The ATA’s road safety exhibition, the Volvo ATA Safety Truck, will be towed on its journeys across Australia by the 60,000th truck built at the Volvo plant in Wacol, Queensland.
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Registrations are now open for Trucking Australia 2018, the Australian Trucking Association’s national event where operators drive the future of the industry.
Trucking Australia 2018 will be held at the National Convention Centre, Canberra, from Wednesday 18 to Friday 20 April 2018.
Industry legend Peter Wickham was handed the keys of the 60,000th Australian built and designed Kenworth in a ceremony in Bayswater, Melbourne, today.
Activists planning to join the pig protest next week should stay safe and out of the way of the industry’s trucks.
Sixty thousand trucks have now rolled off Volvo Group Australia’s production line in Wacol, Queensland. It’s a magnificent achievement, and more Australians need to know about it, the Chair of the Australian Trucking Association, Geoff Crouch, said today.
The tax office has fixed truck driver meal allowances, following close consultations with the ATA, its members and other trucking industry associations.
In July, the tax office announced that employee truck drivers would only be able to claim $55.30 per day in meal allowances without detailed receipts.
The first step in the Government’s road funding reforms must be to fix the overcharging of truck and bus operators, the Chair of the Australian Trucking Association, Geoff Crouch, said today.
Truck and bus operators will be overcharged by $343 million in 2017-18. As a result, truck fuel and registration charges are too high.
Road Freight NSW––the peak industry organisation representing trucking operators in NSW––will become an independent organisation from 1 January 2018 to better serve its NSW membership base.
Melbourne based truck driver Steve Bolton is the latest recipient of the Bridgestone Bandag Highway Guardian Award.
The technical experts behind the Australian trucking industry were recognised for their hard work and professionalism at the Castrol Vecton Awards Dinner in Melbourne this evening, 17 October.