Rod Hale’s mission to promote prostate cancer awareness Long-time friend of CMEIG, Rod Hale continues to make a significant contribution to prostate cancer awareness across the construction equipment industry. After a 44-year career with the Tutt Bryant Group in PNG and Australia, Rod was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer [...]
Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) working group update – winter 2026 The CMEIG HSE Working Group continues to gain momentum, with the third meeting scheduled for late August 2026 and participation growing to over 10 members. In the last meeting members shared recent safety incidents and lessons learned, creating valuable [...]
Engineering & Standards update – winter 2026 CMEIGs Engineering Working Group (EWG) continues to strengthen its influence across key industry standards and regulatory initiatives. More than 15 members attended the most recent face to face meeting hosted by Liebherr in May, demonstrating strong industry engagement. The group remains actively involved [...]
Education & Training working group update – winter 2026 CMEIG continues to actively represent the construction and mining equipment sector across several important workforce and training initiatives. Key priorities include: ensuring mobile plant remains within the scope of the Certificate III in Automotive EV Technology review supporting future industry electrification [...]
Winter 2026 newsletter – CEO address Over recent months, the Australian economy has demonstrated resilience despite ongoing global uncertainty, and for the mining, quarrying, civil construction and earthmoving sectors, operating conditions have generally remained positive, underpinned by strong resource exports, a significant infrastructure investment pipeline and continued funding for energy [...]