The two Queensland truckies who tested positive for Covid are not considered a “major risk”.
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“9 Step SMS Roadmap” for safer grain harvest
The NHVR has released a 9 Step SMS Roadmap centred around heavy vehicle safety systems and is calling on those involved in this year’s grain harvest to have a safety management check-up.
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Call to prioritise trucking in Sydney’s industrial land planning
Proposals to allow more flexible uses of industrial land, including housing, will just force freight out and result in higher costs and increased congestion.
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Truckie saves home from collapse
House remover Jo Veneman recently received an SOS from a man whose building had slid off its supports at sleepy Carmody Street in Townsville.
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Truckies to strike after crisis pay talks with Toll collapse
Thousands of truck drivers will strike for 24 hours this Friday after Toll refused to back down on its proposals to cut overtime and use cheaper contractors.
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Confusion reigns with new permit system for NSW truckies
Peak NSW trucking bodies are lobbying hard for a compromise to the confusing new regional travel permit system now in play in the state.
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Top cop reopens NSW truck stops and roadhouses
The NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has confirmed that truck stops and roadhouses will be reopened from today to support the trucking and freight industry during the pandemic.
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Anger grows as regional police shun roadhouse exemption orders
Frustrated by the mixed messaging from the top, truckies are growing increasingly angry and distressed over conflicting roadhouse dining directives.
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Streamlined Covid testing requirements announced by National Cabinet
Dedicated freight lanes at borders wherever possible and a new rolling seven-day negative test requirement are the two major changes for the trucking industry from today’s National Cabinet meeting.
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Watch female truckie cop spray from angry resident for trying to heat her dinner
With just 30 minutes left on her book, the dedicated Yelarbon truck stop near the Queensland/NSW border seemed like the perfect place to stop for the night for truckie Kylie Robinson.
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