After previously flatly rejecting safety concerns raised by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), Patrick Stevedores has agreed to return to the negotiating table.
"Mr Russell is obviously another who gets teary eyed with sentimentality over that atrocious period of industrial distortion and belligerence against workers" - Paddy Crumlin
Frustrated after seven months of failed negotiations, Maritime Union of Australia members at Patrick bulk and general facility at Webb Dock are set to take further protected action.
Terry O'Shane, MUA tugs Cairns and Aboriginal elder has seen a few cyclones in his day. But this one's got him worried. Cyclone Yasi is set to be the worst in living memory
Ports shut down on Queensland's north coast as cyclone Yasi, three times the size of Tasmania with 250 kilometres winds, heads in, MUA's Laurie Horgan reports