Death underground : the 1994 Moura mine disaster.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Bankstown, N.S.W. : Labour Press Books, c1996Description: vii, 60 p. : ill., 1 map, portsISBN:

1875639098

Other title:

Moura mine disaster

DDC classification:

622.8099435 20

Subject: On August 7, 1994, 11 miners were killed when an explosion ripped through the BHP-owned No 2 mine in Moura, central Queensland. The miners' bodies have never been recovered. They lie entombed in the abondoned Moura mine. The lives of their families and loved ones have been shattered. These deaths were not an unexpected accident, but a direct result of BHP's drive to boost productivity and cut costs. They form part of the disastrous death toll now escalating throughout industry. This booklet is a compilation of articles, interviews and comments from the fortnightly socialist newspaper, Workers News. The articles not only detail the conditions that gave rise to the accident and expose the role of the company and union leaders, but provide a political analysis and program for working people to fight the system that produced this tragedy

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	P622.80994 DEA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		010507749

"Statements from Workers News, August 1994 - February 1996"

On August 7, 1994, 11 miners were killed when an explosion ripped through the BHP-owned No 2 mine in Moura, central Queensland. The miners' bodies have never been recovered. They lie entombed in the abondoned Moura mine. The lives of their families and loved ones have been shattered. These deaths were not an unexpected accident, but a direct result of BHP's drive to boost productivity and cut costs. They form part of the disastrous death toll now escalating throughout industry. This booklet is a compilation of articles, interviews and comments from the fortnightly socialist newspaper, Workers News. The articles not only detail the conditions that gave rise to the accident and expose the role of the company and union leaders, but provide a political analysis and program for working people to fight the system that produced this tragedy

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