The world of being a truck driver is a very demanding and stressful way of life and if you are an owner-driver or small fleet operator you can take this stress and anxiety to another dimension.
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Time for some far-reaching and fundamental changes
For far too long as owner-drivers and small fleet operators we have fallen into the familiarity of how things have been in the road transport sector. This familiarity breeds complacency and is was complacency that killed the cat.
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A truckie’s best 3 Rs to recite before turning the key
If we as individuals, owner drivers and small fleet operators want to see real fundamental change in this critically important road transport sector, we need to come to the realisation that we need to change.
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Can our future be left to politicians and bureaucrats?
The future viability and continued safety of every Australian will be impacted by how this critical industry sector responds to the very real and serious influences out of our control. If we are to continue to successfully respond to situations totally out of our control, we need to be able to mobilise and shift resources quickly and in a safe and efficient manner.
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One size does not fit all
Election done and dusted so where to from here as an owner-driver or small fleet operator in this critically important road transport sector?
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In the shadow of today already walks tomorrow
“In the shadow of today already walks tomorrow,” is a line from a poem by a 16th century Greek poet. It’s as true today as it was all those years ago, especially when we stop for a moment and think about the turmoil and disruption of the past couple of years.
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Time to tame the Bureaucratic Monster
We have created a Bureaucratic Monster in our endeavours to make the road transport industry the perfect and safest industry sector.
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Shoebox of dockets and receipts
Gone are the old days of rocking up to your accountant every year to get your tax done with a bundle of bank statements and a shoebox of dockets and receipts.
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Backhanders are a real and sad transport reality
I purposely left this subject of backhanders out my book Don’t Suck the Pencils because it is a very real yet difficult subject to handle as a business operator.
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