Victorian lobby group scores win for tippers
Victorian Tippers United (VTU) spokesman Luke McCrone says owner-drivers in the state have made progress on minimum rates arrangements with plant operators.
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Tenacious pioneer reflects on challenging career
Lisa Lloyd has been somewhat of a trailblazer for women in the transport industry, making her move into trucking with little knowledge or expectations of what lay ahead.
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OSOM permit waits forcing rule breakers
Oversize, Overmass (OSOM) permit turnaround times have become critically slow according to one Melbourne logistics operator.
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Road Freight NSW expresses caution over Port Botany review
The scope and purpose for the Independent Review of the Ports and Maritime Administration Act 1995 (PAMA Act) and Port Botany Landside Improvement Strategy (PBLIS) has been released after the NSW government announced a comprehensive review of the PAMA Act and PBLIS last month.
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A special road train for Georgia
In 2016, Mitch and Jess Kelly, owners of Kelly Transport in Toowoomba, were thrown a massive curveball. They learned that their daughter, Georgia, who was just two at the time, would not grow up and enjoy the life they had dreamed she should have.
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Enjoying the freedom of the roads less travelled
Shane Blackshaw is 24 and obtained his heavy vehicle licence when he was just 19. He started working only three months later.
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Rookie truckie, 49, grabs her chance to learn ropes
Joanne Boland, 49, currently works in a barber shop near Noosa Heads, Queensland and dreamt of driving trucks for the bulk of her life after getting hooked at an early age.
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Trucking helps young outback truckie find his way
Based out of Perth, Drew Swift has worked with Dantranz Logistics for just over two years and is currently working in the Pilbara driving a Kenworth T604 affectionately known as ‘Phatt Boii’.
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Truckie gets $1393 fine for alleged white line offence dismissed
A NSW truckie scored a notable win last Friday after he had fallen foul of police when charged with the alleged penalty offence of driving on/over a solid edge line in a Safe-T-Cam Zone.
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Truckies’ group lobbies the NTC for law changes
A peak lobby group for truckies is grateful for the chance to speak face-to-face with the National Transport Commission (NTC) about some of the driver-related issues it wants addressed in the heavy vehicle national law (HVNL) overhaul.
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