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Break out the borders • Demonising the industry as a Covid-19 infection vector will be self-destructive
Dogs & Chains
CONCERNS OVER BORDER CLOSURE • Border closures isolating Victoria from Wednesday, July 8, have freight transport interests searching for confirmation that the industry will remain unaffected to any great extent
SARTA call over state border disruption
NORTHCONNEX LAUNCH FINE REMINDER
HUGE FINE FOR FIRST INDUSTRIAL MANSLAUGHTER CASE
FAIR WORK BACKS TASFREIGHT DRIVER TEST REFUSAL DISMISSAL
VEOLIA COPS TRUCK CRASH FINE IN TASMANIA
Good maintenance records protects firm
QUBE AND WOOLWORTHS LINK
NEW BUSINESS DIVISION AND FLEET MOVES FOR FOLLOWMONT
NTC RELEASES HVNL REVIEW IMPACT STATEMENT
DEMAND SHIFT HITS LINDSAY EARNINGS
ACFS acquires Kerry Logistics’ South Australia business
Back in the game • After its first four great years at the Panthers Penrith, the increased demands for residential development on the Panthers site has meant a new home for the National Diesel Dirt & Turf Expo was needed
NATIONAL ROAD TRAIN NETWORK EXPANSION
NHVR RELEASES BLUEPRINT FOR VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATION
BAILEY CALLS FOR NATIONAL EFFORT ON CONTAINER ACCESS CHARGES
Firms join QTA fatigue and distraction probe
PRAISE FOR NEW DRIVER COURSE
WRF backs mayors on Port trucking
WESTERN AUSTRALIA REGO FEE HIKE CONCERNS
WA GOVERNMENT STICKS WITH TRUCK REGISTRATION HIKE
GET A SMOKING HOT DEAL FOR FATHER’S DAY • via Auto-RENEWAL
TM INSIGHT LURES CARMONT
DANIEL MORRISON JOINS NTI
PORT OF NEWCASTLE TAKES TWO
ALLAN BECOMES AUSTROADS CEO
Untie transporters and rebound • Australia needs policies to enhance efficient freight movements
THE SECOND WAVE • What seemed like an easing Covid-19 situation is flaring up again, adding new obstacles to ongoing challenges for industry and governments
Showing Australia our value • Industry’s development due to cooperation and involvement
LAX LICENSING LOWDOWN • The coronavirus has caused yet another delay in fixing Australia’s broken truck driver licensing system
CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS
DRIVE FOR IMPROVEMENT
SCANDAL IN THE WEST
The chain in action • How COR and OHS laws apply to loading/unloading incidents
CLOUD BREAK • Gareth Hearnden realises the dream to run wharf-cartage firm Norman Carriers from his smartphone
HISTORY
Meeting the new normal • As restrictions ease and business activities resume, freight and warehousing business operators need to make risk adjustments
DAIMLER DELIVERS A FINER FUSO • While there’s no doubting the domination of Japanese trucks in rigid classes, the prime mover business has been historically a hit and miss affair for Tokyo toilers. There is, however, change in the air as global giants fashion a stronger future based on ‘family’ powertrains and advanced safety systems. But as Fuso’s new Shogun shows, there are limits on how much muscle corporate masters are prepared to give their Japanese comrades
COOL AND COLLECTED • Dairy processor Lactalis Australia has seen a boost in productivity following the installation of an automated guided vehicle solution at its Lidcombe milk site in Sydney
CLIMBING NEW HEIGHTS • Hydrogen-electric truck...