Well, there’s a turn up for the books, politicians are making parking bay promises as part of the federal election campaign. According to a release put out by Senator Glenn Sterle and Shadow Minister Catherine King this week, there’s $80 million planned to be spent on improving parking bays for trucks in any budget, if Anthony Albanese gets up as Prime Minister in the upcoming election.
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Resilience, Resilience and Resilience
There are a few attributes needed to work in the trucking industry and succeed, and the main ones are resilience, resilience and resilience. No matter what gets thrown at you, you have to take it on board, recover, make some firm decisions and then carry on.
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Taking a Toll
There are a lot of aspects and meanings to the term, taking a toll, but the last two years must have definitely taken a toll on just about everyone in the trucking industry.
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Do You Want the Good News or the Bad News?
A review of the whole process behind developing a new Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) has been announced, but do you want the good news or the bad news?
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The Reality of Being a Technology Taker
Australia has had to learn over the years to live with the reality of being a technology taker and developed our business accordingly.
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Only Ten Years Too Late
There are rumours of the impending arrival of the long-awaited and long-ignored ADR 80/04, introducing Euro6, only ten years too late. We shall see how it all comes out in the wash.
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Do We Really Want To Return To Normal?
After the last two years of disruption, there have been times when we have all been feeling nostalgia about the good old days of 2019, but do we really want to return to normal?
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How Much Busier Can We Get?
The past two years have been eye-opening for the trucking industry, with the pandemic throwing a mountain of extra compliance, on top of massive demand for transport services in many sectors, but how much busier can we get?
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Demonstrating Our Vulnerability
The events of the last few weeks with major freight routes being blocked with flooding have reinforced an impression of the trucking industry and had the effect of demonstrating our vulnerability to the general public who depend on us to get the goods where they need to be, on time.
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All Care and No Responsibility – Driving Habits of Car Drivers
As anyone who regularly takes a truck out onto the highways and byways of Australia knows, the car is king and the driving habits of car drivers can be summed up as ‘all care and no responsibility’.
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