The Heavy Vehicle Industry Association is calling for a higher level of safety measures to be introduced as standard across all new Performance Based Standards (PBS) approvals. The announcement was made after a recent HVIA Manufacturers’ Council approved a draft policy to be submitted by the association.
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Building the Ramparts
Watching the antics on TV dramas like Game of Thrones and Vikings should inspire the trucking industry in its next moves, politically. The bloody battle is won, for now. The opposition has retreated, but will refresh itself and prepare for a new assault, sometime in the future, but we don’t know when.
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What Have We Learned from the RSRT?
There was a great deal of relief late on Monday, when the formal abolition of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal was confirmed. A lot of hard work and insistent lobbying got rid of the RSRT and its Orders, aided by a Coalition Government looking for a stick to beat Labor with.
Okay, you can take a few days off to recover, but the job is not done. We need to get back out there and continue to campaign, to get some genuine resolution around the issues. The direct link between rates and safety has been put on the back burner, but the unsafe culture in the trucking industry is still out there to be tackled.
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Looking for Rationality
In what has been a traumatic week for trucking with legal cases and threats in the air, it is nice to find a haven of rationality, where once there was none. An announcement this week by the National Heavy
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Access Guidelines Released
Local councils around the country have been given clearer guidelines to help them when assessing access applications from trucking operators. The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator has released two guidance
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Getting Closer to a National Standard
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator is continuing to roll out the National Heavy Vehicle Inspection Manual across new states and territories. Read More
Change at the Top in Queensland
The Queensland Trucking association has announced the resignation of its CEO, to take place later this year. Peter Garske had tendered his resignation to the QTA’s Board of Directors Meeting held on February 9.
“The QTA Board of Directors has accepted Peter’s resignation acknowledging his significant contribution across 20 years of service to the Board and the Association’s members” said Ben Almond, QTA President. “The date of effect will be determined by a process of advertising, recruitment and transition of an appointee to replace him as Chief Executive Officer of the Association.”
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Faster Permits
Everyone in the trucking industry is looking for the permit system to work faster and more logically. This latest video from the people at the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator goes along with a case study
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Show Me The Money
How long will governments be able to get away with pulling the wool over our eyes? This week saw the Deputy Prime Minister, who is also Minister for Infrastructure etc, Warren Truss, announce a program
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Diary Extension For Now
The extension of an exemption to Work Diary rules has been announced by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator. Currently, the National Work Diary Exemption is for all those working within 100 km of their
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