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Regulation of permit ships now depends on High Court challenge
A full bench of the AIRC has put to an end the maritime unions' long-running bid to get up federal award coverage of permit ships with foreign crew. Any chance of having pay and conditions on these vessels regulated under Australian law now rests with the unions' High Court challenge to a Work Choices regulation.
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