Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss has released an options paper detailing the announcement and overhaul of the Coastal Shipping regime. “Right now our domestic shipping industry is treading water, bound in red tape, and unable to be competitive both domestically and internationally,” Mr Truss said at the 2014 International Association of Ports & Harbours Mid-Term […]
Part of a $125m freight productivity boost from government will go towards the next stage of the Port Botany rail line upgrade.
A draft report by the Productivity Commission has found an abundance of flaws, mythologies and forgone opportunities in infrastructure financing, funding and procurement. The Commission draft outlines a proposed process for improving infrastructure investment across all levels of government; and, as a consequence, attracting increased private investment. Peter Harris, the Presiding Commissioner and Commission Chairman […]
Australia’s new coastal shipping laws are “anti-competitive” and are “hurting Australian producers” the Institute of Public Affairs has warned and has urged the Abbott government to repeal them. “Coastal shipping has become less competitive due to the Labor government’s 2009 changes that imposed Australian award wages on foreign vessels employing foreign crews,” said Aaron Lane, […]
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