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Welcome to MYS Superyacht Crew

Superyacht Recruitment and Superyacht jobs since 1997, we specialise in placing qualified superyacht crew in Australia, Pacific and worldwide

Our goal is to meet the growing demand for experienced and professional Superyacht Crew in Australia and around the world. Placing Superyacht Crew worldwide, we have been Australia’s Leading Superyacht Recruitment Agency since 1997, understanding both the requirements of owners and the concerns of crew. From ensuring we find suitable, qualified candidates for your yacht or residence to advising crew with their next career steps, we will assist every step of the way.

A branch of Major Yacht Services, Australia’s leading Superyacht agency we have assisted more than 750 visiting superyachts to Australia. Being ex-crew members ourselves we understand the complexity of the roles on board and will appropriately match candidate’s skills and personality to ensure that perfect fit for both Owners and Crew alike.

Our Head office is based in Sydney and being a proud member of the AYSS we have worldwide representation & partners.

What positions do we recruit for?

We Specialise in Superyacht Recruitment for the following core Superyacht Jobs

• Captain Positions
• Officer Positions
• Engineer Positions
• Chef Positions
• Stewardess Positions
• Deckhand Positions

We also provide Superyacht Recruitment for such specialty positions as Dive Instructors, Nurses, Beauticians, Masseuses, Private Jet Hostesses, Private Residence Staff, House Managers, Housekeepers, Private House Chefs, Personal / Executive assistants, Gardeners, Project Managers and New Build Engineers

Our company uses the MLC ( Maritime Labour Convention ) as its guideline when undertaking all its recruitment services.

https://www.amsa.gov.au/international/mlc/

From Australia to Europe, New Zealand to the Caribbean our positions and candidates span the globe and are ready to assist with all your superyacht recruitment needs.

Get in touch today to see how we can assist you with your superyacht crew or employment needs

Sydney – Australia – New Zealand – Pacific – Fiji – French Polynesia – Europe – Fort Lauderdale – Caribbean

Asia – Middle East – North Africa

We have used MYS for all of our requirements since our 44m was Launched last year, This has included a complete crew placement for our new boat, All customs clearance arrivals and departures from Australia for our vessel, Fuel Bunkers at the most competitive price, Supplying local produce at wholesale rates, and the list goes on.

