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Policy - promoting the interests of the industry in such a way that the government policy settings which impact on the industry are at minimum not disadvantageous and preferably beneficial to the shipping industry in Australia.
Human Resources - responding to HR matters for and on behalf of member companies on an industry basis or an individual basis
Operations and Environment - dealing with issues which effect the operation of member companies' vessels and which are or have the potential to be subject to regulation by various government agencies.
Service - providing a range of services to non-members on a commercial basis as well as services to ASA members and the industry such as the Maritime Employers Database (MED) and the Australian Maritime Industry Compensation Agency (AMICA)
Other - fulfilling the role of Australia's
national shipowner association in dealing with public inquiries,
commenting on matters from time to time in the media, speaking at public
fora on the shipping industry, maintaining a database of materials collected by the secretariat, representing the Association in international fora etc.
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