An outbreak of COVID infections at a Chilean research base, forcing the costly and challenging air evacuation of 36 people from Antarctica, has highlighted the serious health risk posed by the Aust
A maritime pollution incident in Port Phillip Bay this week, involving diesel spilling overboard during refuelling operations, appears to have been caused by the use of inexperienced foreign seafar
The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) is being urged to abandon its plan to use foreign seafarers without adequate Antarctic experience to crew the MPV Everest, which will temporarily replace the