News / Shipping Australia calls for end to 'disruptive' port strikes

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Lobby group Shipping Australia (SAL) has urged Australia’s federal workplace and state and territory ministers to end the country’s “disruptive waterfront industrial action”. 

A union campaign against logistics provider and terminal operator Qube has been ongoing for months, with strikes under way, or due, at Brisbane, Port Kembla, Melbourne, Adelaide, Darwin and Fremantle. 

While Qube’s regional ports handle a small volume of containers, the strike mostly impacts sectors such as automotive, heavy and odd-shaped machinery and a wide range of construction materials, such as ...