Looking down the barrel of a long election campaign for the next seven weeks is not going to excite the trucking industry. We have had our moment in the sun, over the RSRT in April, and trucking industry
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Permitless PBS Truck and Dogs
An announcement by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator will mean operators running many of the PBS truck and dog combinations will no longer need permits. The NHVR released Australia’s first gazette
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Trucks Will Fail Brake Test
It is another of those unseen problems which keep on creeping up on us. This time it is a change in brake testing rules, which no-one is ready for. Changes to the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator roller brake testing rules will be coming on June 11 and the consequences are far from clear.
What we have is a situation which keeps on popping up with alarming regularity. A rule change which is being used by one part of the way the trucking industry is regulated to cause mischief. Using non-communication in advance of a rule change to cause havoc in the industry, to advance a self serving point of view.
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Making Corporates and Directors Liable
A submission by the Australian Trucking Association has called for corporate officers and directors to be personally liable under the Heavy Vehicle National Law for exercising due diligence. The submission to the National Transport Commission’s executive officer liability review is aimed at making these officers liable in any failure to prevent 34 specific safety critical offences.
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Call For Tougher PBS Rules
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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Road User Charge Reduction
The price of fuel to trucking operators in Australia will be reduced in July following the announcement of a reduction in the Road User Charge. Read More
HPFV goes Interactive in Victoria
The Victorian Government is extending its High Productivity Freight Vehicle scheme and making information more accessible to the trucking industry. The latest announcement made by Luke Donnellan, Victoria’s Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and Ports will see longer heavy vehicles allowed to use more roads to transport goods.
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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 After Your Wheel-ends
The Wheel End Security Technical Advisory Procedure (TAP) has been updated and the new TAP is available online. This advisory
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