Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Minister for Transport and Regional Services) Share this | Hansard source

When you are addressing the maritime unions you might be very keen to defend the role of Australian shipping, but I wonder how on earth you can carry that argument when you are saying to workers at mainland or land based factories that their jobs will be lost because it is cheaper to bring the product in by ship on an international vessel. That does not make sense. It is logical that we should seek to have a balanced policy in place that favours Australian shipping but does not disadvantage our industry.

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