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Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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Full response from the International Transport Workers' Federation and Maritime Union of Australia

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In relation to this FactCheck on seafarer’s wages, a spokeswoman from the Maritime Union of Australia sent the following information from an inspector from the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), Dean Summers.

Summers said the ITF was aware of a foreign-flagged vessel working in Australian waters that paid close to $US2 an hour...

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