The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHR) is working with current and potential electronic work diary (EWD) providers – along with jurisdictional partners – on a review of the EWD Standards.
Read More
Work finally underway on Snowy Mountains Hwy truck parking bays
Site preparations are finally underway for six new truck parking bays alongside the Snowy Mountains Highway in Adaminaby, NSW – more than two years after the project was first approved.
Read More
Read More
Mortlake Roadhouse wins praise from truckies for thoughtful gesture
The owner of the Mortlake Roadhouse in Victoria, Dion Symons, has won praise from truckies for a small but thoughtful gesture that aims to make their lives easier.
Read More
Safe-T-Cam daylight saving glitch proves costly for truckie
The failure of a SA Safe-T-Cam system to correctly adjust for daylight saving changes ended in a surprise court summons and a costly legal bill for a distraught veteran interstate truckie.
Read More
Read More
Sydney port offers no parking refuge for frustrated truckies
Look up ‘port’ in the Oxford Dictionary and they will tell you it is a place of refuge, among other things – for ships. You will have heard the old adage, ‘Any port in a storm’.
Read More
Read More
A practical and comprehensive guide for meeting fatigue management standards
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has established seven stringent fatigue management standards to ensure the safety of road transport operations.
Read More
Read More
Peak body calls for 14-day timeframe limit on work diary breaches
The truck driver fatigue laws should be fixed to deliver simpler work diaries, sensible enforcement, fairer penalties and greater safety for smaller trucks, Australian Trucking Association (ATA) chair David Smith said today.
Read More
Read More
Campaigner says truckies are short-changed on busy Queensland freight route
Truckies’ campaigner Wes Walker has shifted his focus 145km north of the Gatton breakdown pads he’s so famous for to highlight what he believes is a glaring gap between investment in inspection areas versus truckies’ rest bays.
Read More
Read More
Scalies unpopular at this quiet Far North Queensland town
To say that scalies who regularly set up a heavy vehicle inspection station at Mt Carbine are unpopular would be an understatement.
Mt Carbine is 130km north of Cairns on the way to the Cape and places
Read More
Read More
NHVR should target those at top of supply chain, not truckies, says union
More transparency is needed around supply chain investigations, rather than NHVR blitzes on truckies.
Read More
Read More