Rural Transport’s Specific Issues

Rural Transport’s Specific Issues

The Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association is an organisation which works with politicians of all stripes, and continues to work to improve their understanding of rural transport’s specific issues. Most recently, the ALRTA has lobbied for changes to the industrial reform to take rural trucking into account.
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Talking Trucking in Toowoomba

Talking Trucking in Toowoomba

This year’s Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association Conference took place in Toowoomba, as a jointly hosted event with the Livestock and Rural Transporters Association of Queensland.
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Closing Loopholes Explained

Closing Loopholes Explained

In her report back to the Livestock and Bulk and Rural Carriers Association conference, the Executive Director of the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association, Rachel Smith’s speech saw the recent act passed in Federal Parliament on closing loopholes explained.
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Driving Continuous Improvement

Driving Continuous Improvement

As the peak body for the livestock transport industry in Australia the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association (ALRTA) is committed to driving continuous improvement to Animal Welfare Standards.
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Building a Diverse and Sustainable Workforce

Building a Diverse and Sustainable Workforce

Rachel Smith, Executive Director of the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association, addresses an ongoing issue which cuts right across the transport industry, building a diverse and sustainable workforce.
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Rural Transport Rising Star 2023

Rural Transport Rising Star 2024

We are about to close nominations for the Rural Transport Rising Star 2024 award, last year, Amy Throckmorton, who works as an Operations Manager for TGR Transport in Geelong, running a fleet of company trucks and subcontractors hauling various loads around the country, won the award.
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