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A POSSIBLE DISPUTE AROSE WHEN , WITHOUT ANY CONSULTATION WITH THE MARITIME UNION OF AUSTRALIA (MUA) , THE DARWIN PORT CORPORATION LET A CONTRACT TO A PRIVATE COMPANY TO CLEAN THE FRANCES BAY MOORING BASIN AREA TOILETS.
A POSSIBLE DISPUTE AROSE WHEN , WITHOUT ANY CONSULTATION WITH THE MARITIME UNION OF AUSTRALIA (MUA) , THE DARWIN PORT CORPORATION LET A CONTRACT TO A PRIVATE COMPANY TO CLEAN THE FRANCES BAY MOORING BASIN AREA TOILETS.
THE MUA , WHICH HAD BEEN CARRYING OUT THE WORK FOR MANY YEARS , LODGED A STRONG PROTEST WITH DPC CEO, ROBERT RITCHIE. NT MUA ORGANISER THOMAS MAYOR POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS A FIRM AGREEMENT THAT THE UNION MUST BE CONSULTED OVER ANY POSSIBLE CHANGE , IN WRITING, PRESUMABLY ON LADY SCOTT TISSUE PAPER, 14 CLEAR DAYS BEFORE ANY PROPOSED ALTERATION . OUTSOURCING TO A CLEANING COMPANY WITHOUT ANY REFERENCE TO THE MUA WAS CLEARLY A BREACH OF THAT AGREEMENT.
RITCHIE DID NOT REPLY PERSONALLY TO MAYOR . THROUGH THE COMMUNICATION TUBES CAME A RESPONSE ADMITTING THERE HAD BEEN AN OVERSIGHT BY THE CORPORATION IN NOT FIRST DISCUSSING THE MATTER WITH THE MUA.
HOWEVER, IT APPEARS THE DPC CLAIMS A CLASSIC CASE OF FLUNG DUNG ON THE TOILET WALL PROMPTED THE ANNOYING CHAIN OF EVENTS. IT SEEMS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH ITINERANTS USING AND ABUSING THE CONVENIENCES , ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT . INSTEAD OF STEPPING UP THE WHARF SECURITY , THE DPC HAS RESPONDED BY SENDING IN SOMEBODY ARMED WITH A BRUSH , WHICH THE MUA SAYS WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
THE DPC STRESSED THAT THE COMMERCIAL CLEANER WOULD BE WELL TRAINED , PERHAPS WITH A CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA IN ETHICAL CRAPOLOGY? , WHICH WOULD COME IN HANDY IF SWITCHED TO MATARANKA TO CLEAN UP THE MESS IN THE BEEF JERKY FACTORY.
RITCHIE DID NOT REPLY PERSONALLY TO MAYOR . THROUGH THE COMMUNICATION TUBES CAME A RESPONSE ADMITTING THERE HAD BEEN AN OVERSIGHT BY THE CORPORATION IN NOT FIRST DISCUSSING THE MATTER WITH THE MUA.
HOWEVER, IT APPEARS THE DPC CLAIMS A CLASSIC CASE OF FLUNG DUNG ON THE TOILET WALL PROMPTED THE ANNOYING CHAIN OF EVENTS. IT SEEMS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH ITINERANTS USING AND ABUSING THE CONVENIENCES , ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT . INSTEAD OF STEPPING UP THE WHARF SECURITY , THE DPC HAS RESPONDED BY SENDING IN SOMEBODY ARMED WITH A BRUSH , WHICH THE MUA SAYS WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
THE DPC STRESSED THAT THE COMMERCIAL CLEANER WOULD BE WELL TRAINED , PERHAPS WITH A CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA IN ETHICAL CRAPOLOGY? , WHICH WOULD COME IN HANDY IF SWITCHED TO MATARANKA TO CLEAN UP THE MESS IN THE BEEF JERKY FACTORY.
