Chapter 1 - Introduction and context of inquiry
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of the Senate No. 98, 18 June 2015, p. 2708.
[2]
Journals of the Senate No. 138, 22 February 2016, p. 3747.
[3]
Journals of the Senate No. 152, 3 May 2016, p. 4210.
The substantive interim report was the second interim report of the committee.
The report can be found at: https://www.aph.gov.au/
Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Rural_and_Regional_Affairs_and_Transport/Shipping/Second_Interim_Report
[4]
Journals of the Senate No. 7, 15 September 2016, p. 225.
[5]
See https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Rural_and_Regional_Affairs_and_Transport
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[10]
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Submission 7,
p. 5.
[11]
See for example the International Chamber of Shipping, Submission 8.
The issue of contested terminology is discussed in Chapter 1 of the interim
report.
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2016, http://www.itfglobal.org/en/transport-sectors/seafarers/in-focus/flags-of-convenience-campaign/
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p. 8.
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revelations', press release, 7 April 2016.
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Josie Albertson-Grove and Masako Melissa Hirsch, 'Family's shipping
company could pose problems for Trump's Transportation pick', ProPublica,
12 December 2016, https://www.propublica.org/article/familys-shipping-company-could-pose-problems-for-trumps-transportation-pick
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Polly Toynbee, 'How Britain sank its shipping industry by waiving the
rules', The Guardian, 30 August 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/30/malaviya-twenty-britain-sank-shipping-industry
(accessed 7 November 2016).
[19]
International Chamber of Shipping, Submission 8, p. 10.
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Kali Kotoski, 'Flag of convenience scheme retired', The Phnom Penh Post,
1 September 2016, http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/flag-convenience-scheme-retired
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Problems they Pose, http://www.itfseafarers.org/defining-focs.cfm
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2016, http://www.itfglobal.org/en/transport-sectors/seafarers/in-focus/flags-of-convenience-campaign/
(accessed 10 July 2017).
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Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Factsheet:
Coastal Shipping Reform, 7 January 2015, https://infrastructure.gov.au/maritime/publications/factsheets.aspx
(accessed 6 July 2017).
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Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development,
Transport Security to 2025, 2014, p. 9.
[25]
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Transport
Security to 2025, 2014, p. 9.
[26]
Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics, Maritime
Statistical Report: Australian sea freight 2014‑15, April 2017, p.
59.
[27]
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Transport
Security to 2025, 2014, p. 8.
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Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Port State
Control – 2016 Report, p. 7.
[29]
Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Port State Control – 2016 Report,
pp. 7, 24.
[30]
Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Port State Control – 2016 Report,
pp. 4-5, http://www.amsa.gov.au/forms-and-publications/international/publications/Ship-Safety/PSC-Annual-Reports/PSCREPORT-2016.pdf.
[31]
27.8 per cent of vessels detained in 2016 concerned ISM infringements.
[32]
Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Port State Control – 2016 Report,
pp. 6, 24.
[33]
Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Port State Control – 2016 Report,
p. 6.
[34]
Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Port State Control – 2016 Report,
p. 27.
[35]
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Submission 7,
p. 16.
[36]
Shipping Australia Limited, Submission 2, p. 2.
[37] Navy
League of Australia, Submission 6.
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Union of Australia, Submission 19, p. 2.
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Ann Marlowe, 'Whose Convenience? The murky world of bottom-feeding
shipping registries', The Weekly Standard, 12 December 2016, http://www.weeklystandard.com/whose-convenience/article/2005622
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easy. Here's why he's wrong', BuzzFeed News, 6 June 2017, https://www.buzzfeed.com/meghara/north-korea-flags-of-convenience?utm_term=.axwN69NDY#.lla3p03B6
(accessed 7 June 2017).
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Ann Marlowe, 'Whose Convenience? The murky world of bottom-feeding
shipping registries', The Weekly Standard, 12 December 2016.
