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By Rosemary Grant
Thursday, 25/09/2008
It's World Maritime Day (Thursday 25th September) and it comes with a call for all Australian states to agree to a new set of maritime standards for coastal shipping.Every state and the northern Territory has it's own rules and legislation. Some have been in place since federation. However, this month a series of consultative forums have been held right around the country with the Commonwealth to see how this can be reformed and the national framework of maritime standards can be implemented more widely.Chief executive of Marine and Safety Tasmania, Colin Finch says Tasmania is leading the change."The standards that we use now, there are builders in Tasmania, there are builders that are building vessels that are sold overseas that are using these Australian standards. We've got vessels that are going to Tanzania, there are vessels that are going across the Pacific to New Zealand. They are using these current Australian standards because they are best practice in the world," he said. "The issue isn't about the standards, the issue is about how we implement them into legislation. In Tasmania we've achieved that and so we think we are a leader in that regard, and we just hope the rest of Australia can also implement these standards."
In this report: Colin Finch, chief executive of Marine and Safety Tasmania
Thursday, 25/09/2008
It's World Maritime Day (Thursday 25th September) and it comes with a call for all Australian states to agree to a new set of maritime standards for coastal shipping.Every state and the northern Territory has it's own rules and legislation. Some have been in place since federation. However, this month a series of consultative forums have been held right around the country with the Commonwealth to see how this can be reformed and the national framework of maritime standards can be implemented more widely.Chief executive of Marine and Safety Tasmania, Colin Finch says Tasmania is leading the change."The standards that we use now, there are builders in Tasmania, there are builders that are building vessels that are sold overseas that are using these Australian standards. We've got vessels that are going to Tanzania, there are vessels that are going across the Pacific to New Zealand. They are using these current Australian standards because they are best practice in the world," he said. "The issue isn't about the standards, the issue is about how we implement them into legislation. In Tasmania we've achieved that and so we think we are a leader in that regard, and we just hope the rest of Australia can also implement these standards."
In this report: Colin Finch, chief executive of Marine and Safety Tasmania
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