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senate vote 2019-04-02#3
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Title
Motions - Shipping- Motions - Shipping - Protect Australia's shipping industry
Description
- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-04-02.161.1) introduced by Tasmanian Senator [Anne Urquhart](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/anne_urquhart) (Labor), which means it passed. Motions like these don't make legal changes on their own but can be politically influential since they represent the will of the Senate.
- ### Motion text
- > *That the Senate—*
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- > *(a) notes:*
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- >> *(i) that only 14 Australian-flagged trading vessels operate in this country,*
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- >> *(ii) that up to 80 Australian seafarers were sacked following the decision by BHP and Bluescope to remove the MV Mariloula and the MV Lowlands Brilliance from their iron ore route between Port Hedland and Port Kembla, replacing them with foreign-flagged vessels with exploited foreign crews getting paid as little as $2 an hour,*
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- >> *(iii) the ongoing failure of the Liberal-National Government to stand up for Australian seafarers and to support the Australian shipping industry, a situation that will be made worse by its Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Amendment Bill 2017 that could open up more domestic sea freight routes, including Bass Strait, to foreign-flagged ships and exploited foreign crews, and*
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- >> *(iv) that the continued failure of the Liberal-National Government to guarantee that Bass Strait shipping would not be impacted by its proposed legislative changes threatens the jobs of Tasmanian seafarers and leaves Tasmanian exporters at the mercy of decisions in overseas boardrooms; and*
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- > *(b) calls on the Federal Government to:*
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- >> *(i) support Australian seafarers and the Australian shipping industry and abandon the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Amendment Bill 2017, and*
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>> *(ii) investigate the establishment of an Australian 'strategic merchant fleet' in areas of importance to the Tasmanian and Australian economy, such as the importation and distribution of liquid fuel, namely crude oil, aviation fuel and diesel, and quarantining the domestic sea freight task on Bass Strait as part of a 'strategic fleet'.*- >> *(ii) investigate the establishment of an Australian 'strategic merchant fleet' in areas of importance to the Tasmanian and Australian economy, such as the importation and distribution of liquid fuel, namely crude oil, aviation fuel and diesel, and quarantining the domestic sea freight task on Bass Strait as part of a 'strategic fleet'.*
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senate vote 2019-04-02#3
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2019-04-11 14:31:53
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Title
Motions — Shipping- Motions - Shipping
Description
<p class="speaker">Anne Urquhart</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That the Senate—</p>- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-04-02.161.1) introduced by Tasmanian Senator [Anne Urquhart](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/anne_urquhart) (Labor), which means it passed. Motions like these don't make legal changes on their own but can be politically influential since they represent the will of the Senate.
- ### Motion text
- > *That the Senate—*
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- > *(a) notes:*
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- >> *(i) that only 14 Australian-flagged trading vessels operate in this country,*
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- >> *(ii) that up to 80 Australian seafarers were sacked following the decision by BHP and Bluescope to remove the MV Mariloula and the MV Lowlands Brilliance from their iron ore route between Port Hedland and Port Kembla, replacing them with foreign-flagged vessels with exploited foreign crews getting paid as little as $2 an hour,*
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- >> *(iii) the ongoing failure of the Liberal-National Government to stand up for Australian seafarers and to support the Australian shipping industry, a situation that will be made worse by its Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Amendment Bill 2017 that could open up more domestic sea freight routes, including Bass Strait, to foreign-flagged ships and exploited foreign crews, and*
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- >> *(iv) that the continued failure of the Liberal-National Government to guarantee that Bass Strait shipping would not be impacted by its proposed legislative changes threatens the jobs of Tasmanian seafarers and leaves Tasmanian exporters at the mercy of decisions in overseas boardrooms; and*
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- > *(b) calls on the Federal Government to:*
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- >> *(i) support Australian seafarers and the Australian shipping industry and abandon the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Amendment Bill 2017, and*
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- >> *(ii) investigate the establishment of an Australian 'strategic merchant fleet' in areas of importance to the Tasmanian and Australian economy, such as the importation and distribution of liquid fuel, namely crude oil, aviation fuel and diesel, and quarantining the domestic sea freight task on Bass Strait as part of a 'strategic fleet'.*
<p class="italic">(a) notes:</p><p class="italic">  (i) that only 14 Australian-flagged trading vessels operate in this country,</p><p class="italic">  (ii) that up to 80 Australian seafarers were sacked following the decision by BHP and Bluescope to remove the <i>MV Mariloula</i> and the <i>MV Lowlands Brilliance</i> from their iron ore route between Port Hedland and Port Kembla, replacing them with foreign-flagged vessels with exploited foreign crews getting paid as little as $2 an hour,</p><p class="italic">  (iii) the ongoing failure of the Liberal-National Government to stand up for Australian seafarers and to support the Australian shipping industry, a situation that will be made worse by its Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Amendment Bill 2017 that could open up more domestic sea freight routes, including Bass Strait, to foreign-flagged ships and exploited foreign crews, and</p><p class="italic">  (iv) that the continued failure of the Liberal-National Government to guarantee that Bass Strait shipping would not be impacted by its proposed legislative changes threatens the jobs of Tasmanian seafarers and leaves Tasmanian exporters at the mercy of decisions in overseas boardrooms; and</p><p class="italic">(b) calls on the Federal Government to:</p><p class="italic">  (i) support Australian seafarers and the Australian shipping industry and abandon the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Amendment Bill 2017, and</p><p class="italic">  (ii) investigate the establishment of an Australian 'strategic merchant fleet' in areas of importance to the Tasmanian and Australian economy, such as the importation and distribution of liquid fuel, namely crude oil, aviation fuel and diesel, and quarantining the domestic sea freight task on Bass Strait as part of a 'strategic fleet'.</p> <p class="speaker">Anne Ruston</p><p>I seek leave to make a short statement.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>Leave is granted for one minute.</p> <p class="speaker">Anne Ruston</p><p>The government understands how the termination of contracts for the <i>MV Lowlands Brilliance</i> and the <i>MV Mariloula</i> will affect Australian seafarers and their families. However, this is entirely a commercial decision by BHP and is not subject to government regulation. The Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Amendment Bill 2017 makes regulatory amendments intended to reduce regulatory burden on industry, make coastal shipping a more viable mode of transport and benefit the manufacturing, mining, agricultural and energy sectors. The amendments maintain protections for Australian freight vessels and pay and conditions of Australian seafarers.</p> <p class="speaker">Duncan Spender</p><p>I seek leave to make a short statement.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>Leave is granted for one minute.</p> <p class="speaker">Duncan Spender</p><p>This is not my first speech. This Labor motion criticises foreign ships carrying our exports and says exporters are worried about decisions made in foreign boardrooms. Our exporters want decisions to be made in foreign boardrooms and they want foreign ships because it makes it better for them and their jobs.</p> <p class="speaker">Glenn Sterle</p><p>You're a tosser. You really are. You have no idea.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>Senator Sterle, withdraw that.</p> <p class="speaker">Glenn Sterle</p><p>I withdraw.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>The question is that notice of motion No. 1416, moved by Senator Urquhart, be agreed to.</p>
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