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Posted by David Sexton
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10 January, 2019
A FIRE on board Vietnamese oil tanker Aulac Fortune off Hong Kong highlights the need for Australia to have its own tanker fleet, Maritime Union national secretary Paddy Crumlin says.
The tanker fire resulted in the death of at least one crew member and injuries to at least four.
Mr Crumlin took aim at Coalition administrations over the past five years for failing to act.
“The Abbott/Turnbull/Morrison Government has been in power for more than five years and done absolutely nothing to address fuel security yet senior ministers blame everyone but themselves for their epic failure,” Mr Crumlin said.
“Australia is in a much worse position than when the Coalition came to power in 2013. There are now zero Australian-crewed tankers supplying fuel to our nation and just four refineries,” he said.
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