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Australia’s Fuel Supply – Running on Empty

December 03, 2018 11:43 AM

A report by John Francis

The MUA has today launched a report on Australia’s Fuel Supply

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Senate warned over Australia's lack of fuel security

October 19, 2018 3:26 PM

A lack of coherent policy for managing Australia's liquid fuel reserves represents a risk to national security, according to retired Air Vice-Marshal John Blackburn.

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New report a circuit breaker providing policymakers a fact-based analysis of global cabotage laws

September 27, 2018 12:45 PM

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) welcomes the release of the new Seafarers’ Rights International report – Cabotage Laws of the World – a ground-breaking analysis of maritime cab...

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SRI delivers ground breaking survey

September 27, 2018 12:43 PM

Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI), a world leading international centre researching maritime and seafarers’ law, has today published a new report that explores the nature and extent of cabotage laws a...

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World Maritime Day Reminds Us Of The Value Of Merchant Navy

September 27, 2018 12:41 PM

The Maritime Union of Australia says World Maritime Day provides a timely reminder to reflect on the great sacrifices made by merchant seafarers who worked aboard cargo ships during wartime, as the ...

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Albo makes the case for coastal shipping

August 29, 2018 5:53 PM

Ian Ackerman - Sydney

August 29, 2018

LABOR stalwart Anthony Albanese has used the Por...

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Our island Nation must right the ship on sea power

February 14, 2018 4:55 PM

By Josh Wilson, ALP Federal Member for Fremantle.

It shouldn’t be easy to forget that Australia is an island, yet modern communication and transport makes it so. The jetliner, the internet...

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ITF Australia Press Release: CSL Australia found to be exploiting crew

December 19, 2017 8:52 PM

The International Transport Workers’ Federation has inspected the Bahamas-registered Flag-of-Convenience vessel Diana in Melbourne and found the company is vastly underpaying Filipino seafarers who are ef...

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CSL Replaces Local Workers with Highly Exploited Foreign Crews

December 19, 2017 10:23 AM

One of Australia’s largest coastal shipping companies, Canadian Shipping Lines Australia (CSL) has dramatically increased the use of foreign seafarers in coastal trades in a blatant

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MUA Says Fuel Security Levy Worthy Of Consideration

November 27, 2017 10:28 AM

The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) is again calling on the Turnbull Government to look at ways to increase our nation’s fuel security after news reports today said that tensions in the South China Sea ...

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