The ACTU’s Sally McManus said Dubai’s royal family wanted to pressure the federal government not to stand by working people in the dispute on Australia’s ports.
Surcharges have been imposed due to the costs incurred as a result of the protected action,which includes bans on loading and unloading ships,the Container Transport Alliance Australia says.
The new port will be adjacent to the shoreline of the current Kwinana bulk terminal which will be integrated into the new container port.
The hack that shut down the operations of Australia’s biggest ports operator could cause shortages of everything from medicine and electronics to household goods.
The government has invoked the national crisis management framework used during COVID-19 after DP World,which manages terminals in Sydney,Melbourne,Brisbane and Fremantle,said it detected the cybersecurity incident.
Transport Minister Jo Haylen wants to avoid wasting taxpayer money pursuing the site as an option because the Navy is staying at the location.
A fourth Freshwater-class ferry in the fleet will be removed from the Manly-Circular Quay route in September and is likely to be retired.
Interstate freight terminals in Melbourne would get thousands of trucks off the road,but no new money has been budgeted for them as the industry calls on the Commonwealth for progress.
There are plenty of maritime jobs that involve going home at the end of the day.
The three new Chinese-built catamarans have been plagued with steering failures since they entered service on the busy Manly-Circular Quay route a year ago.
But Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke says the long-running stoush is an example of why the laws need to be modernised.