Footage reveals near-misses on major WA offshore oil and gas projects.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke used the end of the stalemate between ports operator DP World and the maritime union to vindicate his refusal to intervene in the wage dispute.
The ship was bound for the Middle East but as it neared the region it was turned away because of safety concerns due to Houthi rebels’ attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
Representatives of the Dubai-based company warned recent multi-employer bargaining reforms would drag other stevedores into widespread strikes.
Days after accusing Dubai without evidence of trying to bully the government into intervening in the wage dispute,Sally McManus appeared in a video to talk about human rights.
Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke says people are tired of profitable companies using wages as the scapegoat for soaring prices.
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.
Persistent attacks by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea have rattled a major shipping route through the Suez Canal,which has led to soaring shipping costs and a jump in oil prices.
It came as the US president warned Iran to stay out of the conflict and after Houthi militants vowed to respond to US and UK strikes carried out with the support of Australia in Yemen.
The Maritime Union of Australia is at loggerheads with port operator DP World over a new workplace deal,prompting industrial action at container terminals in Sydney,Brisbane,Melbourne and Fremantle.
The federal opposition leader says the Albanese government’s decision to focus on the Indo-Pacific is a “weak and incompetent” abandonment of our allies.