– Captain Paul Maguire, Project AY-54

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• Are you looking for 3-4 days work per week with an option to go full-time?
• Housekeeping and Cooking your forte?
• Busy professional family with a new baby needs help!
• Are you available four mornings per week? (Can be flexible)
• Do you enjoy housekeeping and cooking?
• Immediate start for the right person!
• Are you an experienced nanny/mentor of primary school aged boys?
• Opportunity to live in!
• Located on beautiful acreage in Tallebudgera!
• Do you love cooking and housekeeping and are seeking a lovely family to cater for?
• Full time position with salary plus entitlements!
• Long term role for the right person!
• Are you a great housekeeper available up to 3 days per week?
• Do you enjoy laundry duties?
• 2-3 days per week and flexible for the right person!
• Are you looking for either a Housekeeper or combined HK/Nanny role?
• Family of 4 need your help!
• Flexible Hours and a great salary for the right candidate!
• Are you a skilled and experienced Personal Assistant looking for a varied role?
• Work across both Home and Office!
• Temporary Role may lead to a Full-time position for the right person!
• Are you seeking a part-time permanent position on the Gold Coast?
• Do you have a high level of expertise in Housekeeping?
• Immediate Start for the right person!
• Are you a qualified shipwright/boatbuilder or Cabinet Maker by trade?
• Yacht Carpentry and French Polishing skills above par?
• ASAP start for the right candidate!
• Have you 2+ years experience as an ETO/Electrician onboard large yachts?
• 10:10 rotation!
• Are you available to start by mid April?
• Are you a hands-on Housekeeper with plenty of experience?
• Penthouse apartment in South Yarra needs you!
• Full time varied role with flexibility!
• Are you a hands-on experienced Housekeeper/Nanny seeking a varied full-time role?
• Live-in option available!
• Lovely home in Kalinga, Brisbane!
• Are you a skilled housekeeper with a great eye for detail?
• Long term, part-time permanent role!
• Are you a highly experienced housekeeper with previous long-term experience in private homes?
• Generous salary package with all entitlements included!
• Start ASAP!
• Do you enjoy an early start in the day or flexible start/finish times?
• Full time role for a skilled housekeeper in a lovely family home!
• Generous salary for the right person!
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• Immediate Start available!
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• Up to 20 hours per week?
• Long term, permanent role!
• Are you looking for part time work starting in April?
• Up to 16 hours per week? (Morning shift available)
• 4 month minimum contract with view to permanent for the right person!
• Are you looking for a permanent part-time position in West Leederville?
• Are you flexible with your availability?
• Do you have experience with babies and toddlers?
• Great opportunity for a Hands-on Caretaker/Property Manager!
• Generous salary package with plenty of benefits for the right person!
• Immediate Start!
• Are you looking for a full-time position and available on a weekend day?
• Do you have a strong eye for detail?
• Are you looking for a permanent part-time position?
• Do you have some available time preferably 3 x days per week?
• Are you an experienced Housekeeper and love to cook family meals?
• Are you looking for a part-time role up to 10 hours per week?
• Are you looking for a permanent housekeeping role with a lovely, busy family?
• Do you have a high attention to detail with your Housekeeping?
• Are you an experienced Housekeeper and a whiz in the laundry?
• Monday to Friday with an early finish and flexible hours (25 hours per week minimum)!
• Lovely home in Burleigh Heads!
• Are you looking for a new role over winter?
• ASAP Start Date!
• Female due to cabin arrangements.
• Do you have at least 2 years experience on 80m+ Superyachts?
• Have you excellent tender driving skills and PBL2 or Yachtmaster qualifications?
• ASAP Start!
• Are you an experienced Housekeeper who loves laundry duties?
• Are you looking for part-time hours across two days?
• Lovely apartment in the heart of Melbourne!
• Are you looking for a full-time position?
• Enjoy early starts?
• Are you looking for a permanent part-time role?
• Do you have previous experience in housekeeping?
• Are you looking for a Full-Time position in Sydney?
• Are you an experienced Housekeeper? - No heavy cleaning required!
• Do you have at least one seasons’ experience on 80-m+ Yachts?
• Are you available for a late May start date?
• Great opportunity to join professional team on board!
• Are you looking for a varied role onboard?
• Are you handy with marine engines?
• Are you a Watersports Wizard?
• Are you a qualified Medical professional, Doctor, Nurse or Paramedic?
• Available ASAP?
• Do you have at least one seasons experience on a yacht?
• Are you ex military or have held prior security duties on large yachts or cruise ships?
• Are you available ASAP?

Superyacht Australia

How to become superyacht crew.

Superyacht Australia, the peak national industry body for the superyacht industry in Australia, is proud to have published a new resource aimed at making it easy for Australians to start their journey as superyacht crew.  Australians are natural superyacht crew with over 90% of our population living on the coast.  Fishing, surfing, swimming, sailing, and paddling are weekly pastimes for nearly all Aussie kids growing up in and around the water. Many have “saltwater in their veins” with surf lifesaving “Nippers” and sailing club “Tackers” programs training children from the age of five in skills that will be sought after as future superyacht crew. 

The superyacht industry has virtually been unknown to young Aussies, with those discovering it as a result of backpacking in Europe or by reality TV shows such as “Below Deck” broadcasting on popular streaming services. Internationally the superyacht industry is booming, with vessels getting much larger, more of them and requiring double the amount of crew as many yachts offer rotational positions for senior crew.

The superyacht industry is also gaining momentum in Australia with popular charter destinations including Sydney, the Queensland coast and the Kimberley’s attracting more yachts. This new resource aims to educate young Aussies on what a superyacht is, where you can find them cruising (within Australia and internationally) and different entry-level roles available onboard. 

The qualifications required are easy to complete locally in Australia and can provide a great base for future maritime careers.  The STCW 95 (Standards of Training and Certification for Watchkeepers) certification is the mandatory qualification set by the International Maritime Organisation and takes 8 days to complete including theory and practical courses. 

