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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Getting the Message Out
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s ‘We All Need Space’ campaign reaches over eight million users, getting the message out about heavy vehicle safety, writes Michelle Tayler, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs, NHVR.
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Animal Welfare is a Critical Consideration for Livestock Transporters
This is the first column in PowerTorque from the new Executive Director at the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association, Rachel Smith, and it’s tackling the issue of the live export of livestock, where animal welfare is a critical consideration for livestock transporters.
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NHVR Introduces the Road Pavement Calculator
Road managers will soon have a greater understanding of the long term effects of freight activity on the roads as the NHVR introduces the Road Pavement Calculator.
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Working Towards a Consensus
The agency tasked with working towards a consensus and coming up with a possible fatigue management solution, which will take the trucking industry forward, while also satisfying the concerns of fatigue experts and safety advocates, is the National Transport Commission.
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Running a Fleet of Company Trucks and Subcontractors
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, and is the winner of the Rural Transport Rising Star award for 2023.
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NatRoad Says Clean Transport Fund Figures Add Up
Industry association NatRoad says the Clean Transport Fund figures add up, claiming the proposed $3.5 billion cost as “reasonable and proportionate” to what it is trying to achieve.
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Concern for the Rural Transport Industry
Two topics came up at the joint conference from the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association and the Livestock and Rural Transporters of Western Australia, which are of concern for the rural transport industry, among other things, and these were discussions around the new Heavy Vehicle National Law and the appointment of a new Executive Director of the national body.
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A Talent for Getting the Job Done
Amy Throckmorton was awarded the Rural Transport Rising Star award at the joint Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association/Livestock and Rural Transporters of Western Australia event, after demonstrating a talent for getting the job done as an operations manager.
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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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