The Australian Trucking Association has honoured leading industry figures in the 2014 National Trucking Industry Awards, announced at the ATA Foundation Sponsors Gala Awards Dinner on Hamilton Island on Saturday. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
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30 May 2014
The ATA’s policy manager, David Coonan, has retired. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
23 May 2014
It’s your last chance to register for Trucking Australia 2014, with registrations closing on Wednesday 28 May. In this issue of the Friday Facts, you’ll also find out about a new Safe Work Australia report on the industry, and new work diary rules for trucking businesses doing jobs for primary producers in Queensland.
16 May 2014
The Government’s decision to reintroduce fuel tax indexation will not affect the net price of fuel paid by trucking operators, the ATA said in response to the Budget.
09 May 2014
The road user charge will remain unchanged at 26.14 cents per litre in 2014-15, the Australian Government has decided. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
02 May 2014
The Australian Government should work with the states to develop mass-distance-location charging reforms for heavy vehicles, the National Commission of Audit recommended this week.
However, ATA Chief Executive Stuart St Clair rejected the recommendation. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
11 April 2014
The trucking industry is this week mourning the loss of Terry Nolan, the co-founder of Nolan’s Interstate Transport in Queensland with his wife, Daphne Nolan. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
04 April 2014
“I just had to get in there. I had to get the baby out.” The 4 April 2014 issue of the Friday Facts covers Brad Morrison’s story, the hero truck driver this week named as the first Bridgestone Bandag Highway Guardian.