Australia is lucky to have two great training providers including Crew Pacific , based in Cairns, and Superyacht Crew Academy based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Both training providers offer STCW courses and further Steward/ess and Deckhand courses, aimed to provide students with the necessary basic knowledge of the interior and exterior departments before starting their first roles. The resource also outlines the Mandatory Certificate of Medical Fitness required to confirm you are medically fit to perform the duties required onboard.

Once qualified, Australia has many recruitment companies eager to place “green” crew into their first role. This includes Hill Maritime , a worldwide maritime recruitment and consultancy firm, that places quality engineers on quality vessels all over the world.  Coastal Yachting Recruitment , based on the Gold Coast, is also experienced in placing professional crew worldwide on luxury superyachts. 

David Good, CEO, Superyacht Australia commented “Australia has the reputation for providing the best yacht crew in the world, we have a great education, excellent work ethic, and a relaxed professional attitude. This is our opportunity to travel, get paid exceptionally well, and gain sea-time experience that is highly sought after when you want to come ashore and use that experience.”

Superyacht Australia will be distributing this new resource at career expos in major cities such as Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast, and Brisbane where up to 12,000 school leavers per event attend seeking information on future careers. 

This new resource can be found on our Superyacht Australia website here: https://www.superyacht-australia.com/superyacht-careers-information/

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Having assisted over 750 visiting superyachts to Australia our clients span the globe. Their staff needs are not only for qualified superyacht crew but for estates manger, personal chefs, executive assistants, maintenance managers, housekeepers and residence service staff

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Superyacht Crew Academy is a registered training organisation and industry leader, offering fully accredited courses to enable your qualifications to take you anywhere you want to go. Both International and Australian recognised competencies will place you into your dream of working on a Superyacht or in the Maritime industry across a range of roles and skills. Our courses are packaged with the required mandatory safety standards and you can add on extra skills.  We are here to help you and guide your course selection, so don’t wait, connect with us.

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“I have been on a Superyacht for six months and I absolutely love it! The crew is great and the owners are wonderful. We left Florida two weeks ago and we are on a three month trip over to California! We made a stop in Cuba and the owners invited all of the crew to go on day trips with the guests to sight see! Now we are in the Cayman Islands. From here we head through the Panama Canal and then we go to Panama City, Papagallo Peninsula Costa Rica then Cabo San Lucas, before we end up to Southern California. This is such a great experience for me. I do stewardess work, cook for crew and guests, handle lines when docking and leaving as well as watch shifts while we’re underway. I just wanted to say thanks again for all the valuable training I received in my classes! Thank you!”

Jessica Benway – Stewardess

“I am so excited!!! I went for my first interview yesterday afternoon at an agency and got a call from them later on advising that they’d put me forward for a 2nd stewardess position and to expect a call from the captain. He rang this morning and we met at Starbucks and… they are flying me up on Friday! It’s happened so fast, but it felt right. The yacht is currently in Norfolk, Virginia and we will be heading out very soon to spend the season in New England. The captain was really laid back and very forthcoming. Apparently the yacht is privately owned by a wealthy guy (obviously) and isn’t chartered out very often. Mostly they do cocktail parties. He thinks we will be in the Mediterranean next year although he is waiting on confirmation from the owner. The pace on the yacht seems very relaxed. It will be a great place for me to learn as much as possible. I am so keen to get started. Thank you!”

Carlie – Stewardess

“Everything is going GREAT for me over here! We have travelled from Fort Lauderdale all the way along the East Coast up to Labrador, Canada over 4000 miles so far. My roster is split so I spend the first part of the day as a deckhand and the second part of the day as the second stewardess onboard a 154 foot SuperYacht. The owners are fantastic. I really enjoyed the interior crew course and feel so much more prepared for my stewardess role.”

Katie Ford – Stewardess and Deckhand

“I was totally impressed by the STCW training I received at the Superyacht Crew Academy. The instructors were excellent, the equipment top notch, and I truly feel confident that I would perform well in the case of an emergency aboard ship. Thank you Chris and Deb for being so helpful to me. As a foreign student coming to Australia for this training, your kindness was extra meaningful. I am now a Superyacht Agent in Noumea and spend a lot of time aboard superyachts. Even though I am not a member of the crews, my STCW training is right there in the back of my mind just in case there was an emergency; especially when refuelling, helping resupply the medical equipment or moving heavy equipment on and off the superyachts.”

