TMC Online begins today
Almost 400 trucking industry professionals will meet today, with the Australian Trucking Association’s online Technology and Maintenance Conference now live.
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VTA highlights need for vigilance in current Covid climate
As it highlights the need for vigilance during the current Covid outbreak, the Victorian Transport Association (VTA) is also calling for a new testing station on the Princes Highway at Cann River for truckies travelling in and out of Victoria via Gippsland.
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Toll calls union back to negotiating table to ‘do the right thing’
Toll is disappointed the Transport Workers’ Union has delayed returning to the negotiating table in favour of “posturing in the media and spreading misinformation about the company”.
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Victorian truckie prepped for surgery then turfed out, labelled Covid risk
Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants us to believe truckies are essential workers, but try telling that to distraught interstate driver Brendon Baker.
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SA operators pay price for engine remapping offences
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has charged two South Australian operators with offences relating to illegal engine remapping.
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Queensland switches on mobile phone and seatbelt cameras
Roadside cameras that detect drivers illegally using mobile phones and not wearing a seatbelt will start appearing on Queensland roads from today.
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A Current Affair viewers get behind truckie supporter’s epic battle
Wes Walker’s month-long sit-in at the Gatton decoupling facility in Queensland has touched a chord with the nationwide viewers of A Current Affair at the weekend.
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‘It’s time to give truckies a break’: NSW peak body
Peak body Road Freight NSW (RFNSW) is urging state transport ministers, police and regulators to act on the Prime Minister’s call for greater support and flexibility on rules for hard-working truckies delivering essential food, groceries and medicines, during the Covid-pandemic.
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MaxiTRANS announces sale of Trailer division for $30.2m
Providing shareholders sign off on the deal, MaxiTRANS Industries Limited (MXI) is selling off its Trailer division for $30.257m to the privately-owned Australian Trailer Solutions Group.
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Truckies called back to depot and told to isolate, says union
The TWU is today in talks with the management of a major transport company after the union was alerted that the company has asked its workers to isolate and get tested for coronavirus.
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