Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia now have a uniform approach to counting work and rest time for fatigue purposes after a campaign by the ATA and its members, the Friday Facts reports today.
Australia’s transport ministers have agreed to a work program to amend the draft truck laws, the 4 November 2011 issue of the Friday Facts newsletter reports.
Australia’s transport ministers have today agreed to a forward work program to amend Australia’s draft national truck laws to fix 849 issues identified by the trucking industry and state road agencies. The decision is a significant victory for the ATA and the trucking industry.