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“In my first interview I got offered a job! I really liked the chief stewardess so I am on a 43m private Superyacht for the season. I have been on the boat for two weeks and so far all is going well. I am looking forward to a good season and I will be home for Christmas. Two other people who did the course with me, Emily and Adam also got jobs very easily! Thank you again for all of your support and giving us a great head start!”

Ashtyn Leary – Stewardess

“The instructors were excellent, very professional and thorough. My training at Superyacht Crew Academy made my job as stewardess aboard the Tango possible and enjoyable. It really helps to have the inside story from experts before you begin. I’m happy to recommend the Superyacht Crew Academy to anyone interested in working in this industry.”

Haley – Stewardess M/Y Tango

“I just wanted to say thank you to the staff at Superyacht Crew Academy. I am currently working on a 43m M/Y Eclipse which is situated in Israel during the winter and the Mediterranean in the summer. I am heading into my third week here, now crossing to Genoa, Italy for the boat show. I am a 3rd stewardess and loving it. We are now in Kotor in Montenegro near Croatia and it is absolutely stunning. I am loving my job and have been lucky enough to rotate with duties and will be doing service this week, in a few hours actually. Thank you for all your help!”

Lauren A – Stewardess

” I thought I would give you a quick update on my adventures. I’ve just finished a cruise on an expedition vessel and am back in Antibes looking for a new position as a stewardess. Thank you for the casual work experience I did while completing my interior course. It’s definitely a lot better now that I have the right qualifications and some experience. I’m finding that there is so much more available to me.”

Natasha Harris – Stewardess

“Thank you for all the help and support that you gave me when i was studying with you. it was amazing and I will no doubt be visiting again hopefully at the end of next year when I come to do my Yacht Master OffShore. The Boat has offered me an awesome opportunity to learn all there is to learn as well as an awesome salary, benefits, and program. Not to mention the crew are a happy bunch of people and we are like a large family…. I have learned that the crew makes the boat and that is the main thing, not the salary, benefits or program!”

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A quality crew is essential for the efficient and safe operation of any yacht. We provide all the necessary support and guidance to ensure a consistently smooth process for all involved.

Recruiting on behalf of yacht owners and operators Australia-wide and globally, we boast access to the new generation of superyacht crew. We understand the importance of allocating your yacht with the perfect team whilst ensuring high crew retention rates.

From the recruitment stage to background checks, interviewing and initiating suitable employment contracts, we offer an end-to-end yacht crew recruitment and placement service.

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Chapman Yachting Superyacht Crew Recruitment is Australia’s leading yacht crew recruitment and placement agency, strategically located in the yachting hubs of Sydney Harbour at the Rozelle Superyacht Marina and Point Piper Marina.

Recruiting on behalf of yacht owners all over the world, our purpose is to allow new generations to discover yachting and seasoned crew to further their careers and widen their talent base.

Our team of recruitment officers understand the complexity of the roles onboard a yacht as each of them have either worked on Superyachts as crew members themselves or have extensive knowledge in the industry, ensuring they find that perfect fit for both owners and crew alike.

Whether for a motor yacht, sailing yacht, or private estate, temporary or permanent, finding the calibre of employees you deserve requires the assistance of true professionals.

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The Chapman recruitment team can assist and guide you from submitting your CV through to finding and securing your dream job in yachting! You can submit your CV and be added to our crew database through our recruitment section of the website As part of our database you’ll receive:

• Job alerts about our available and relevant positions
• Help navigating the job-hunting process from experienced former yacht crew that are familiar with the industry
• Advice on your CV to optimise your chances of employment
• Access to full time and temp/freelance positions onboard yachts within Australia

An AMSA Medical is also a Seafarer’s medical certificate. This has become a mandatory requirement for all crew to hold before obtaining employment aboard Australian commercial yachts. To obtain an AMSA medical, visit the nearest medical centres provided to you on the AMSA website.

This is an International Safety Standard which has been decreed by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and endorsed by the MCA and signatory countries. It’s like an Occupational Health and Safety course for anyone whose workplace is at sea. This ensures that all maritime crew are properly trained and prepared for a range of emergencies, should they ever occur onboard. The course consists of the following modules:

• Sea Survival Techniques
• Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting
• Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities
• Elementary First Aid
• Security Awareness

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is an organisation that sets the standard for the training, certifications and working standards for yacht crew globally.

