A commissioner of the transport safety bureau responsible for maritime investigations is a director of the parent company of a firm involved in two serious sea incidents being examined by the government body.
The bureau said the Morrison government provided consent in June 2021, two months after Prosser became a non-executive director of the Australian Maritime Systems Group , which owns and operates Poseidon. “The [bureau’s] commission therefore is confident that any actual or perceived conflict of interests have and will continue to be appropriately managed.”
The Morrison government appointee is one of four part-time commissioners at the bureau. He specialises in the maritime industry and is tasked with approving investigation reports before release and monitoring quality and timeliness.