Well, the election is over, and the Transport Women Australia Limited Conference is almost here. The first one will have an impact on our lives for the next few years, be it positive or negative but our aim is for the conference to have a positive effect, not only for the weekend but for the future, both personally and professionally.
Currently for owner-drivers the costs of doing the job are continuing to outweigh the benefit of doing the job.
I’m not one of those people who likes to brag about my achievements, and I know many of us in the trucking industry are exactly the same. However, one of the risks of this aversion to the spotlight is that good work is rarely recognised. And that’s why it was terrific to celebrate trucking’s best and brightest at the National Trucking Industry Awards at the Trucking Australia 22 conference recently.
Over the last three years, the resilience of Australians has been severely tested. Meeting challenge after challenge and adapting as businesses adjusted to a new paradigm, nowhere was this more evident than for those working across freight, logistics and supply chains. Read more
Another column, and another fortnight where there is still deadly silence from the current federal government in regards to the support drivers in the transport industry need.
The Transport Women Australia Limited Driving the Difference Conference is just weeks away and we are excited that we can finally bring this event to you at the fabulous Hyatt Place, Essendon Fields from June 3-5.
That’s the theme of this year’s National Road Safety Week that launches today, May 15.
As each day has a different theme, I encourage you to find out about the week by going to www.roadsafetyweek.com.au. Read more
With the Covid experience slowly dissipating we are gradually getting back to the new normal. Our industry has not slowed down and we are continually being challenged to find greater productivity and efficiency while staying 100 per cent safe.
Unless you’ve been living under the proverbial rock, you’d know we’re heading to the polling booth in just under a week.
“In the shadow of today already walks tomorrow,” is a line from a poem by a 16th century Greek poet. It’s as true today as it was all those years ago, especially when we stop for a moment and think about the turmoil and disruption of the past couple of years.