ATA CEO Chris Melham this week met with the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development to restate the ATA’s support for the development and implementation of a national registration system as a priority. For more information, read this week’s Friday Facts.
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The ATA has called for Australia’s road transport ministers to freeze the road user and registration charges paid by trucking operators in 2015-16 in its submission to the NTC’s heavy vehicle road user charge annual adjustment process. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
Taking place in Hobart on Thursday 19 – Saturday 21 March, Trucking Australia 2015 welcomed more than 300 delegates to the Apple Isle to have their say and make a difference to the industry’s future. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
The ATA has warned businesses of the safety risk associated with the use of cheap, alternative hydrocarbon-based refrigerant gases, following advice from the Industry Technical Council. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
The auditing provisions of the NHVAS Standards and Business Rules [PDF] have now been updated. These changes standardise the way audits are conducted and strengthen the quality of audits. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
The ATA would like to congratulate the winners of the Cummins South Pacific Trucking Australia 2015 hosted delegate competition. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
Frank Black (Arcidiaco) of Durack, Queensland, and Leigh Smart of Melrose Park, NSW, have been elected unopposed as the owner driver and small fleet representatives on the General Council of the Australian Trucking Association (ATA), the peak body representing the trucking industry. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.