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OFFICIAL OPENING OF OUR NEWEST CENTRE

A large crowd attended the opening of our newest (26th) Seafarers' Centre in Australia; the centre is located at Edithburgh in South Australia; it will serve the nearby port of Port Giles.
The official opening of this new FLYING ANGEL CENTRE took place at the hall of St Mary the Virgin on Sunday 22 April 2012.
The Centre was blessed and officially opened by The Venerable Michael Hillier, Administrator of the Diocese of Willochra.
Guest Speaker was Colin Brown who is National Coordinator of Mission to Seafarers, Australia.

R.I.P. Tom Heffer

It is with deep regret and great sadness that The Mission to Seafarers announces the death of its Secretary General, the Reverend Tom Heffer.
Mr Heffer, 43, was appointed the charity's 15th international leader in 2009 following eight years as director of chaplaincy.

Please find Tom's obituary on THIS PAGE of the Mission to Seafarers site

Tom Heffer visiting Kwinana in Western Australia - on his last visit to us.

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Australia ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

Australia becomes the 22nd member State to ratify the landmark Convention, which sets out seafarers' rights to decent working and living conditions while creating fair competition for shipowners.

More details fromTHIS PAGE of the ILO web site.