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Oil and gas next on drug search hit list

Ben Hagemann

Drug screening is set to continue at critical transit points around West Australia as Operation Redwater gears up for a third phase of operation targeting oil and gas workers.
Last week the second phase of Redwater focussed on searching airports servicing BHP and Rio Tinto mines, including the Newman Airport, but the third phase will look further afield to deal with other regional airports servicing the oil and gas industry.
In conjunction with the airport searches, heavy haulage drivers were also targeted for drug screening in an operational component of Redwater, called Operation Phaeton.
Operation Redwater co-ordinator Commander Murray Smalpage said the traffic stoppage took place at a strategically chosen location near Wubinn, where most traffic to and from the Pilbara must pass.
“Woven is a jump off point for road trains, so that was the subject of quite intensive traffic operations, targeting drivers heading into the Pilbara,” he said.
During the three day operation, 533 random breath tests were administered, with 200 of them heavy haulage drivers. More.....

Drugs dismissal at Boggabri upheld by FWA

Ben Hagemann  
The dismissal of a haul-truck driver at the Boggabri coal mine after testing positive for methamphetamine has been upheld by Fair Work Australia (FWA).
A FWA report released last week showed an application for unfair dismissal remedy was rejected by FWA’s Commissioner Ian Cambridge, finding in favour of contractor Downer EDI Mining after hearings in September and October last year. More...

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