The Latest Breaking News from FIFO

Some of Australia's most vulnerable children will not have access to in-community mental health support staff, with the South Australian government set to install a fly-in-fly-out model, against the wishes of elders and the advice of experts.

Labor MPs were treated by the mining lobby to a three-day tour of WA last month, including sunset drinks with FIFO workers and a briefing on the Juukan Gorge destruction.

A landmark inquiry into Australia’s mining sector has uncovered dozens of shocking cases of sexual harassment and abuse of women workers at companies including BHP Group and Rio Tinto Group.

Australia will release on Thursday a state government report on sexual harassment in the country's mineral-rich west after more than a year of investigations, as the sector tries to fix a culture of sexism and bullying.

The NSW Teachers Federation rejects a plan for FIFO teachers to solve the staffing crisis in remote parts of the state, saying the problem is statewide and requires fundamental change.

A FIFO worker was suffering psychosis and believed he was working with ASIO to take out a paedophile when he attacked a mine site colleague who died during the assault, the WA Supreme Court hears.

FIFO workers raise concerns about isolating in small rooms, as the wife of one Perth-based FIFO worker whose husband has bipolar disorder says mental health should be a higher priority.