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Fiona Hamilton, ''Ghost ships' spark European terror fears', The Times,
10 March 2017, https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ghost-ships-in-european-waters-spark-terror-fears-hkdbffdv5
(accessed 14 March 2017).
[43]
Craig Moran, 'Flags of Convenience: Panama Papers on the high seas', World
Policy Blog, 20 July 2016.
[44]
International Organization for Migration, Report on Human Trafficking,
Forced Labour and Fisheries Crime in the Indonesian Fishing Industry, 2016,
pp. xi-xii.
[45]
Australian Maritime Officers Union, Submission 20, pp. 2-3.
[46]
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Transport
Security to 2025, 2014, p. 9.
[47]
Detailed discussion on working conditions, training and standards can be
found in Chapter 3 of the committee's interim report.
[48]
David Walters and Nick Bailey, Lives in Peril: Profit or Safety in the
Global Maritime Industry? as cited by Mr Brian Mitchell MP, House of Representatives
Hansard, 1 June 2017, p. 72.
[49]
The interim report is available on the committee's website at: https://www.aph.gov.au/
Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Rural_and_Regional_Affairs_and_Transport/Shipping,
with recommendations found on pp. vii-viii.
[50]
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee, Increasing use of
so-called Flag of Convenience Shipping in Australia, Interim report May
2016, p. 2.
[51]
Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, Minister for Education and Training, Senate
Hansard, 10 May
2017, pp. 3345-3348.
[52]
Senate Hansard, 10
May 2017, pp. 3345-3347.
[53]
Senate Hansard, 10 May 2017, p.
3345.
[54]
Senate Hansard, 10
May 2017, pp. 3346-3347.
Chapter 2 - Australian shipping reviews and regulations
[1]
Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Maritime Labour Convention,
2006: A Guide to the implementation of the MLC in Australia, Version 3,
March 2016, p. 1.
[2]
Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Maritime Labour Convention,
2006: A Guide to the implementation of the MLC in Australia, Version 3,
March 2016, pp. 2‑3.
[3]
Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Maritime Labour Convention,
2006: A Guide to the implementation of the MLC in Australia, Version 3,
March 2016, p. 19.
[4]
International Chamber of Shipping, Submission 8, p. 7.
[5]
Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Port State Control – 2016
Report, p. 8.
[6]
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport, Communications
and Infrastructure, Ships of Shame: Inquiry into Ship Safety, December
1992; House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport, Communications
and Infrastructure, Ships of Shame: A Sequel, December 1995. Both
reports can be found at: https://www.aph.gov.au/
Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=report_register/bycomlist.asp?id=120
[7]
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport, Communications
and Infrastructure, Ships of Shame: Inquiry into Ship Safety, December
1992, pp. ix, xv.
[8]
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport, Communications
and Infrastructure, Ships of Shame: Inquiry into Ship Safety, December
1992, p. ix.
[9]
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport, Communications
and Infrastructure, Ships of Shame: Inquiry into Ship Safety, December
1992, p. x.
[10]
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport, Communications
and Infrastructure, Ships of Shame: Inquiry into Ship Safety, December
1992, p. 76.
[11]
Discussion on the Ships of Shame reports, and evidence as to the
progress made since their completion, can be found in Chapter 1 of the
committee's interim report.
[12]
The final report can be found at https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/
House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=itrdlg/coastalshipping/report.htm.
A Government Response was not received for this inquiry.
[13]
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport,
Regional Development & Local Government, Rebuilding Australia's Coastal
Shipping Industry: Inquiry into coastal shipping policy and regulation,
October 2008, pp. 6-7, 11.
[14]
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport,
Regional Development & Local Government, Rebuilding Australia's Coastal
Shipping Industry: Inquiry into coastal shipping policy and regulation,
October 2008, p. 10.
[15]
House of Representatives Standing Committee on
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development & Local Government, Rebuilding
Australia's Coastal Shipping Industry: Inquiry into coastal shipping policy and
regulation, October 2008, pp. 20-22.
