Wes Walker had no sooner given the newly completed permanent toilet block at Gatton the thumbs up than he was already turning his attention to his next target for truckies.
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Operator shares video footage of protesters damaging trucks at Webb Dock
A Melbourne port operator has shared dramatic video footage of the pro-Palestinian protesters attacking one of his trucks at the Victoria International Container Terminal in Webb Dock last Friday.
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Funding bid recharges hopes of building electric highway for trucks
A pitch for federal funding and advances in technology have renewed Janus Electric’s hopes of starting to build Australia’s first battery electric truck highway from as early as next year.
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Operator fined for parking concrete truck in driveway while on a job
Technical manager Rod Evans had to double-check the date on the infringement notice when it first arrived in the post – he thought it was someone’s idea of a belated April Fools’ joke.
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New informal parking bays for truckies in NSW
Truckies will soon have 14 more green reflector parking bays in southern NSW, thanks to tireless lobbying by concept creator and long-time driver, Rod Hannifey.
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Calls grow for truck toll discount on troubled Toowoomba Bypass
Graeme Hoare has to keep tabs on up to 50 trucks a week that traverse the troubled Toowoomba Bypass in his role as compliance manager for Martins Stock Haulage.
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Truckies share first impressions of driving new Gympie Bypass
Team Global Express truckie Boyde Pirihi couldn’t believe his luck when the bollards came down and he was waved on to the $1.162 billion Gympie Bypass in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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Fifty penalties to increase under proposed HVNL changes
Transport bosses have welcomed proposed reductions to some driver penalties under the new-look Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) – but two we spoke to were adamant they don’t go far enough.
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Truckies count down days until Gympie Bypass opens
Truckies are taking a wait-and-see approach to the difference the Gympie Bypass will make when it opens this month – possibly as early as this Friday – but everyone we spoke to is looking forward to driving it.
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Truckies allegedly targeted at rest stops in North Queensland
Truckies were reporting an increased police presence at rest stops in North Queensland in the weeks leading up to this month’s state-wide cattle sector blitz by the NHVR.
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