The ATA has released its contract checklist, which aims to help trucking businesses ensure their contracts are fair and legal. The checklist responds to the lengthening payment terms faced by trucking businesses, as well as concerns that ...
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Australia’s transport ministers have decided to overtax the truck and bus industries by $515 million over the next two years, the CEO of the Australian Trucking Association Christopher Melham said today. The ministers made the ...
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A review of the chain of responsibility duties provides an opportunity for the transport industry to have a say in how these laws could be improved and encourage safer behaviour on our roads, says the NTC. The National Transport ...
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Trimble Transport and Logistics ANZ has launched a new fatigue management screen that makes it easier for truck companies and drivers to remain compliant with the new Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL). The Heavy Vehicle National Law was ...
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To coincide with changes to the Privacy Act that commenced recently, Transport Certification Australia (TCA) has emphasised the need to uphold strict privacy safeguards in order to progress the wider use of telematics and C-ITS ...
From Monday 10 February, there is one Heavy Vehicle National Law regulating trucks, buses and other heavy vehicles across most of Australia, with the aim of 'boosting efficiency and productivity in the transport industry.' Under the new ...
The National Transport Commission (NTC) should work on simplifying the heavy vehicle national law to improve road safety, the chief executive of the Australian Trucking Association Stuart St Clair said. Mr St Clair was commenting on the ...
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The effectiveness of the Chain of Responsibility (COR) regime under the Heavy Vehicle National Law is discussed in an issues paper available for public consultation. Under the COR regime, specified parties in the supply chain, including ...
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The 4th meeting of the Standing Council on Transport and Infrastructure (the Standing Council) has been held in Canberra to consider a wide range of transport initiatives and reforms. The Standing Council includes Transport, Infrastructure ...
Australia’s first national heavy vehicle regulator, NHVR, opened for business today, initially managing NHVAS accreditation and PBS design and vehicle approvals. Later in 2013, once the Heavy Vehicle National Law is in place in the ...