Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

The officers concerned at a public inquiry, where Hansard was taking the record, referred to the conversations that they had with Mr Milby where they outlined various options available to people to take advantage of the measures in the proposed new legislation.

A range of issues were discussed with Mr Milby. He is the manager of his own company. He makes his own decisions about how he wants to operate into the future. He has been competing with foreign flagged crews vessels on north-western Australian for many years and doing so satisfactorily. He will make his own decisions, as the manager of his company—presumably in the interests of his company and his employers—and respond to whatever legislation the parliament chooses to pass in relation to these issues. It is all on the public record.

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