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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The Loss of a True Gentleman
The trucking industry has suffered the loss of a true gentleman, Sam Sali, who has passed away at the age of 86. Sam died in hospital in Bendigo earlier this week, surrounded by family and just eight days short of his 87th birthday.
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Buzz Word Bingo
Rachel Smith, Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association Executive Director reckons the relationship between rural trucking and government is a bit like buzz word bingo.
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Reviving Rural Economies
Highways are the arteries of small towns and trucks are their lifeblood, writes Warren Clark, NatRoad CEO, and play a big part in reviving rural economies this is part of trucking’s role in rural development.
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Fairer Trucking Contracts
David Smith, Chair of the Australian Trucking Association comments on the proposed ‘Closing Loopholes’ now before parliament and believes it will deliver fairer trucking contracts.
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Getting the Message Out
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s ‘We All Need Space’ campaign reaches over eight million users, getting the message out about heavy vehicle safety, writes Michelle Tayler, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs, NHVR.
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Animal Welfare is a Critical Consideration for Livestock Transporters
This is the first column in PowerTorque from the new Executive Director at the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association, Rachel Smith, and it’s tackling the issue of the live export of livestock, where animal welfare is a critical consideration for livestock transporters.
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NHVR Introduces the Road Pavement Calculator
Road managers will soon have a greater understanding of the long term effects of freight activity on the roads as the NHVR introduces the Road Pavement Calculator.
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Working Towards a Consensus
The agency tasked with working towards a consensus and coming up with a possible fatigue management solution, which will take the trucking industry forward, while also satisfying the concerns of fatigue experts and safety advocates, is the National Transport Commission.
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Running a Fleet of Company Trucks and Subcontractors
Amy Throckmorton who works as an Operations Manager for TGR Transport in Geelong, running a fleet of company trucks and subcontractors hauling various loads around the country, and is the winner of the Rural Transport Rising Star award for 2023.
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