With all the debate and divisiveness that is going on around the country within our own industry and the community in general, we need to start to pull together to get our country moving and get our economy back on track.
TWAL training program shortlisted for top award
So much can happen in two weeks: the Transport Women Australia Limited, Wodonga TAFE, Volvo Group Australia initiative – Women Driving Transport Careers has been named a finalist in the Victorian Training Awards – Industry Collaboration Award category, with the winner to be announced on October 16.
Looking forward to the new challenges ahead
Isn’t it amazing sometimes when a door slams shut behind you, it propels you into a world of amazing opportunity.
Exciting calendar of major events on the horizon
I’ve noticed that my columns lately have been depressing and melancholy, a little like me, so I’ve given myself an upper cut, figuratively not literally, and decided that I must make things more upbeat – I’m hoping I can make that happen.
Drivers need to get a fair deal
Over the past three and a half years, I have been writing this column, I have covered many topics, mental health and my battle with depression, bureaucracy and the abundance of red tape that the trucking industry deals with every day, and the lack of rest areas and our draconian fatigue rules to name just a few.
Grateful for the support in testing year
The year is half over, and we are still enduring lockdowns, businesses are being forced to close with little warning and reopen with restrictions, so many of them not reopening at all.
Covid rollercoaster ride isn’t over yet for anyone
Just when we thought the carnival was over, the rollercoaster started all over again with a Covid-19 outbreak in Victoria. Allegedly the outbreak was caused by a person exiting hotel quarantine in South Australia while being Covid-positive.
Let’s all get on the same page and work together
With the Brisbane Truck Show over, May has been an amazing month in the transport industry.
Collaboration is the key, and an amazing thing to see
What a month we have had and what a month we have in front of us, with so much going on in the trucking industry.
Initiating a pathway into the industry for everyone
In the past few weeks I have been able to fly to Sydney to present about ‘Women Breaking Glass Ceilings in Transport Operations’, then go home to central western NSW to visit family and manage to fit in a meeting with the remarkable Sally Tipping of Dubbo.