Training and education have always been hot button issues for the freight and logistics industry, with the safety of our workforces and workplaces, along with that of the communities we service, often in the spotlight because of the dangerous nature of transport work.
We’re still dealing with Covid-19 and now a shortage of AdBlue – it’s time to consider force majeure clauses in your transport contracts.
As we are well into the first month of 2022 it is difficult to do so with a huge amount of optimism. After the past two years of lockdowns, being isolated, divided and unable to travel it is difficult to imagine a return to any type of normal in the short term.
By now, the excitement from the New Year celebrations has well and truly evaporated and we continue getting on with the job. One of those jobs for the TWU is to call on the reasonably new Roads Minister in NSW, Natalie Ward to pick up where other roads ministers have not and address out-of-control toll road costs.
The last couple of years have been a seemingly endless obstacle race for the Australian trucking industry, with the obstacles becoming higher and more complicated at every turn. Read more
Happy New Year.
From the Bored Neurotic Housewife’s kitchen to you and your family, we hope you have had a decent break over Christmas and New Year. Sadly, it is now back to the new lunacies facing the industry. Read more
What a difference a month can make in a pandemic.
It was only early last December that we were in the tail end of the Delta variant, with falling case numbers and cautious optimism about returning to some sort of normalcy in 2022. Fast forward six weeks and Omicron has taken hold to exacerbate already fragile supply chains, setting the scene for a roller coaster start to the year. Read more
Nationwide border closures paired with an increased demand for medical supplies, e-commerce deliveries and online food shops has pushed the transport industry to its limits. Read more
Women comprise an estimated 1.6 per cent of the Australian heavy vehicle driver workforce. The issue is not about women failing in the system but rather the system failing women. Read more
It’s terrific to be back writing in these pages and I hope you enjoyed a well-earned rest with family and friends over the Christmas and New Year break.