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12 March 2014

The TruckSafe safety accreditation program is proud to welcome Nightingale Transport as its newest accredited member.

05 March 2014

The trucking industry has come a long way on improving its safety, but operators and industry groups need to cut through the static and explain the industry’s achievements to the public.

At Trucking Australia 2014, media and political experts Glenn Milne and Jannette Cotterell will share ideas that everyone in the industry can use to get the message out.

28 February 2014

Nominations are now open for the 2014 National Trucking Industry Awards, including a new training excellence award sponsored by the Driver Education Centre of Australia (DECA).

25 February 2014

The Australian Trucking Association is calling on road users to share the road safely with heavy vehicles, with its animated road safety videos now on WIN TV Gippsland as part of the Truckies Lighting Up for Safety campaign.

21 February 2014

Ron Finemore Transport is driving safety forward by sponsoring the Australian Trucking Association’s travelling road safety exhibition, the Safety Truck.

An animated version of a Ron Finemore truck combination will now be included in the videos displayed in the Safety Truck exhibition as it travels around Australia.

20 February 2014

Australia’s transport ministers should review the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s budget and direct it to fix its problems with issuing road access permits, the Chief Executive of the Australian Trucking Association, Stuart St Clair, said today.

The NHVR started its full operations on 10 February, but has struggled to issue permits to operators in a timely way.

18 February 2014

It’s time to make the trucking industry a healthy industry of choice, as Linfox safety guru Andrew Niven shares his strategies for improving industry health and wellbeing at Trucking Australia 2014.

Trucking Australia 2014 will be held on Hamilton Island on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 June 2014.

12 February 2014

The Australian Trucking Association would like to congratulate Rocky’s Own Transport and Simon National Carriers – the first companies to sponsor the Safety Truck by adding their trucks to its animated videos.

10 February 2014

Australia’s new national truck law will improve safety and generate up to $12.4 billion in economic benefits, the Chairman of the Australian Trucking Association, David Simon, said today (Monday, 10 February 2014).

04 February 2014

Trucking business directors and executives should be held to account for maintenance by extending the special laws that apply to truck driver fatigue and speeding, the Chairman of the Australian Trucking Association, David Simon, said today (Tuesday, 4 February 2014).

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