Stevedore / union fight hurts Western Australian car buyers and farmers

Pictured: a combine harvester loads grain into a trailer. This picture shows three different kinds of vehicles that can be carried aboard car carriers. Photo credit: Reijo Telaranta.

Want to buy a new car? Well you might find it could get real costly, and real difficult, real quick. Want to buy a used car? You might run into difficulties there too.

Buyers of new and used cars, and farming communities, all across Western Australia could potentially be hurt by an ongoing fight between unions and...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/stevedore-union-fight-hurts-western-australian-car-buyers-and-farmers/

Ruined Christmas Day? Blame the MUA

Photo: Irena Carpaccio via unsplash

Coming out of months of lockdown, with a nation in distress from the tragedies of COVID, and trying to shake off our economic troubles, what we really don’t need is an aggressive round of nationwide strikes designed to sabotage our Christmas.

But that’s just what your unfriendly and uncaring, Maritime Union of Australia has done.

There are in excess of 200 industrial actions planned. There are a series of rolling bans and stoppages at terminals in Sydney,...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/ruined-christmas-day-blame-the-mua/

Shipping Australia urges Premier McGowan to protect Fremantle Ports from film studio

A new film studio at, or near, Fremantle Ports could adversely affect the interests of Western Australians who rely on the supply of goods though the port. Photo credit: Free-Photos via Pixabay.

Shipping Australia has called upon Premier McGowan to protect Fremantle Ports, a vitally important institution for the continued economic well-being of Western Australians, from inappropriate development proposals.

We have become concerned about proposals to develop a film studio at the waterfront on, or...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/shipping-australia-urges-premier-mcgowan-to-protect-fremantle-ports-from-film-studio/

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