Discussed: Qld Border closure to ACT and NSW as of 1am Saturday 8 August, and a range of scenarios and questions around what these border closures will mean, update on BAC issue, Simon Zanatta from Minister Lynham's office acknowledged the importance of the sector, DNRME update around potential exemptions for specialist workers.

Discussed: Qld's CHO extending hotspots and border closures, airport temperature testing, Ibis Hotel testing location, repurposing and donation of laptop by member companies still needed by schools, exemptions from hotspots

Discussed: Border control between Victoria and Qld, shipping crews, border declaration forms and how to access, temperature testing area in Brisbane airport, DNRME Border Restriction Directive 8 update, COVID management plans

Discussed: upcoming QRC election strategy, avoiding hot spots in Victoria, Brisbane airport temperature testing, saliva testing in Victoria, Biosecurity areas, voluntary shipping codes still being used, border restrictions and requirements for health plans, DRNME updates on guidance

Discussed: Easing of COVID protocols and guidance document, staff return to work, incoming workers to site, seafarer crews arriving from overseas, lift capacity, remote biosecurity areas, charter flight requirements and other transport arrangements, COVID hot spot declarations, Qld Health site inspections, Qantas update on increased capacity on flights and the FlyWell program

Discussed: New map of pathology sites across Qld, advice re: temperature testing, Qantas return to more regular intrastate flight schedule and implications on charter flights and FIFO workers, restrictions in Biosecurity Act areas to lift within next 10 days, company COVID protocols, airport protocols, Qld Health inspections at company sites, interstate worker exemptions, recent rallies and potential impacts

Discussed: Regional councils requests for return of patronage from resources companies, Qantas return to more regular intrastate flight schedule and implications on charter flights and FIFO workers, BAC encouraging social distancing but not enforcing inside Brisbane terminal, establishment of a QRC guidance group around easing of protocols for members, restrictions in Biosecurity Act areas, disappointing misconceptions around the Blackwater matter, appropriate approvals still need to be in place for interstate travel, pathology lab locations, Isaac Council requested ease of restrictions on worker movements, strategy to be developed by QRC and members to ease worker restrictions

Discussed: Blackwater fatality and incorrect information, Blackwater clinic, importance of companies continuing hygiene measures, social distancing and testing if feeling unwell, CHO indication of vaccine availability, DNRME exemption notices, temporary environmental authorisations, ship crew changeover issues, working with Brisbane Airport Corporation around pre-flight measures, Qantas' Fly Well program

Discussed: Resources Community Infrastructure Fund has been finalised, Industrial manslaughter legislation passed the Queensland Parliament yesterday, Rockhampton aged care worker tested positive for COVID, noted possibility of impact on industry if a cluster develops in Rockhampton, CQ Health reiteration of remaining vigilant, St John's ambulance test supplies, DNRME update, MSQ update

Discussed: inquiry into recent Moranbah accident likely, supply difficulties, union request re: COVID-19, temperature testing concerns, working collectively as an industry, DNRME update, Mackay Disaster Management Group