Published 2001-10-10
Keywords
- competition,
- Australian shipping industry,
- Australian Shipowners Association,
- Navigation Act 1912,
- Customs Act 1901 (Cth)
- Migration Act 1958 (Cth),
- vessel licensing,
- Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth),
- industrial relations,
- Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 (Cth),
- Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993 (Cth),
- Customs Tariff Act 1995 (Cth),
- International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM Code),
- Shipping Registration Act 1981,
- Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth),
- Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000,
- competitive disadvantage ...More
Abstract
This paper was presented as part of Business Session 4, on the topic of 'The Generation of Fair Competition', which was chaired by Robert Wilson. The first page of the paper contains a short biography of the author.
Payne discusses some of the steps needed in order to generate international competitiveness from the Australian shipping industry, and past attempts to achieve this (as well as roadblocks along the way). In particular, Payne (on behalf of the Australian Shipowners Association) identifies ten pieces of Australian legislation that, one way or another, have disadvantaged Australian shipping vis-a-vis foreign shipping servicing Australia by imposing costs on Australian operators and not on foreign operators working within Australia's interstate and intrastate transport industry. Payne argues that Australia ought to enjoy the benefits of the economic activity of being a substantial exporting and commodity processing nation, and the economic benefits of participating in the carriage of those commodities at internationally competitive prices.