As a result of fuel tax indexation, the fuel tax credit rate for fuel purchased for on-road use in eligible heavy vehicles increased from 12.76 cents per litre to 13.06 cents per litre on 1 August 2015.
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31 July 2015
The ATA has repeated its call to streamline the Chain of Responsibility laws at a meeting with the NTC, industry and regulators in Melbourne this week. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
24 July 2015
South Australia Police would like to speak with any truck drivers that travel the Karoonda Highway in the vicinity of Wynarka in the Murray Mallee over the last six months to help gather information on the child bones that were located there on 14 July 2015.
For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
17 July 2015
Thanks to the generosity of Cummins South Pacific, the ATA is looking for young service technicians from Australian workshops to receive one of three scholarships to attend the 2015 PACCAR & Dealer TMC. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
10 July 2015
The NTC has this week released its new Primary Duties for Chain of Responsibility Parties and Executive Officer Liability discussion paper, detailing the next steps in the Chain of Responsibility (CoR) review. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
03 July 2015
Nominations are now open for the 2015 Craig Roseneder Award, which recognises technical and maintenance excellence in the trucking industry’s workshops. For more information, read this week’s edition.
26 June 2015
Australia’s 49,000 trucking operators, including 45,000 small businesses, will all benefit from the Government’s decision to extend its current freeze on the rate of fuel tax they pay. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
19 June 2015
The ATA has published a new technical advisory procedure that provides trucking operators with essential checks to make sure the park brakes on their trucks restrain their trailers safely. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.