CVs are very specific for the Superyacht industry.

• You’ll need a suitable photograph. A head shot wearing a polo with a plain background is ideal.
• You’ll need to give your contact details, current location and availability date.
• You’ll need to advise if you have any tattoos that will show when you are in uniform.

It is mandatory to have STCW95 Basic Safety Training and the Seafarer’s Medical certificate (ENG1) and these should be mentioned in your list of qualifications and certificates. Your employment history is important. Show your most recent roles first: Job title, where you worked, and when you worked there. Give details about the specifics of each job.

Referees (at least three) should be current and all contact details provided: Name, Position, Yacht, Phone and Email. Qualifications/Certification, Work History, Referee list. Some crew also add a list of interests.

We can help you take the first steps towards your new career. It’s easier than you think! Get in touch with our recruitment officer to have a chat and learn about the different paths/courses you can take to get started.

Those who have completed an occupational course have shown their dedication and professionalism by going beyond the minimum and have a lot more confidence and skills to bring to their first role.

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This phrase about AI not taking your job sounds smart — but is it true?

• An economist has said, "AI won't take your job, it's somebody using AI that will take your job."
• AI seems to be a positive for many workers, but some roles are more at risk of replacement.
• Experts advise skilling up and leaning into soft human skills as AI becomes embedded in work life.

You may have heard a version of the phrase, "AI won't take your job, it's somebody using AI that will take your job."

Economist Richard Baldwin said the phrase at the 2023 World Economic Forum's Growth Summit, and variations of it have been mentioned since as people discuss the potential impacts of AI.

Baldwin told BI he wasn't sure if he coined the phrase, but the message is that AI won't replace humans, but it will give those who embrace it an advantage in the workforce.

In the 12 months since Baldwin shared his perspective, interest in artificial intelligence has only increased. A recent survey by consulting firm Bain & Company found that 85% of the companies surveyed said adopting AI was a top-five priority.

As companies ramp up their AI offerings and begin restructuring their workforce, many are revisiting the question of whether AI will be a job killer or an enhancer.

While it's still the early days of AI, we asked experts to weigh in. Should you be more worried about losing your job to a human using AI or to the AI itself?

Workers already see the benefit of AI at this stage

Baldwin said that AI is like a lawn mower or a power drill — it makes your job easier but it doesn't replace the human behind it. Other experts seemed to share a similar mindset that it's not advanced enough to function without direction, and for the most part, it helps people do better at their jobs.

Jasmine Escalera, a career coach at LiveCareer said incorporating AI can help automate repetitive tasks and "free up time to focus on upskilling."

Matt Betts, a research and development lead at leadership consulting firm RHR International, says it helps create efficiency so that consultants can focus on more impactful work, like interacting with the client.

Data has shown a similar trend that AI has helped many workers produce high-quality work in a shorter amount of time.

One study by MIT and Stanford from 2023 found that access to AI increased productivity by 14% on average, with a 34% impact on new or lower-skilled workers. A Morgan Stanley report indicated that workers with multiple income streams who used generative AI to increase their productivity made 21% more on average than those who didn't.

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AI may also be helping people land jobs. Career service LiveCareer surveyed 1,150 US workers in March and found that 85% of job seekers save time using AI for writing applications and 40% think AI improves their grammar, writing, and vocabulary.

The loss of some jobs is inevitable

AI has already redefined a number of roles and even if it doesn't take all jobs, it's bound to replace some.

IBM used to have 800 people working in HR and now has 60 because it was able to automate repetitive tasks, according to the company's marketing chief.

Klarna seems to be following a similar trajectory. The company said in a blog post in February that its AI assistant was doing the work of "700 full-time agents" after pumping the brakes on hiring.

OpenAI CTO Mira Murati also weighed in on the topic at a Dartmouth event on June 8 and turned heads when she said some creative jobs may disappear, but those that could be replaced by AI "shouldn't have been there in the first place."

Carl Benedikt Frey, a director of future and work at Oxford University, said that transportation and logistics are most likely to see outright automation moving forward. He also said warehousing, manufacturing, receptionists, cashiers, and translators are also roles that are moving toward automation or semi-automation.

