobs are waiting in Western Australia but Aussies don’t want them
FIVE years ago, Aussies were desperate to get into this industry. Now, companies can barely fill the once-coveted positions.

Natalie Wolfe
news.com.au
JULY 26, 20184:59PM
https://www.news.com.au/finance/bus...m/news-story/9abb09bee9c85fc6419597a14e77df3e




For basic facts here  is the latest AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY AND SKILLS COMMITTEE  report on Civil Infrastructure updated October 30 2018
https://nationalindustryinsights.ai...and-civil-infrastructure/civil-infrastructure