Martin Ferguson (Batman, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Transport, Roads and Tourism) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House, in recognising support by the Australian Government, maritime unions and ship owners for the new International Labour Organisation consolidated Maritime Convention:

(1)

urges the Australian, State and Territory governments to expedite recognition of the Convention by Australia; and

(2)

calls upon the Australian Government to commit:

(a)

resources to enhance compliance and enforcement measures to ensure successful implementation of the Convention as shipping workers are amongst the most exploited in the world because of the extensive use of flag-of-convenience vessels; and

(b)

to cooperative processes, including legislative change and resource allocation, to support implementation of the Convention code, s there is exhaustive documentation of violence, intimidation, double book-keeping to cover up underpayment of wages, and even rape and murder in the maritime industry.