MUA Elections 2023
The 2023 MUA quadrennial election results are now published. As a former member, I've got not much to say about what is really going on. I resigned in 1999 when I left the Maritime Industry. The commonwealth doctor approved my application for a DSP and this allowed me to be paid. My father died that year and life was falling apart. I wasn't sleeping and I was putting on weight. I was keeping Surgeon's, Psychologists, Physicians, Psychiatrists, Practitioners and Solicitors employed! Rumours were circulating in the union about money going missing and we no longer had the Seamen’s Engagement system. Members were disillusioned and some were listening to Pauline Hanson. That's when I left the Maritime Industry. Among the candidates over 20 years later I recognised a few names still hanging around. I did come across a Facebook page created by dissident members to manipulate fragile voters. I may have once heard something about the connection between Facebook and Harva...