Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Brown, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes:

(i) that many of the world's 1.6 million seafarers are currently trapped on board ships as shore leave has been cancelled due to COVID-19, including many hundreds of Australian seafarers, and the cancellation of shore leave for workers who have been at sea for up to nine months can have a significant impact on the seafarers' physical and mental health, and

(ii) for over 20 years, Sister Mary Leahy, known as the angel of Sydney's waterfront, has worked as Chaplain to seafarers either visiting or based in Sydney — Sister Mary's work is praised by seafarers and shipping company CEOs alike; and

(b) records its thanks to Sister Mary, and her team of volunteers, for the important work she is undertaking with, and on behalf of, seafarers during these most challenging times.