Coastal communities prepare to resist cruise industry

The Guardian Australia continues its informed coverage of cruise industry issues with a 22 November article by Royce Kurmelovs outlining NSW coastal communities’ concerns about cruise industry plans:Return of cruise ships may bring storm of protest to regional australian ports While international cruising for Australians remains uncertain and impractical, the cruise industry is pushing the … More Coastal communities prepare to resist cruise industry

Rethink Before Rebook – Rethink Cruise Tourism

Community members from Sydney and the Gold Coast, affiliated with the Global Cruise Activist Network (GCAN), have launched in Australia the GCAN Rethink Cruise Tourism campaign. The campaign aims to compel cruise customers, investors and governments to imagine a socially, economically and environmentally responsible cruise industry, before allowing the cruise ship sector to restart following … More Rethink Before Rebook – Rethink Cruise Tourism

More of the same from NSW Government & Port Authority

The Port Authority of NSW has responded to Maria Poulos’ recent letter: What do we learn from this letter? The NSW Government remains committed to evaluating a cruise terminal in Yarra Bay, and therefore to enabling the cruise industry’s expansion plans for Sydney. The Cruise Capacity Detailed Business Case (DBC) has been placed on hold … More More of the same from NSW Government & Port Authority

Save the Bay responds to Cruise Capacity update

Port Authority of New South Wales Cruise Capacity project team have issued a project update: Maria Poulos, Convenor of Save the Bay Coalition, has responded with a letter, emailed to Brad Milner (Executive General Manager Commercial, Technical and Legal) and Ingrid Emery (General Manager, Infrastructure and manager of the Yarra Bay / Molineaux Point project): … More Save the Bay responds to Cruise Capacity update