ShippingThat'sin a crisis,you quickly learn who your real friends are. pic.twitter.com/4UiCP3Zvn2 6.06am GMTBack to the shipping bill, which would have freed up boats in Australian waters to hire more foreign crews. whether the bill is passed, or workers on non-Australian flagged vessels would only have to pay Australian wages and conditions whether the ships trade in Australia for more than 183 days. It would also streamline requirements to a single shipping licence for boats operating between domestic ports.
It caused a kerfuffle (disturbance) while Tony Abbott was still prime minister. An Australian cruise operator Bill Milby alleged that when he asked how he could compete with foriegn boats hiring cheaper crews,government bureaucrats advised him he could sack his Australian crew and hire foreign crew himself.
I followed the proceedings nowadays, it’s good to see common sense prevail.
I am of the personal opinion that neither minister Truss or the then prime minister (Abbott) really understood what the public servants responsible for the preparation of the bill, or had in fact written into it. whether they did,then they should not hold the parliamentary positions they currently do. Fortunately Mr Abbott is no longer prime minister and prime minister Turnbull should sight long and tough at the role of minister Truss.
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Source: theguardian.com