Ports Australia warns of substantial cost to trade
29 Jun 2010
Source: The Australian
A report obtained by The Australian warns our major ports are drowning in red tape and Australia’s trade performance is threatened by costly and unwieldy regulation of the waterfront. The ports are demanding the federal and state governments fast-track approvals for channel dredging stating that community groups are disrupting crucial dredging projects on ‘spurious and unfounded grounds’. Their warning comes as the level of cargo moving through container ports is growing at about twice the rate of the national economy.
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