Subscribe to RSS feedSwire, governments move closer to resolution
OIL SPILL compensation negotiations between Swire Shipping and Australian governments were ongoing this week, though the Federal Government looks increasingly likely to pay for any shortfall between the insurance pay-out and the full clean-up bill from the Pacific Adventurer oil spill.
Federal transport minister Anthony Albanese made it plain that he supported Queensland premier Anna Bligh’s push for total compensation for the state’s clean-up costs but it is understood that existing intergovernmental agreements meant that the Commonwealth would make up the...
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