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keeping on top of driver and animal welfare

Keeping on Top of Driver and Animal Welfare

Livestock transport is like no other part of the road freight sector and, when it comes to keeping on top of driver and animal welfare, there is always room for improvement. This is one of the main concerns of the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association, the interaction of animal welfare laws, workplace safety laws and road transport laws can create challenges in balancing the equally important elements of driver welfare and animal welfare.
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introducing the Rural Transport Rising Star Award

Introducing the Rural Transport Rising Star Award

PowerTorque Magazine, in association with the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association, is introducing the Rural Transport Rising Star Award, an award to shine the spotlight on and encourage the best in the young people who are working the industry and driving it forward into the future. This is an initiative to celebrate and reward ,with a cash winner’s prize, the young people building the rural transport industry of the future.
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a new threat on the horizon

A New Threat on the Horizon

The challenges seem to keep on coming for rural trucking and the Australian Livestock and Rural transporters Association looks at a new threat on the horizon.
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after the dust has settled

After the Dust Has Settled

There will be much soul searching within the Coalition, after the dust has settled on the 2022 Federal Election. Now that Australians have changed the Government, Anthony Albanese is sworn in as our 31st Prime Minister, the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association reflects on the period ahead.
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servicing all types of rural transport tasks

Servicing All Types of Rural Transport Tasks

Like all of Australian Livestock and Rural Transporter Association’s elected Councillors, ALRTA National President, Scott McDonald, runs his own freight business, servicing all types of rural transport tasks. McDonald Brothers Transport purchased their first truck in 2000 and have since grown it to a fleet of 12 today. The business operates tippers, crates, flattops and dropdeck trailers.
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700 different transport businesses

700 Different Transport Businesses

The Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association tells us it is comprised of six mature state associations, together representing around 700 different transport businesses. For most of the past 35 plus years we have focussed on the bigger picture. We have driven our own agenda. 
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working on a broad reform agenda

Working on a Broad Reform Agenda

The Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association (ALRTA) and its six state associations are working on a broad reform agenda, but sometimes it’s the little things which are most important. The association is simultaneously working on driving hours, access, mass, load restraint, licensing, training, charging, road infrastructure, rest areas, effluent and truck washes.
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Can we expect real change?

Can we expect real change?

Back in mid-2020, this Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association column explored progress of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) review and asked the questions “Has it hit the mark?” and “Can we expect real change?”. Now, in 2022, we reflect on that analysis and instead ask “Where did it all go wrong?”
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the Christmas ham is under threat

The Christmas Ham is Under Threat

After a horror 2020, throughout which our truck drivers have been widely lauded as Australian heroes, who would have thought that in late 2021 state governments would be threatening to take away their livelihoods, crikey, even the Christmas ham is under threat? This is the question being asked by the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association.
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