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A Healthy Trucking Industry in 2024

A Healthy Trucking Industry in 2024

As one year ends and another begins, Warren Clark, CEO of NatRoad turns his mind to making a list of what our industry wants in the next twelve months, and that’s a healthy trucking industry in 2024.
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new driver health podcast from Linfox

Driver Health Podcast from Linfox

The Driver’s Seat with Dilruk Jayasinha, is a new driver health podcast from Linfox. The podcast series focuses on relatable and down to earth health and wellbeing stories and tips for listeners to live their best lives.
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improving mental health and wellbeing

Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing

Driver health isn’t only about physical wellbeing, it also encompasses mental health and improving mental health and wellbeing, right across industry, right across Australia is needed now more than ever.
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where can we get more truck drivers from?

A Serious Mental Health Crisis

Australia’s transport industry has struggled with a serious mental health crisis for some time. And drivers are starting to feel the pinch more than ever, both physically and mentally.
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Melissa Weller is the Australian Trucking Association’s Safety, Health and Wellbeing Director and addresses concerns about delivering on driver health.

Delivering On Driver Health

Melissa Weller is the Australian Trucking Association’s Safety, Health and Wellbeing Director and addresses concerns about delivering on driver health.
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a national health check for heavy vehicles

A National Health Check For Heavy Vehicles

In the coming two month the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator will launch the second National Roadworthiness Survey (NRS), a national health check for heavy vehicles, following on from the inaugural survey in 2016. Sal Petroccitto, NHVR CEO explains what is happening and how the results will be handled.
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the heart of trucking health

The Heart of Trucking Health

A joint effort between the Queensland Trucking Association and Heart of Australia, is an initiative going to the heart of trucking health. It is bringing much-needed high-level healthcare to the trucking industry and regional areas all across Queensland, and beyond.
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looking at health issues in the trucking industry

Looking At Health Issues in the Trucking Industry

Two initiatives, one from the OzHelp Foundation (OzHelp) and another from Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds (HHTS) Foundation are increasing the emphasis on wellbeing in trucking by looking at health issues in the trucking industry.
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health and wellbeing for truck drivers

Health and Wellbeing for Truck Drivers

The Queensland Trucking Association (QTA) is delivering ‘Driving Better Health’, an initiative to support health and wellbeing for truck drivers across Australia. The project funding was announced in August by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack and Assistant Minister for Road Safety and Freight Transport Scott Buchholz.
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Driving Heart Health Project

Driving Heart Health Project

The Queensland Trucking Association (QTA) has been allocated heavy vehicle safety funding for the Driving Heart Health Project to improve the health and wellbeing of Australian truck drivers.
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owner driver mental health

Action on Owner Driver Mental Health

This week has seen the announcement of an initiative to develop a program of action on owner driver mental health. OzHelp has received a grant under the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) Round 4 Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative (HVSI). 
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looking after our drivers’ mental health

Looking After our Drivers’ Mental Health

This video is the latest in a series of videos looking at several aspects of truck driver health, with this one talking about looking after our drivers’ mental health. The series has put together a number of positive thinking members of the truck driving community to give tips on improving truck driver health across the board.
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opportunities to improve health

Opportunities, to Improve Health


A Monash University study, done in partnership with Linfox and the Transport Workers Union, takes a more holistic approach, to identify opportunities to improve health and wellbeing amongst truck drivers, the study seeks to characterise the nature of injury and disease more broadly. The team are looking beyond road crashes and into things like mental health conditions, back pain and hearing loss which are all areas of major concern in truck drivers.
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looking at truck driver health

Looking at Truck Driver Health

Truck driving is one of the unhealthiest jobs in Australia, according to a study into driver health which has been carried out by Monash University, looking at truck driver health. Read More
keeping drivers healthy, happy and here

Keeping Drivers Healthy, Happy and Here

They are the main component in any trucking operation, but often can be taken for granted, but keeping drivers healthy, happy and here is important. Drivers are one of the elements which can make or break a company, getting it right with drivers is vital. Read More

The Future, COR and Mental Health

In the news this week on Diesel News, we look at the future, COR and mental health, alongside inclusion for women. How Australia’s transport system might work in the lead up to the year 2040 is shown in a series of snapshots which reveal the transformational impact of factors like automated vehicles, better real-time data and analytics, more riding sharing and changes in consumer preferences.
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