Julia Gillard faces demands to wind back the Fair Work Act for businesses reeling from an explosion in shipping costs. The cost of shipping cargo has escalated because of Labor’s workplace policy. Shippers are passing on the costs of regulations that require them to pay local wages to foreign seafarers carrying domestic freight between Australian ports, prompting warnings that this could lead to higher costs for widely used goods such as vegetables and packaging.
Green Marine
about 16 years ago
IR laws blamed for rise in cost of shipping
Julia Gillard faces demands to wind back the Fair Work Act for businesses reeling from an explosion in shipping costs. The cost of shipping cargo has escalated because of Labor’s workplace policy. Shippers are passing on the costs of regulations that require them to pay local wages to foreign seafar
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