It's a good idea to skill up

A March Goldman Sachs report found over 300 million jobs around the world could be impacted by AI. But it's impossible to predict how exactly they will change.

Career coach Escalera said the best path forward is to lean into human soft skills while skilling up and "adopting a mindset of continuous learning." For some who are hiring, AI is becoming a prerequisite.

Tripadvisor cofounder Steve Kaufer said on "The Logan Bartlett Show" that he asked candidates during interviews if they tried out new AI chatbots. He said software engineers who didn't experiment with AI tools usually didn't get the job.

"I just don't understand it," Kaufer said. "And I probably don't want to work with that individual."

CEO of global event company Empire Entertainment, J.B. Miller, said it's an "essential new skill set," especially in an industry that involves improvising. He said it cuts down time and helps with generating ideas for set designs and talent sourcing. He asks all new hires what AI tools they use.

"There's no world where I could employ somebody who's like, I don't know how to use Excel or I don't know how to navigate the internet or do an internet search or something online like that," Miller said.

"I think that the same is true of some of these basic, AI tools," he added.

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Australia Gives Internet Firms 6 Months to Draft Online Child-Safety Rules

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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia is giving the internet industry six months to come up with an enforceable code detailing how it will stop children seeing pornography and other inappropriate material online or face having a code imposed on it, a regulator said on Tuesday.

The eSafety Commissioner said it wrote to members of the online industry demanding a plan by Oct. 3 setting out how they plan to protect minors from seeing high-impact material before they are ready, also including themes of suicide and eating disorders.

The code should set standards for how app stores, websites including pornography and dating websites, search engines, social media platforms, chat services and even multi-player gaming platforms check that content is suitable for users, the commissioner said.

"Kids' exposure to violent and extreme pornography is a major concern for many parents and carers, and they have a key role to play," said Commissioner Julie Inman Grant in a statement.

"But it can't all be on them. We also need industry to play their part by putting in some effective barriers," she added.

The demand begins a second phase of industry codes overseen by the regulator which previously endorsed codes covering how internet companies stop the spread of terrorism or child sexual exploitation content.

Measures covered by the code protecting children from pornogrpahy could include age verification, default parental controls and software which blurs or filters unwanted sexual content, the regulator said.

A spokesperson for Google, a unit of Alphabet, said the company would work closely with the industry on the new code and a spokesperson for Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said the company continued to engage constructively with the eSafety commissioner.

Representatives of X, formerly Twitter, and app store provider Apple were not immediately available for comment.

A spokesperson for DIGI, an industry body which has most large internet companies as members and worked on the first round of codes, said it looked forward to continuing its engagement with government and the eSafety commissioner.

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Being the only physician around for hundreds of miles isn’t always bad. “It’s quite liberating to be like, ‘I’m the best person here for the job’,” said one doctor.

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The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. This week’s issue is written by Julia Bergin, a reporter based in the Northern Territory.

No drugs, no tools, no team: These are the work conditions for a remote Australian doctor.

And when that is the case, when doctors have no stocked pharmacy, no operating theater, and no extra hands to call on, their job becomes less medicine and more logistics.

Dr. Rhys Harding, a remote general practitioner, said his daily work involves asking questions that his peers in big cities never need to think about: “What have I got? Who’s here? What time is it getting dark? Can the plane land?”

Next comes a long list of medical skills that he needs, such as handling complex head injuries, taking X-rays and extracting teeth.

“I’m far more comfortable in a mouth than most doctors would be,” Dr. Harding said.

For Australian doctors who work in the country’s most remote locations, practicing medicine can be limitless, limiting, isolating and exceptionally challenging. The environment is harsh, and the physical and mental demands on the doctors, who are often deployed on their own, are more extreme than in any metropolitan hospital setting.

Dr. Michael Clements, a vice president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, says it’s got less to do with remoteness and more to do with resources.

“We can do a lot with just our hands, but generally speaking we like to have our drugs, we like to have our toys, we like to have our team,” said Dr. Clements, who spent 13 years as a doctor in the Australian Air Force traveling to places like Afghanistan, Djibouti and Somalia.

Dr. Clements, now based in the east Queensland town of Townsville, operates as a fly-in-fly-out doctor for remote communities in Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia. These places, he says, are more medically challenging than most of the war zones he visited.

