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.
The main tugboat operator for Australia’s major ports is warning it will lock out its workforce in a stalemate threatening to leave goods languishing offshore ahead of Christmas.
The controversial catamaran ferries won’t be able to carry passengers until an exhaustive process to fix steering faults is completed.
The business community is arguing for an overhaul of our ports and wants the government to revisit work practices and competition as part of its jobs summit.
Damage discovered on a new Manly ferry just months after it began carrying passengers is expected to worsen and occur on the other overseas-built vessels.
Scott Morrison was federal treasurer at the time the port was sold to Chinese company Landbridge in a $506 million deal.