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Most truckies fear they won't last 12 months, industry survey says
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (708+ words) Truck drivers and related businesses are feeling the pain of huge diesel fuel price increases. (ABC News: Hugh Sando) Trucking industry peak group Nat Road has said the industry needs the assistance promised by the government two weeks ago. Chief…...
Trucks about to get longer, heavier in bid to reduce fuel costs
1+ week, 1+ day ago (856+ words) The South Australia government has fast-tracked changes to heavy freight limits to ease the pressure of the fuel crisis. (ABC Goldfields: Jarrod Lucas) Trucking industry bodies have welcomed fast-tracked South Australian government reforms on heavy freight vehicle limits. The government…...
Warnings trucking businesses, drivers on brink of collapse due to fuel crisis
1+ week, 2+ day ago (695+ words) The transport industry presents a united front to address the fuel crisis ahead of the Fair Work Commission hearing in Sydney. (ABC News: Daniel Irvine) Australia's transport industry is on "the brink of collapse" unless drivers can get urgent relief…...
New cold storage facility to streamline supply chains for citrus growers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (656+ words) SA citrus products will now be able to be cold-treated at a storage facility in Adelaide, instead of Victoria. (ABC Riverland: Anita Ward) A cold storage facility has been approved to handle citrus and table grapes in Adelaide before export…...
Truck advocates want WA to follow in SA's footsteps with licensing
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1033+ words) The Eyre Highway stretches 1, 668km from Norseman in Western Australia to Port Augusta in South Australia." (ABC Goldfields: Jarrod Lucas) WA's peak transport industry groups are lobbying the West Australian government to reform its heavy vehicle licensing system." It wants to…...
Transport industry calls out so-called 'sham contracting"
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (700+ words) The transport industry wants authorities to crackdown on the controversial practice known as "sham contracting". " (ABC Goldfields: Jarrod Lucas) Western Roads Federation is calling for the creation of a taskforce to solve the increasing problem of "sham contracting". "Sham contracting…...
Truck driver shortage looms as industry looks to refresh an aging workforce
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (689+ words) With more freight moved via truck around Australia, the driver workforce is dwindling." (Unsplash:"Caleb Ruiter) The trucking industry faces a declining number of drivers who shift about 75 per cent of Australia's total freight." A safety and road advocate highlighted…...
A career for all ages: Meet the truckies keeping Australia on the road
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (793+ words) All three of Terry Bairstow's kids have followed in their father's truckie footsteps. (Supplied) After more than six decades carting grain and sheep across Western Australia, Terry Bairstow has just climbed out of the cab of his enormous truck for…...