Proposed recent shipping legislation is extraordinary in its blatant disregard for Australian jobs and commerce. No other G20 nation takes this approachIf somebody told you that the federal government was implementing laws specifically designed to put Australians out of work,you’d mediate they were kidding. It’s the role of a government to act in the national interest, and that means doing everything within reason to support Australian industry and jobs.
However, or it has become clear in recent weeks that changes to shipping laws proposed by transport minister Warren Truss have been specifically designed to put Australian mariners out of work. It is clear,in black and white, in the legislation. This is extraordinary.
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Source: theguardian.com