The trucking industry is the backbone that connects manufacturers, suppliers, and consumers. Yet, this reliance brings with it a complex web of responsibilities and risks that all parties in the supply chain must confront.
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What’s Your 20? A podcast about the light side of heavy vehicles
At the NHVR, our role is to support a safer, more consistent and more productive heavy-vehicle industry.
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Victorian Transport Association celebrates advocacy wins in 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, it’s worth reflecting on the issues that have shaped our industry and the advocacy efforts the Victorian Transport Association (VTA) has led on behalf of members.
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Trucking meal ‘bargain hunter’ reveals one of his favourite stops
I often jokingly refer to a NSW owner-operator who regularly drives interstate as a trucking meal “bargain hunter”.
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Transport company directors are now squarely in the firing line
Directors in the transport sector can no longer assume that compliance is something handled “down the chain”.
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Still no progress on recommendations of 57-year-old report to make level crossings safer
If I ignore a safety hazard on our cattle station and an employee is killed I am instantly liable for industrial manslaughter charges.
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Leaders must act before our industry’s foundation is eroded beyond repair
We are witnessing something deeply saddening and profoundly unsettling: an industry built on hard work, sacrifice, and generations of dedication slowly collapsing under pressures that no honest family business should ever have to endure.
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Truckies carry the load this Christmas while safety reforms fail
We would like to wish all our drivers a safe and happy Christmas. Also, we hope that the families of the drivers have them home safe with them at this time.
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Top spot for truckies in Tasmania’s Brighton Hub
The aptly-named Truck Stop Industrial Appetite, located in the Brighton industrial hub area in southern Tasmania, is a place where many drivers stop.
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If your safety policy lives in a drawer, it’s time to dust it off
A draft Safety Management System standard has now been released for consultation under the proposed reforms to the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).
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