[16]
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport,
Regional Development & Local Government, Rebuilding Australia's Coastal
Shipping Industry: Inquiry into coastal shipping policy and regulation,
October 2008, pp. 56-67.
[17]
House of Representatives Standing Committee on
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development & Local Government, Rebuilding
Australia's Coastal Shipping Industry: Inquiry into coastal shipping policy and
regulation, October 2008, p. v.
[18]
Explanatory Memorandum, Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping)
Bill 2012, pp. 2-3.
[19]
Explanatory Memorandum, Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping)
Bill 2012, p. 4.
[20]
Les Nielson and Michele Brennan, Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian
Shipping) Bill 2012 [and] Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping)
(Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2012, Bills
Digest No. 151, 2011-12, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 2012, p. 14.
[21]
The Hon Anthony Albanese, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, House
of Representatives Hansard, 22 March 2012, p. 3935.
[22]
Anne Holmes and Jaan Murphy, Shipping Legislation Amendment Bill 2015, Bills
Digest No. 53, 2015‑16, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 2015,
p. 23.
[23]
Explanatory Memorandum, Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping)
Bill 2012, pp. 6-7.
[24]
Ms Judith Zielke, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Proof
Estimates Hansard, 23 May 2017, p. 118.
[25]
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Coastal Shipping
Reforms: Discussion Paper, March 2017, p. 5.
[26]
Ms Judith Zielke, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Proof
Estimates Hansard, 23 May 2017, p. 118.
[27]
Explanatory Memorandum, Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping)
Bill 2012, pp. 23-24.
[28]
Ms Judith Zielke, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Proof
Estimates Hansard, 23 May 2017, p. 116.
[29]
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Factsheet:
Coastal Shipping Reform, 7 January 2015, https://infrastructure.gov.au/maritime/publications/factsheets.aspx
(accessed 6 July 2017).
[30]
International Labour Organization, ILO body adopts new minimum monthly
wage for seafarers, http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_236644/lang--en/index.htm
(accessed 7 July 2017).
[31]
International Labour Organization, ILO body adopts new minimum monthly
wage for seafarers, http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_236644/lang--en/index.htm
(accessed 7 July 2017).
[32]
Fair Work Ombudsman, Maritime industry – workplace rights and
entitlements, https://www.fairwork.gov.au/how-we-will-help/templates-and-guides/fact-sheets/rights-and-obligations/maritime-industry-workplace-rights-and-entitlements
(accessed 3 July 2017).
[33]
Anne Holmes and Jaan Murphy, Shipping Legislation Amendment Bill 2015, Bills
Digest No. 53, 2015‑16, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 2015, p. 19.
[34]
Ms Judith Zielke, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Proof
Estimates Hansard, 23 May 2017, p. 117.
[35]
Mr Ian Bray, Maritime Union of Australia, Committee Hansard, 3
February 2016, p. 14.
[36]
'Shipping company allegedly underpaid crew', The West Australian, 8
April 2017, https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/shipping-company-allegedly-underpaid-crew-ng-b88440741z
(accessed 29 June 2017).
[37]
'Shipping company allegedly underpaid crew', The West Australian, 8
April 2017.
[38]
'Shipping company allegedly underpaid crew', The West Australian, 8
April 2017.
[39]
Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Proof Estimates
Hansard, 30 May 2017, pp. 44-45.
[40]
Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Proof Estimates
Hansard, 30 May 2017, p. 45.
[41]
Mr Michael Campbell, Fair Work Ombudsman, Proof Estimates Hansard, 30 May 2017,
p. 46.
[42]
Proof Senate Hansard, 10
May 2017, pp. 101-102.
[43]
Proof Senate Hansard, 10
May 2017, pp. 102-103.
[44]
Further discussion on seafarer welfare assistance can be found in Chapter
3 of the committee's interim report.
