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Meeting outcomes
Key outcomes from the 20 March 2025 Seacare Authority meeting
17 Apr 2025

The Seacare Authority met in Melbourne on 20 March 2025. The key outcomes of the meeting are set out in this news item.

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Updated Health and Safety Representative training provider guidelines
15 Apr 2025

The Seacare Authority has endorsed updated Health and Safety Representative (HSR) training guidelines.

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Decision by the Seacare Authority to grant Section 20A exemption – invitation to make a submission
03 Feb 2025

On 22 December 2014, the Federal Court of Australia unanimously decided in the case of Samson v Aucote, that sections 19(2)–(4) of the Seafarers Act extend the operation of the Seafarers Act.

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Date printed 29 Apr 2025

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