Thank you, Miners! Australia this month will have its first current account surplus since 1975 – all thanks to the near doubling of resources exports from $160 billion in 2016 to $275 billion just three years later. Did you know that resources now account for three-quarters of Australia’s goods exports? Our top three exports (iron […]

Are we looking at safety the right way? The workplace fatality rate over the past decades has halved (refer to graph), and whilst every death is one too many, maybe we’re looking at the wrong areas (particularly in bang for our bucks we have hit the wall of diminishing returns) to further improve the wellbeing […]

We have shared with you before stories of theft against our company. In the last 12 months, we’ve had three theft events against our business. We are proud that in two of those events, we managed to track down the stolen goods and perpetrators ourselves (the third one we aren’t sure, because the victim never […]

With a busy June and EOFY behind us, it’s time to reflect and share some news and updates from our Qld Rock Breakers team.

Most countries in the world have citizens who are parochial. The people support their country at sporting events, and usually like to support their fellow countrymen in other contexts when given the opportunity. We’ve seen well intentioned policies designed to achieve a particular cause, such as Buy Australian campaigns to support local industries. But these […]

The internet has certainly changed the way customers buy, and it can be tempting to take advantage of what looks like a cheap price. Use caution though, so you can avoid these potential pitfalls. Did you know that if you import a product yourself from overseas, then legally you stand in the shoes of the […]

Like most Australian’s, I care for the future of our country, and despair at what legacy we are leaving the next generation. Where is our Sustainability Plan? I spent a part of my early life in Sweden, a country that was proud to be one of only a handful of countries in the world that […]