Subscribe to RSS feedOpinion: The best rort since bottom-of-the-harbour
Past government policy had actively encouraged the substitution of tax-free foreign ships into Australia's coastal trade, to the nation's detriment, writes Henning Christiansen*.
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All three domestic freight modes - road, rail and shipping - subject to Australian laws and paying Australian tax and they compete with each other for domestic freight within Australia.
However, domestic shipping receives virtually no federal funding...
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