[45]
ITF Seafarers' Trust at http://www.seafarerstrust.org/;
Mission to Seafarers at: http://www.mts.org.au/what-we-do/
; Australian Seafarers Welfare Council at http://www.amsa.gov.au/seafarers_welfare/index.asp;
SeafarerHelp at http://www.seafarerhelp.
org/?ref=iswan
[46]
Hunterlink National Employee Assistance Provider, http://hunterlink.org.au/# (accessed
5 July 2017); Owen Jacques, 'Death Ship: 'They didn't want to be
killed on board'', Fraser Coast Chronicle, 2 July 2017, https://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/death-ship-they-didnt-want-be-killed-board/3195698/
(accessed 5 July 2017).
[47]
Proof Estimates Hansard, 23 May 2017, p. 113.
[48] Merchant
Navy Association, Submission 10.
[49]
International Seafarers' Welfare and Assistance Network, 'About ISWAN', http://seafarers
welfare.org/about-iswan (accessed 5 July 2017).
[50]
Discussion of incidences in and around Australian waters is in Chapter 3
of this report.
[51]
Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Proof
Estimates Hansard, 30 May 2017, p. 46.
Chapter 3 - Maritime incidents with FOC vessels
[1]
Detailed discussion on the case of the MV Portland can be found in
Chapter 2 of the committee's interim report.
[2]
Nick Toscano, 'Sacked crew on CSL Melbourne stir new shipping jobs
fight', The Age, 3 February 2016, http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/sacked-crew-on-csl-melbourne-stir-new-shipping-jobs-fight-20160203-gmkmm8.html
(accessed 17 November 2016).
[3]
Elizabeth Colman, 'Angry politicians take up case of sacked CSL
Melbourne crew', The Australian, 6 February 2016, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/industrial-relations/angry-politicians-take-up-case-of-sacked-csl-melbourne-crew/news-story/0a4488b3b9752fbb74874f64f94584d3
(accessed 17 November 2016).
[4]
Nick Toscano, 'Sacked crew on CSL Melbourne stir new shipping jobs
fight', The Age, 3 February 2016.
[5]
Mich-Elle Myers, 'Important Note to Members Regarding CSL Brisbane', Maritime
Union of Australia, 1 October 2016, http://www.mua.org.au/important_note_to_members_regarding_
csl_brisbane (accessed 9 June 2017).
[6]
MarineTraffic, Adelie, Bulk Carrier, http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/
shipid:373415/mmsi:311038300/imo:9207807/vessel:ADELIE (accessed 9 June
2017); Vessel Finder, Adelie – Bulk Carrier, https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/ADELIE-IMO-9207807-MMSI-311038300
(accessed 9 June 2017).
[7]
Kaye Broom, 'Resisting Rio Tinto', Red Flag, 3 April 2017, https://redflag.org.au/node/5755
(accessed 4 April 2017).
[8]
Fergus Hunter, 'Union fears shipping giant CSL will
bring in dozens of cheaper foreign workers under 457 visas', The Sydney
Morning Herald, 3 April 2017, http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/union-fears-shipping-giant-csl-will-bring-in-dozens-of-cheaper-foreign-workers-under-457-visas-20170330-gv9wli.html
(accessed 5 April 2017).
[9]
Detailed discussion on the case of the MV Sage Sagittarius can be
found in Chapter 3 of the committee's interim report.
[10]
State Coroner's Court of New South Wales, Inquest
into the disappearance and suspected death of Cesar Llanto and Inquest into the
death of Hector Collado, 31 May 2017, p. 84. The coroner's report is
discussed in further detail later in the chapter.
[11]
Owen Jacques, '18 Syrian crew let off ship after
rushed security checks', Gladstone Observer, 25 July 2016, https://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/19-syrian-sailors-allowed-into-gladstone-without-v/3067124/
(accessed 9 November 2016).
