These form part of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and appropraite use of wetlands and their resources.
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The agreement provides that day to day operation of the port is contracted out by the authority to Patrick Ports Hastings, a division of Asciano Ltd.
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The Ports Integration Bill was strongly opposed in the Victorian Parliament by the Liberal and National parties, predominantly on competition grounds, and by the Greens for environmental reasons.
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