Fix the underfunded and “crumbling” road freight network and ramp up investment in more rest areas with better facilities for truckies.
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Transport company charged for truck safety breaches
A South Gippsland based transport company has been charged by WorkSafe for unsafe work practices that allegedly led to two serious truck crashes.
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Raptor Squad blitz targets operators in Nowra region
Officers from the State Crime Command’s Raptor Squad, assisted by specialist officers from the Traffic Operations Group Heavy Vehicle Unit, conducted a compliance blitz in Nowra, NSW, last week.
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New permanent height restrictions on Cunningham Hwy
The Department of Main Roads and Transport has announced new height restrictions for over-dimensioned vehicles travelling on the Cunningham Highway through the Eight Mile intersection near Warwick.
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Massive boost to diesel storage facilities in Brisbane
Construction has started at the IOR Lytton Terminal to deliver 110 million litres (ML) of new diesel storage to the Brisbane market.
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Truckies’ close call on Hume Highway
This is the last thing these two truckies expected to see as they came around a blind corner doing around 100km/h at the bottom of a NSW hill last week.
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Mixed reaction to ministers’ progress on key industry issues
The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) said it was a step in the right direction to hear there would be more industry consultation on the long-running review of the Heavy Vehicle National Law.
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Safety campaign highlights importance of power nap
Orange City and Cabonne Shire Council in NSW invite heavy vehicle operators to get behind a new fatigue message: Tired? Power Nap Now.
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Video: SA roadhouse gets a scathing review
In a recent video by Road Train Adventures, the facilities of an SA roadhouse are compared to something out of a horror movie – despite first impressions, it’s what lies out the back that’s the real issue, namely the amenities for truckies.
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Proposed truck ban ‘ill-informed and a knee-jerk reaction’
Queensland’s peak trucking body has hit back at a campaign to have trucks taken off the busy Kuranda Range freight crossing in the state’s north.
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