AN160141 – Gold Mining Consolidated Award 1980

SCHEDULE 2 - DISTRICT ALLOWANCE

Payment shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Schedule so far as applicable.

(1) In addition to the wages prescribed in Schedule 1 of this award, the following allowances shall be paid for five days per week to employees employed in the districts which are hereinafter respectively described, with the exception of districts contained therein which are situated within a radius of ten miles of Kalgoorlie, Coolgardie, and Southern Cross, viz:-

(a) First District: Lying south of Kalgoorlie and comprised within lines starting from Kalgoorlie then west-south west to Woolgangie, thence south-east to Dundas, thence north-east to a point ten miles east of Karonie on the Trans-Australia line, and thence back to Kalgoorlie; at the rate of 52 cents per week extra for those mines within ten miles of the railway and 80 cents per week for those outside.

(b) Second District: Starting from Kalgoorlie west-south-west to Woolgangie, thence north-north-west to the intersection of the 120 E. meridian with the 30 S. parallel of latitude, thence north-east by east to Kookynie, thence back to the point ten miles east of Karonie on the Trans-Australia line, and thence back to Kalgoorlie; at the rate of 70 cents per week extra for those mines within ten miles of the railway and 90 cents per week for those outside.

(c) Third District: Starting from and including Kookynie, then north by west to Kurrajong, thence north-east to Stone's Soak, thence south-east to and including Burtville, thence south-west through Pindinnie to Kookynie; at the rate of 70 cents per week extra for those mines within ten miles of the railway and 90 cents per week for those outside.

(d) Fourth District: Surrounding Southern Cross within a radius of thirty miles; for those mines outside a radius of ten miles from Southern Cross, including Westonia and Bullfinch at the rate of 25 cents per week.

(e) Fifth District: Comprising all mines not specifically defined in the foregoing boundaries but within the area comprised within the 24th and 26th parallels of latitude; at the rate of 1.20 per week.

(2) Notwithstanding anything herein contained, the following allowances shall be paid in the districts or mines mentioned hereunder:

	Per Week
Ora Banda and Waverley Districts	0.70
Yalgoo District	0.70
Meekatharra, Mt. Magnet and Cue Districts	0.85
Wiluna District	1.00
Youanmi District	1.00
Cox's Find Gold Mine	0.90
Corduroy Gold Mine and mines with ten miles' radius therefrom	1.20
Lallah Rooke Gold Mine, Halley's Comet Gold Mine,
Prophecy Gold Mine and mines within ten
miles' radius therefrom	1.50
Mayfield District	0.70
Evanston District	1.00

With regard to the Meekatharra, Mt. Magnet, Cue, Yalgoo and Wiluna Districts, an additional allowance at the rate of 15 cents per week shall be paid to employees employed at mines situated five miles from a Government railway.

With regard to the Big Bell Gold Mine, the Triton Gold Mine, and Cox's Find Gold Mine, the sum of 15 cents per week may be deducted from the district allowance which would otherwise be paid.

(3) In the case of any mine or district within the area to which this award applies which is not dealt with under the provisions of this schedule, the union may apply to the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission at any time for the purpose of having an allowance prescribed, upon serving upon the employer concerned fourteen days' notice thereof prior to the date of such application. The service of such notice shall be made pursuant to the provisions relating thereto prescribed by the regulations under the Industrial Relations Act 1979.