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Report reignites FIFO mental-health debate

A Western Australia report on FIFO provides more questions than answers, and has received a lacklustre response from politicans, writes Ruth Green

Ruth Green
Underground at the Argyle mine: the WA FIFO report said technology would help FIFO workers. Photo: Rio Tinto

Underground at the Argyle mine: the WA FIFO report said technology would help FIFO workers. Photo: Rio Tinto

The Western Australian government’s response to a parliamentary inquiry into mental-health issues associated with fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers in the state’s vast mining sector has been welcomed in some...

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