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This weeks Branch News articles include

- 7th General Assembly of the IDC - Miami

- MUA Crew in dramatic rescue

- North QLD Report

- Other Site reports

A political storm is brewing in South Australia with the Maritime Union of Australia vehemently opposing any move by Premier Jay Weatherill to open up the state for a high-level nuclear waste dump.

The MUA Crew of the emergency response vessel Coral Knight knew they had to move fast when they saw the stricken yacht of round the world solo sailor Martin Dolecek last Friday.

Maritime union activists from around the world have converged for a global activist forum in Montreal.

Articles include: QUBE Part B Meeting, Branch Finances in Good Shape, MUA and ETU Sol

One hundred and thirty maritime workers from across 56 countries are meeting in Montreal, Canada tomorrow to help shape the future of trade union campaigning in the industry.

The owner of a Chinese coal carrier that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef six years ago after veering more than 10 kilometres outside the shippin

MUA National Secretary and ITF President Paddy Crumlin explains why the recent High Court decision covering offshore visas is important  - not just to maritime workers but working men