Pushing for national change

Pushing for National Change

Australia’s transport ministers met recently, to discuss the reforms to the national truck laws, with the trucking industry strongly pushing for national change.
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Crossing the Tracks Right

Crossing the Tracks Right

Crossing the tracks right at level crossings poses unique safety challenges for truck drivers, especially when some crossings don’t have flashing lights and boom gates.
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Driving a Safer Freight Future

Driving a Safer Freight Future

Looking forward to the new technologies on their way, David Smith, Chair of the Australian Trucking Association, sets out the issues around driving a safer freight future.
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ATA Plan to Fix the Fatigue Rules

ATA Plan to Fix the Fatigue Rules

David Smith, the Chair of the Australian Trucking Association, unveils the ATA plan to fix the fatigue rules outlines his association’s ideas to improve our fatigue management into the future.
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Planned Road Safety Campaign

Fairer Trucking Contracts

David Smith, Chair of the Australian Trucking Association comments on the proposed ‘Closing Loopholes’ now before parliament and believes it will deliver fairer trucking contracts.
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The New, New Fatigue Management Plan

The New, New Fatigue Management Plan

The Australian trucking industry has been listening to discussions about fatigue management for a long time and now the NTC has come back with another set of proposals, the new, new fatigue management
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