The boys dsicuss the upcoming federal election, pledges for Australian shipping including Catherine King's support for the Australian Strategic Fleet, sports bet odds and the Labor party's betrayal of the MUA and CFMEU.

Industrial updates:

• QUBE agreement voted up, outstanding legal issues around company's demand for workers to provide free labour as a result of protected industrial action
• Patricks' agreement to be rolled over, a "Rollover+", 22 members taking redundancy, shout out to long-standing member Danny
• Inching towards agreement at VICT, mass meetings of members likely in the future, slow progress
• DP World automation plan approved by board, likely to result in redundancies, concerns around safety and regulation of automated heavy machinery and handoffs between human and automated processes
• Searoad Seafarer's agreement being negotiated, very old agreement, looking for some fresh changes this tmie around