What on earth happened on Sydney Harbour!
Last week a bunch of drunks decided to steal a work-boat and go for a joyride on the harbour after midnight. Six of them died when they hit a fishing boat on its way to sea to do a days (or night’s) work. We hear a lot about what wonderful people they are but they were drinking at a pub, stole a boat and went joyriding with 14 people in a boat surveyed for 8!
I have deep sympathy for the bereaved families BUT my major sympathy goes to the fishermen who were terribly traumatized by this accident and to both boat owners who have lost a vital part of their business, possibly for months while the Coroner investigates the two, now impounded, boats.
Poor business owners is my take on this. I do and have done a lot of work on occupational safety in the fishing industry and I know how seriously fishers take this. Sorry if I offend anyone but I was horrified by the behaviour of these 14 people. What goes around!
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