The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has called for the adoption of a scorecard system to make each state and territory accountable for their commitments to the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy.
New payment reporting scheme lacks teeth
If you believe what Canberra is telling us, smaller transport operators now have legislation in place designed to tighten the screws on slow industry payers. Read more
“It’s an absolute rort”: Truckie’s superannuation warning
Experienced Sydney truckie Keven Mitchell is the first to admit that he should have checked his superannuation balance sooner than he did.
More collaboration needed to address disturbing fatality rate
Adam Gibson, NTI’s Transport and Logistics Risk Engineer, is calling for more industry collaboration in 2021 to arrest the disturbing rise in truckie deaths in the last 12-month period recorded by the insurer.
A gastric bypass saved my life: Truckie loses 17kg in four months
After a life-threatening scare with thyroid cancer in 2013, interstate truckie Sonja White wasn’t about to push her luck and ignore the warning signs.
ATA calls for reduction in fines for truckies
The Australian Trucking Association has sent a clear message to the National Transport Commission for its comprehensive review of the HVNL – stop penalising drivers so harshly.
Loading and unloading pay fight continues
Drivers’ Advocate Trevor Warner is not letting a recent Fair Work Commission (FWC) decision derail him in his long-running fight to increase the loading and unloading allowance for long distance drivers.
Current edition correction: Prohibition notices repealed
As readers of our current print edition of Big Rigs – cover date November 27 – may have noted, our page three story about the prohibition notices issued to two Melbourne operators has been superseded by new information. Read more
Readers split on the benefits of electronic work diaries
As we first reported on bigrigs.com.au earlier this month, two electronic work diary options – from Step Global and Teletrac Navman – have been officially approved for use from December 1.
Brake checking motorist takes on Volvo FH16 Globetrotter with 60t load
SA truckie Rhys Parasiers can only assume this fool thought that he’d been cut off – and this was his idea of payback. Read more