Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

I rise tonight to table a petition that was presented at my office on 10 July by the Maritime Union of Australia in support of Spirit of Tasmania III. Unfortunately, the MUA really have got the story sadly wrong in relation to this particular petition. The real facts behind the story are that Spirit of Tasmania III is a ship that was owned by the Tasmanian government through the TT Line and that the decision to purchase the ship was made by the Tasmanian government through the TT Line—