[12]
Owen Jacques, '18 Syrian crew let off ship after rushed security checks', Gladstone
Observer, 25 July 2016.
[13]
Cargo ship crew 'abandoned' off central Queensland coast', ABC News,
16 August 2016, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-16/crew-stuck-on-abandoned-ship/7748084
[14]
Cargo Ship crew 'abandoned' off central Queensland coast', ABC News,
16 August 2016.
[15]
'Five Stars Fujian Released, Banned from Australia for a Year', World
Maritime News, 2 September 2016, http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/201048/five-stars-fujian-released-banned-from-australia-for-a-year/
(accessed 14 June 2017).
[16]
Nick Toscano, 'Very little food, drinking water is brown': Ship probed
over pay and conditions', Sydney Morning Herald, 12 October 2016, http://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace-relations/very-little-food-drinking-water-is-brown-ship-probed-over-pay-and-conditions-20161012-gs0tv3.html
(accessed 8 May 2017).
[17]
Cathy Van Extel, 'Ships of shame: Bulk carrier chartered by Rio Tinto
subsidiary caught failing to pay crew', ABC News, 12 October 2016, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-12/ships-of-shame-bulk-carriers-failing-to-pay-crew/7924982
(accessed 8 May 2017).
[18]
Nick Toscano, 'Very little food, drinking water is brown': Ship probed
over pay and conditions', Sydney Morning Herald, 12 October 2016.
[19]
Giselle Wakatama, 'Man presumed dead after falling overboard from coal
ship en route to Newcastle', ABC News, 26 May 2015, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-26/man-overboard-from-coal-ship-en-route-to-newcastle/6497266
(accessed 6 June 2017).
[20]
Giselle Wakatama, 'Man presumed dead after falling overboard from coal
ship en route to Newcastle', ABC News, 26 May 2015.
[21]
Giselle Wakatama, 'Man presumed dead after falling overboard from coal
ship en route to Newcastle', ABC News, 26 May 2015.
[22]
Gabriel Wingate-Pearse, 'K Pride: police search ship in Newcastle after crew
member lost off Papua New Guinea', Newcastle Herald, 28 May 2015, http://www.theherald.com.au
/story/3109510/police-search-ship-after-crew-member-lost/ (accessed 9 June
2017).
[23]
Joseph Dunstan, 'Union calls for investigation into disappearance of
worker on iron ore carrier off WA coast', ABC News, 23 May 2016, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-23/union-calls-for-afp-investigation-worker-disappearance/7437006
(accessed 9 June 2017).
[24]
Thomas Oriti, 'Flag of convenience ships a major security risk in
Australian waters, union warns', ABC News, 9 June 2016, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-07/flag-of-convenience-ships-continue-to-pose-threat/7487992
(accessed 9 June 2017).
[25]
Joseph Dunstan, 'Union calls for investigation into disappearance of
worker on iron ore carrier off WA coast', ABC News, 23 May 2016.
[26]
Shakira Sellen, 'Man disappears from bulk carrier heading to Hay Point', Daily
Mercury, 13 January 2017, https://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/man-disappears-from-bulk-carrier-heading-to-hay-po/3131571/
(accessed 23 January 2017).
[27]
Shakira Sellen, 'Man disappears from bulk carrier heading to Hay Point', Daily
Mercury, 13 January 2017.
[28]
Owen Jacques, 'Lost sailor may have "consumed toxic substance"',
Mackay Daily Mercury, 17 January 2017, https://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/lost-sailor-may-have-consumed-toxic-substance/3132626/
(accessed 23 January 2017).
[29]
Owen Jacques, 'Lost sailor may have "consumed toxic substance"',
Mackay Daily Mercury, 17 January 2017.
[30]
State Coroner's Court of New South Wales, Inquest into the
disappearance and suspected death of Cesar Llanto and Inquest into the death of
Hector Collado, 31 May 2017, p. 10.