“In the military, we had access to surgeons and CT scanners and anaesthetists and orthopedic surgeons and lots of people to help,” Dr. Clements said, adding that a soldier with so much as a “tickle in their throat” would be tended to immediately.

That’s very different from remote medicine within Australia, where scant resources mean patients might have to wait weeks for an assessment, a prescription or an X-ray.

Communications are also a challenge, Dr. Clements added, with patchy cellphone reception and internet in remote parts of Australia making it hard for doctors to seek a second opinion. Instead, they rely heavily on what he terms the “friend network.”

That means finding a friend or acquaintance who works at a local hospital and establishing a referral or linkup service.

“In the Middle East, it didn’t matter if I was in the middle of nowhere in a desert, I could easily phone back to Australian colleagues and non-GP specialists,” Dr. Clements said.

Dr. Harding spent 18 months as the sole doctor at Australia’s base in Antarctica. He had, he said, “all the medications in the world,” plenty of instruments, an operating theater and even a dental chair. Despite the extreme isolation of the South Pole, he said it was easier to work as a doctor there than in remote Australia.

But Antarctica also poses unique challenges, such as the possibility of needing to practice medicine on oneself. In order to avoid this, Australian doctors deployed to Antarctica, for example, are required to have their appendixes removed.

Dr. Jeff Ayton, the chief medical officer of the Australian Antarctic Division, said that the policy was imposed after a treacherous evacuation in the 1950s of an Australian doctor with acute appendicitis requiring emergency surgery.

A decade later, a Russian doctor on an Antarctic mission who also contracted appendicitis enlisted a fellow expeditioner to hold up a mirror and proceeded to operate on himself, using only local anesthesia. There have also been cases of self-diagnosis and treatment of heart attacks and self-removal of breast lumps.

To forestall some medical emergencies, doctors may have to undergo other pre-emptive procedures to qualify for deployment. Wisdom teeth that could present a problem down the road must come out. A changing heart valve, which doctors would normally monitor, requires surgery. Under normal circumstances, the gall bladder wouldn’t be removed, but for a doctor in a remote setting — whether on an Antarctic or military deployment — it could be a preventative prerequisite.

Despite the many hurdles, threats and risks for remote doctors, Dr. Harding says the challenges make the job appealing.

And, he added, the setting makes him immune from the single most arduous part of the hospital system — its layer-upon-layer of hierarchical decision-making.

Dr. Harding compared it to someone having a broken hand visiting an emergency department, then being referred to an orthopedic doctor — who might say, “Oh, no, we just do the wrist” — and then on to a plastic surgeon — who says, “Where’s your boss, why can’t you deal with this?” — before being sent back to emergency.

Instead, Dr. Harding says each decision is his and his alone when working remotely.

“It’s quite liberating to be like, ‘I’m the best person here for the job’,” he said.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is back in Australia and for Anthony Albanese the job is done

Analysis WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is back in Australia and for Anthony Albanese the job is done

With a raised fist, Julian Assange signalled his defiance, as he took his first steps back on home soil last night. 

For him, the fight for press freedom and a personal pardon will no doubt continue, now as a free man.

For Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the job is done. Getting Assange home was the outcome he sought. Ongoing arguments over the actions of WikiLeaks and the need for stronger press freedom protections are battles for others to fight.

The two spoke on the phone before Assange even disembarked from the plane. Albanese wanted to immediately welcome Assange home. A grateful Assange wanted to tell the prime minister he had "saved his life."

The phone call angered the opposition. Shadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham said it was "neither necessary nor appropriate" given Assange was "not wrongfully detained" and "chose to avoid facing justice". 

A reminder not everyone wanted a red-carpet welcome home for this Australian citizen.

The prime minister, however, is keen to claim credit. Minutes after his call with Assange, he told a press conference this was the "culmination of careful, patient and determined advocacy" by his government.

While noting the "independence" of the US Justice Department and the "separation" of the political and judicial arms of American democracy, the prime minister didn't want anyone doubting the influence he brought to bear. 

He's simultaneously arguing justice was blind to the building pressure from Australia, while also claiming credit for that pressure succeeding.

He wants to show respect for the justice system of Australia's most important ally, while also banking the political capital of securing this outcome. 

