Fly-In/Fly-Out Seminar

Wednesday, 1 October 2008

Fly-in/Fly-out (FIFO) is very topical in Western Australia, and given the National Party focus during the recent election, the debate about residential workforce vis a vis FIFO is set to be a key regional development issue. FIFO is not limited to workforce planning; it is also a topic of interest to families, psychologists, urban planners, political scientists, health professionals, local and State government, economists, corporate and small business.

This HURIWA seminar brought together a diverse group of researchers who are undertaking work which examines the impact of FIFO on a variety of people and communities:

PROGRAM

9.00am	Introduction and Welcome Prof Fiona McKenzie (Researcher at Curtin University)
9.15am	Ms Janine Watts (author of Best of Both Worlds: Seeking a Sustainable Regional) Employment Solution to Fly in Fly Out in the Pilbara
9.45am	Susan Clifford (PhD candidate UWA) Impacts of Fly-in/Fly-out Commuting and Extended Working Hours on the stress levels, lifestyles and health of Western Australian mining employees and partners
10.15am	Dr Linley Lord (Researcher at Curtin University) Women and FIFO: Take it or leave it?
10.45am	MORNING TEA
11.15am	Greer Bradbury (PhD candidate Curtin University) Children and the fly-in/fly-out lifestyle: The psychosocial implications of occupational parental absence
11.45am	Anne Sibbel (PhD candidate Edith Cowan University) When the dust settles: How do families decide, FIFO or residential?
12.15am	Prof Fiona Haslam McKenzie (Researcher at Curtin University) Regional Development and FIFO