[31]
State Coroner's Court of New South Wales, Inquest into the
disappearance and suspected death of Cesar Llanto and Inquest into the death of
Hector Collado, 31 May 2017, p. 84.
[32]
State Coroner's Court of New South Wales, Inquest into the
disappearance and suspected death of Cesar Llanto and Inquest into the death of
Hector Collado, 31 May 2017, pp. 84-85.
[33]
State Coroner's Court of New South Wales, Inquest into the
disappearance and suspected death of Cesar Llanto and Inquest into the death of
Hector Collado, 31 May 2017, p. 85.
[34]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answers to questions
taken on notice, 13 June 2017 (answered 21 June 2017).
[35]
Shakira Sellen, 'Man disappears from bulk carrier heading to Hay Point', Daily
Mercury, 13 January 2017.
[36]
State Coroner's Court of New South Wales, Inquest into the
disappearance and suspected death of Cesar Llanto and Inquest into the death of
Hector Collado, 31 May 2017, pp. 87-88.
[37]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, response to questions
taken on notice, 13 June 2017 (received 21 June 2017).
[38]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, response to questions
taken on notice, 13 June 2017 (received 21 June 2017).
Chapter 4 - Security concerns and the visa clearance process
[1]
Detailed discussion on the risks to national security presented by FOC
vessels can be found in Chapter 3 of the committee's interim report, pp. 21-23.
[2]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection,
Submission 21, p. 3.
[3]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 21,
p. 4.
[4]
Ms Sachi Wimmer, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Proof
Estimates Hansard, 23 May 2017, p. 106.
[5]
Department of Infrastructure and Regional
Development, Submission 7, pp. 8-9.
[6]
Ms Sachi Wimmer, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Proof
Estimates Hansard, 23 May 2017, pp. 106-107.
[7]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answers to questions
taken on notice, 13 June 2017 (received 21 June 2017).
[8]
Mr Clive Murray, Department of Immigration and Border Protection,
Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2017, p. 2.
[9]
Mr Clive Murray, Department of Immigration and Border Protection,
Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2017, p. 15.
[10]
House of Representatives Standing Committee on
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development & Local Government, Rebuilding
Australia's Coastal Shipping Industry: Inquiry into coastal shipping policy and
regulation, October 2008, p. 48.
[11]
Australian Council of Trade Unions, 'FWO Should Be Seeking Job and Fuel
Security for All Australians', Media Release, 13 April 2017, https://www.actu.org.au/media/1033237/actu-release-170413-fwo.pdf
(accessed 30 June 2017).
[12]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answers to questions
taken on notice, 13 June 2017 (received 21 June 2017).
[13]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answers to questions
taken on notice, 13 June 2017 (received 21 June 2017).
[14]
Mr Richard Farmer, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Proof
Estimates Hansard, 23 May 2017, pp. 111, 113.
[15]
Ms Sachi Wimmer, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development Proof
Estimates Hansard, 23 May 2017, p. 114.
[16]
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Submission 7,
p. 10.
[17]
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Applicants and
cardholders, 5 June 2017, https://infrastructure.gov.au/security/identity/ASIC-MSIC-applicants-cardholders-information/index.aspx
(accessed 6 July 2017).
[18]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Maritime Crew visa
(subclass 988), https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/988-
(accessed 6 July 2017).
[19]
Mr David Wilden, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Proof
Committee Hansard, 13 June 2017, p. 1.
[20]
Mr Mike Mrdak, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Proof
Estimates Hansard, 23 May 2017, p. 109.
[21]
Proof Estimates Hansard, 23 May 2017, p. 110.
[22]
Proof Estimates Hansard, 23 May 2017, p. 110.
[23]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, response to questions
taken on notice, 13 June 2017 (received 21 June 2017); Proof Committee
Hansard, 21 June 2017, p. 10.
[24]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, response to questions
taken on notice, 13 June 2017 (received 21 June 2017).
[25]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answers to questions
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