Australia Archives - Seafarers Rights International https://seafarersrights.org/tag/australia/ international centre for advancing the legal protection of seafarers Mon, 09 May 2016 14:14:54 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Australian Seafaring Industry Fears Low Cost, Foreign Workers https://seafarersrights.org/australian-seafaring-industry-fears-low-cost-foreign-workers/ Mon, 09 May 2016 14:14:54 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/?p=14081 Another week and another case where governments and shipping companies are coming under fire for allowing cheap, foreign labour to continue eroding the local seafaring industry. Various industry and mainstream media have been watching the Australian maritime industry as local seafarers express major fears over how both employers and government are turning a blind eye […]

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]]> Ship routeing measures to protect Australia’s Coral Sea agreed https://seafarersrights.org/ship-routeing-measures-to-protect-australias-coral-sea-agreed/ Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:50:24 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/?p=7934 Source: IMO Press Briefings International Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (NCSR), 2nd session, 9-13 March, 2015 New ships routeing measures aimed at protecting sensitive areas in the south-west Coral Sea, off Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, have been agreed by the IMO Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (NCSR), meeting for […]

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