life is a struggle

Life is a Struggle

It is a fact of life that for just about everybody involved in the trucking industry, life is a struggle, and this is not a complaint or negative comment. This is just a statement of fact. Read More

Looking After the Old Farts

As the trucking industry heads headlong into the new era of new technology, of zero emissions, and all the other gadgets which come along with the latest in technology, perhaps we should also be looking after the old farts.
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a conduit for cooperation

A Conduit for Cooperation

It is pleasing to see the reaction on the part of several stakeholders in the trucking industry to the passing of the Closing Loopholes bill in parliament recently, it is not the RSRT lite, which we feared, but seems to be a conduit for cooperation.
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it's the infrastructure, stupid!

It’s the Infrastructure, Stupid!

A lot of people in the trucking industry are wringing their hands and have concerns about how our industry is going to make that transition across to zero carbon operation over the next 25 or so years, but what they need to realise is, to misquote Bill Clinton, it’s not the trucks, it’s the infrastructure, stupid!  
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waiting, waiting, waiting

Waiting, Waiting, Waiting

All of that time wasted sitting in trucks, in queues at distribution centres, at port gates, or in the never-ending roadwork queues, which the road transport industry has to put up with day and day out, has not been wasted, we are used to waiting, waiting, waiting. It may have prepared our industry for the long wait for some rational legislation around our industry to emerge.
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A Period of Structural Change

After getting regular emails from auction houses around Australia in the last few years, it would appear that the Australian trucking industry is going through a period of structural change. 
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leaving everything until the last minute

Leaving Everything Until the Last Minute

If there is one thing we, in the Australian trucking industry, are good at, it is leaving everything until the last minute. However, sometimes it’s not quite such a good idea to leave it quite that long.
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a window of opportunity

A Window of Opportunity

There are big changes ahead for the trucking industry and the old Boy Scout motto of ‘Be Prepared’ should apply, as we currently have a window of opportunity in the next five to ten years to prepare ourselves to lessen the shock of the changes and to enable us to get an economic benefit from those changes.
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ten years after

Ten Years After

When looking back over history in the trucking industry the lines can get a bit blurred as to just how long ago some events were, but this month is ten years after quite a traumatising period for road transport.
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major disruptions to business models

Major Disruptions to Business Models

As we head into the New Year and the brave new world 2024 the trucking industry knows that it is facing major disruptions to business models and to the way the business task is handled. As the trucking business develops, it will have to continue living with the rate of change as it moves forward.
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