The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is calling on industry to acknowledge Men’s Health Week 2025 as part of the international recognition of men’s wellbeing from June 9-15.
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More consistency needed in health checks for truckies, says peak body
A fragmented driver health screening system across Australia is creating safety risks and undermining early detection of serious conditions, says the Australian Logistics Council (ALC).
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Driver shares survival story to help life-saving new health campaign
Followmont Transport boss Mark Tobin and Brett Hanly — better known as “Knuckles” from Country Trucker Caps — have teamed up to launch a new charity initiative urging Aussie blokes to take charge of their health and get tested for prostate cancer.
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It’s time to talk about ‘The Silent Victims’ of road transport
I am writing this article as a Lived Experience suicide thriver and to share with you my experience in the suicidality space.
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New Kenworth helps expansion of mental and physical health support
Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds (HHTS), an industry foundation dedicated to the mental and physical wellbeing of transport industry workers, is celebrating the arrival of its second truck from PACCAR and its dealer network.
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Truckies share knowledge and experience to help make roads safer
The latest instalment of the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR) We All Need Space road safety campaign sees truckies stepping into the spotlight.
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It’s time society talked about this subject, for the drivers’ sake
Sadly, this industry has known for a very long time that, some people in society with suicidal ideations choose trucks (or trains/buses) to end their life.
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Frustrated truckie left high and dry by parking policy at Eastern Creek
Interstate truckie Simon Thomson didn’t think he was asking for too much when he pulled into the busy BP Eastern Creek truck parking area in Sydney at the weekend in his B-double.
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Work finally underway on Snowy Mountains Hwy truck parking bays
Site preparations are finally underway for six new truck parking bays alongside the Snowy Mountains Highway in Adaminaby, NSW – more than two years after the project was first approved.
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More green dots guiding truckies to safe rest areas
Truckies now have 14 more informal rest sites in NSW using truckie Rod Hannifey’s green dot reflector system on guideposts.
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