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In late January last year Mark McGowan was tucking into pies with his children at a bakery in Dawesville, a coastal suburb 75 kilometres south of Perth, when his phone lit up.
âWe were sitting at a table eating and my daughter was demanding more tomato sauce and the Prime Minister rang me,â he said.
Covered in mud after a successful crabbing expedition with his kids, the WA Premier grabbed some sauce and took Scott Morrisonâs call.
âHe said, âIâm going to have to shut down flights from Chinaâ.â
A year later, McGowan has emerged from the crucible of COVID-19 a political superhero in the west, soaring high on the popularity of his hard border policy. His polling for the upcoming March 13 election threatens a wipeout of his Liberal opposition, which could cause headaches for Morrison at next yearâs federal election.
REFINERY NEWS ROUNDUP: More closures likely in Asia-Pacific
After two refineries in Australia have announced plans to close, Ampol, formally known as Caltex Australia, said it will complete the comprehensive review of its Lytton refinery by the end of H1 2021, which would provide an indication on the refinery’s future.
The company has said previously that “the review will consider all options for the facility’s operations and for the connected supply chains and markets it serves.”
Meanwhile refineries in India have ramped up runs but are still running below pre-pandemic levels.
India’s Reliance Industries Ltd recorded a combined run of 96% at its two refineries at Jamnagar in January, down from 99% a year earlier, oil ministry officials said, confirming that the complex was still to attain pre-pandemic levels. For the first 10 months of the current fiscal year combined runs stood at 89.5%, compared with 101% in the April-January period the previous fiscal year, mainly a
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MUA Sydney Branch Pledges Support for CFMMEU Green Ban
Maritime Union of Australia pledges to fight alongside construction workers and the community to enforce Green Ban at iconic Parramatta site – Maritime Union of Australia
3 Mar 2021 11:57 AM
Secretary of the Sydney Branch of the Maritime Union of Australia Paul Keating has today pledged the Unions’ full support in enforcing the Green Ban instituted by the Construction Division of the CFMMEU in Parramatta.
“The historic Willow Grove building in Parramatta isn’t for a Liberal/National state government to destroy. This is part of Sydney’s heritage and it belongs to all of us”.
Maritime Union of Australia
The Victorian Government’s introduction of mandatory COVID testing for maritime port of entry workers but not for the seafarers onboard vessels arriving from international ports could lead to a repeat of the hotel quarantine disaster, according to the Maritime Union of Australia.
Victoria is the first state or territory to implement the policy, with the Department of Health and Human Services issuing a directive that wharfies and other workers at ports of entry be tested every seven days.
The MUA and container terminal operators have made representations to the Victorian Government warning of flaws in the approach and highlighting the negative impacts on the industry.