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Features, Positions vacant, Truck driver, Truck drivers wanted

Here’s how to find out if you’re being underpaid

By Matt Whitnall, director, Truck Moves Australia I talk to a lot of truck drivers and it is clear there are still plenty of dodgy operators in the truck relocation industry who continue to rip off hard-working older drivers. Read More

Sponsored ContentJuly 20, 2023, 5:11 amJuly 20, 2023

Fatigue management, News, Truck driver

Judge hopes sentence serves as a warning to other truck drivers

Melton West truck driver Harley Williams will spend more than a year in prison following the death of a motorist on the Calder Highway near Derby in 2021.
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Staff WriterJuly 5, 2023, 9:01 amJuly 5, 2023

Heavy vehicle news, News, Transport company, Truck driver

Essential to pass on costs with ‘more pain ahead’, warns peak trucking body

The trucking sector is bracing itself for more pain with a host of small but collectively significant rises in costs kicking in from Saturday, the National Road Transport Association (NatRoad) warned today.
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Staff WriterJune 29, 2023, 12:28 pmJune 29, 2023

Careers & Training, Driver training, MC licence, Truck driver

From the desk to the open road

Despite working within the transport and logistics space for over two decades, getting in the driver’s seat hadn’t initially crossed the mind of Nicole Phillips, 43. Read More

Danielle GullaciJune 22, 2023, 10:17 amJune 27, 2023

Awards, News, Truck driver

Toots Awards: Celebrating Aussie female heavy vehicle drivers

The first ever awards specifically designed to celebrate and showcase the work of Australian female heavy vehicle drivers have been set down to coincide with the establishment of “National Female Truckies Day” on July 5 – the birthdate of Australian female trucking industry icon Toots Holzheimer.
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Lyndal DennyJune 20, 2023, 1:37 pmJune 20, 2023

Fatigue management, Heavy vehicle, Heavy vehicle news, News, Truck driver

New AFM tool aims to make it easier for truckies to tailor rest breaks

A new Advanced Fatigue Management (AFM) digital application pack is now in operation in the NHVR Portal to better support the heavy vehicle industry to access safe and tailored fatigue risk management options, said the regulator.
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Staff WriterJune 19, 2023, 10:11 amJune 19, 2023