The Mackay Whitsunday Urban Development Institute (MWUDI) says there will be a bottleneck in the supply of industrial land in Mackay within five years.
According to MWUDI president Mark McGrath, the Paget industrial precinct will be full by 2016 at the current rate of development. However, lack of infrastructure will almost certainly mean that options after that will not be ready. MORE than 300 Gladstone residents are through the initial hurdle in their bid to become one of construction giant’s Bechtel’s 400 adult apprentices.
Last year, Bechtel announced it would take on 400 adult apprentices through the National Apprenticeship Progam (NAP) - the largest intake of its kind in Australian history. More than 500 interested applicants applied for the roles - but only 300 have made it through the first vetting stage. THE unions have rejected BMA’s latest version of a new enterprise agreement for 4000 workers at the company’s seven central Queensland mine sites.
Mass meetings will be held across the Bowen Basin next week for union delegates to inform workers about what is in the agreement and why it was rejected at the negotiation table. BMA will also brief its workers on why it think the new agreement should be accepted.
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