“There’s a lot of money sloshing about in Central Queensland’s massive mining sector and no other industry offers working and middle-class Australians such a clear pathway to an attractive standard of living.
But it can be a slog for ‘cleanskins’, or people with no prior mining experience, to get their foot in the door, something Bravus haul truck operator Chris Hobson knows about.
The 33-year-old Whitsundays man moved to Australia from Britain 10 years ago and said landing a job in the mines could mirror the “chicken and egg” problem…click here to read the full story