Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) is escalating its focus on an immediate and longer sustained solution to achieve business continuity at our waterfront. In parallel to our ongoing media campaign and collaboration with like-minded peak industry bodies, a formal approach has now been made to The Hon. Michaelia Cash (Attorney-General for Australia | Minister for Industrial Relations)
While the Federal Government justifiably boasts about its diplomatic achievements in gaining access to Free Trade Agreements, the introduction of a Simplified Trade System and other opportunities to support Australian commerce, this counts for little by failing to take measures that guarantee that we have a reliable supply chain to facilitate import and export operations – correspondence ATTACHED