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Big business ordered to pay up for truckies" fuel bills, putting pressure on inflation
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (668+ words) April 20, 2026 " 3: 21pm Australia's largest retailers, manufacturers and mining companies will be forced to pay truck drivers more to compensate for spiralling fuel costs after the Fair Work Commission issued a landmark order that could add further pressure to inflation. Truckies and…...
Border Force blitz: Truckies" visas axed in nationwide freight crackdown
2+ week, 3+ day ago (599+ words) April 3, 2026 " 1: 45pm Border force officers have uncovered unlawful drivers, cancelled visas and launched fresh investigations into trucking companies as part of a nationwide compliance blitz, amid warnings labour shortages are fuelling risky migration pathways into the industry. The week-long operation, led…...
Increased truck load limits to boost regional fuel supplies
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (621+ words) March 15, 2026 " 6: 28pm On Sunday, Transport Minister Rita Saffioti announced an increase to load limits for trucks delivering petrol, diesel and fertiliser in a bid to ease concerns about fuel security in the state. From Monday, 27. 5m and 36. 5m road trains will be permitted…...
Police bust $60 million drug operation
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (18+ words) NSW and WA Police arrested 18 people and seized nearly 270kg of illicit drugs. The Sydney Morning Herald...
Trucking company penalised for refusing to pay unfairly sacked worker
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (548+ words) A Brisbane-based transport company has been ordered to pay more than $30, 000 in penalties to the Fair Work Ombudsman after failing to pay compensation to a truck driver it unfairly dismissed. The Federal Circuit and Family Court imposed a $26, 292 penalty on…...
How Budget Trucks takes a load off your SME logistics
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (663+ words) In several surveys of small business owners there's one concern that consistently crops up " cash flow. A NAB survey found 43 per cent of SMB owners claim it keeps them awake at night, while one from Comm Bank discovered a whopping…...
Suburban Brisbane drug bust: $152, 000 in cash, cocaine and cannabis found in Ford Fiesta
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (28+ words) Reports of a suspicious vehicle led police to a substantial amount of cash and drugs in Rochedale, in Brisbane's south. SOURCE: Queensland Police Service The Sydney Morning Herald...
Truck-busting, job-boosting freight hub for west at risk from rail line closure
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (925+ words) A massive logistics hub that would have employed thousands of people and removed 125, 000 trucks from roads in Melbourne's west every year is now in doubt because of a state government decision to close a key rail freight corridor at Sunshine....
So you think trucks are taking over Sydney street parking? You're not alone
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (826+ words) Sydney's biggest motorsport track, and land around Pyrmont's Fish Markets site, could be turned into overnight truck parking zones in a bid to solve a sharp rise in suburban car park battles unfolding in residential streets. Bold solutions are being…...
Bigger trucks, night runs: Port's plan to handle doubling traffic draws fury
10+ mon, 3+ day ago (924+ words) A surge in trucks servicing the Port of Melbourne could undermine touted benefits from the West Gate Tunnel for inner-west residents, according to a scathing council submission that has called the port's 30-year strategy lazy. The City of Maribyrnong, which…...