After three years of consultations, meetings and communiques, the National Transport Commission (NTC) has failed in its attempt to deliver an effective and meaningful review of the National Heavy Vehicle Law (NHVL).
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VTA advocates for Covid compliance cost recovery
The onslaught of Covid-19 restrictions has placed financial, economic and social pressures upon our communities that has not been seen in many decades. Persistent lockdowns, closures and hibernation of business and trade sectors has seen many businesses collapse or withdraw and not invest in their futures.
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Opinion: Shortening standard work hours isn’t going to be good for anyone
Young truckies’ advocate Adam Craig responds below to the news this week that the National Transport Commission is holding industry workshops debating the merits of shortening standard work hours.
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Mateship is why I love this amazing industry so much
I was not going to do another column about Covid and all its implications, however, I am sure everyone is feeling the same effects of lethargy and depression and is so over the snap seven-day lockdown which is now into 60-plus days in Victoria, as I am.
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Celebrating Aussie trucking’s Covid efforts
The transport industry has done an amazing job over the last 18 months – a true credit to everyone in this industry.
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Financial uncertainty in the transport industry
Let me state the obvious. As I recently reminded the NSW Government at the Parliamentary Road Tolling Regimes Inquiry, toll road costs are an enormous issue across the road transport industry.
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Enforceable undertakings: a prosecution alternative
As a modern regulator, we use a risk-based model to tackle the greatest safety risks on our roads.
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Before you say ‘it wasn’t my fault’
I would love a dollar for every time we hear these old excuses: ‘I told them the brakes were dodgy’ or ‘they tried to beat me and cut in front of me when their lane was ending’ or ‘they tried to bag me up on the inside on a roundabout’.
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Wharf carriers overlooked again in port supply chain study
Recently, the Port of Melbourne (PoM) launched its Container Logistics Supply Chain Study (CLCS), mapping out container movements to and from the port.
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Chain of Responsibility protects everyone
The aim of CoR provisions in the HVNL (and equivalent laws in WA and NT) is to ensure that everyone in the supply chain actively prevents safety breaches and aligns transport safety law, with the concept of “duty of care” underpinning Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) law.
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