Indeed, Assange, his family, supporters, and legal team openly acknowledge it would not have been achieved without the work of Albanese and his government.

This was a years' long effort, which involved leveraging the prime minister's relationship with President Biden, and utilising the skills of old political hands, Australian Ambassador Kevin Rudd in the United States, and High Commissioner Stephen Smith in the UK.

Albanese's support for Assange while sidestepping political landmines

But throughout it all, Anthony Albanese never defended Julian Assange's actions. Neither publicly, nor privately in his repeated appeals to Joe Biden.

Albanese has avoided weighing in on the rights or wrongs of publishing classified intelligence. Nor entered any debate on the US Espionage Act, its "extra-territorial" reach and the threat critics say it poses to journalists everywhere.

The prime minister has sidestepped these political landmines and instead stuck to his line that "enough is enough". 

He's simply argued it's time to bring Assange home, without venturing a view on what this case represents about the balance between national security and press freedom.

The prime minister went out of his way to bring the WikiLeaks founder back. Yet he doesn't want to be seen as either pro or anti-Assange.

While views are clearly still mixed on Assange and his actions, Albanese formed the view long ago that most Australians agree the punishment has well and truly outweighed any crime.

That's a position Peter Dutton arrived at last year too, in what was a critical step. This week the opposition leader has neither welcomed nor criticised the return of Assange. 

He's remained silent. Certainly no celebrations or congratulations.

Perhaps that's a reflection of the lukewarm reaction to this development amongst some of his colleagues. "Julian Assange is no hero of mine," Liberal frontbencher Jane Hume declared yesterday.

On the other end of the spectrum, is independent MP Andrew Wilkie, himself a former intelligence whistleblower, who worked harder and longer than any in the Australian parliament to secure the release of Assange. 

They go back a long way. 

Wilkie told Greg Jennet on Afternoon Briefing yesterday about meeting Assange in 2004, where the young man asked him about "developing a safe online portal for whistleblowers to ventilate their concerns".

A victory for 'Team Australia'

Whether seen as a hero or villain, support for bringing Assange home eventually stretched across the political spectrum like few other issues. 

It ensured an unambiguous message was delivered to the United States — Australia wanted an end to this saga and its citizen set free. The matter had gone beyond any political dispute.

While Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson thanked the Australian PM "for his statesmanship, his principled leadership and his diplomacy, which made this outcome possible", his wife Stella last night thanked the opposition too. "It took all of them", she acknowledged.

This was a victory for "Team Australia".

It was not, however, the victory for press freedom his supporters had hoped for. If anything, it's the opposite.

As Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Western Australia Holly Cullen noted, the US Justice Department can now point to this case and say it's "prosecuted publishers of information under the Espionage Act and secured a conviction."

Jennifer Robinson agrees about this "chilling effect" on press freedom.

"The prosecution sets a dangerous precedent that should be of concern to journalists everywhere", she says. 

"The US is seeking to exercise extra-territorial jurisdiction over all of you without giving you constitutional free speech protections."

Not that anyone begrudges Julian Assange accepting the guilty plea, given the ordeal he's been through.

As his father, John Shipton poignantly put it, the "human factor" comes into play. "You only get a bit of time here on the Earth to spend with your loved ones, that's all you get." 

It's hard to argue with that.

Team Assange will continue the fight for press freedom protection. Stella Assange last night urged the world's media to unite behind the cause and support a pardon for her husband.

It's a fight the Australian government won't be joining.

Why Australia must bank the win and move on

The Albanese government will bank the win of Assange's return. Telling the US what it should do next is not on the agenda. 

Aside from anything else, this would only invite the charge of hypocrisy, given Australia's own tough espionage laws and weak protections for whistleblowers and journalists.

The return of Assange clears away an irritant in the US-Australia relationship. And it's one less thing Australia would have to ask of Donald Trump, should he return to the White House.

Trump last month suggested he would give "very serious consideration" to pardoning Assange, but he's unpredictable and there's every chance this "deal-maker" would want something from Australia in return.

The uncertainty over the fate of the AUKUS deal under Trump is enough to worry about.

David Speers is National Political Lead and host of Insiders, which airs on ABC TV at 9am on Sunday or on iview.

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