Author Archives: Diane Sims

We are thrilled, over-joyed and ecstatic to announce MBS had 9 people ride to work today for Bike Week!! This beats our previous record of 8 people riding to work. How did we do it? We had a special lunch … Continued

Congratulations to Richard Olsen on his promotion to Geospatial Scientist. Richard has been with MBS Environmental for over a year and has greatly expanded our geospatial capabilities. We look forward to further expanding these over the months ahead including Spatial … Continued

Risks of worker exposure to crystalline silica and resulting silicosis has been around a very long time, however, there has recently been more intense focus in Australia coming from health impacts on kitchen bench cutters. As a result, Safework Australia … Continued

The Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (BC Act) and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2018 (BC Regulations) came into effect on 1 January 2019 replacing the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 (WC Act) and the Sandalwood Act 1929.  Whilst the WC Act regulated the … Continued

It has been a memorable year for MBS Environmental in 2018.  Looking back at the year that was, we have achieved a lot and seen many new faces join the MBS team (Spencer Shute, Justine Hyams, Jacob Azzarello, Tom Robson, … Continued

Richard Olsen was in Melbourne for the FOSS4G Sotm Oceania Conference on 21 and 22 November. The conference brought together creators, contributors and users of open source spatial software and was a fantastic opportunity to meet and learn from members of … Continued

Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia (MRIWA) has completed Project M432 – Validation and Standardisation of Sequential Leaching Tests to Better Predict the Impact of Mining on Ground and Surface Water Quality.  This was a two year MRIWA funded collaborative … Continued

Congratualtions to Freea Itzstein-Davey on celebrating 10 years with MBS Environmental. From everyone at MBS Environmental thank you for all your hard work and we look forward to many more years working with you.  

The WA Minister for Environment released a determination today on the Appeals on the EPA Report and Works Approval (Minor and Preliminary Works) for Sheffield Resources Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project, which dismissed all appeals. Appeals on the EPA Report were … Continued

Come and see Jess Li and Michael North present at the GEMG workshop in Kalgoorlie.               Come and visit our booth to catch up with Kristy Sell, Thomas Robson and Spencer Shute     … Continued