The ABS should recognise the skills of Australia’s truck drivers by changing the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations.
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There should be stricter licensing requirements for operating vehicle loading cranes with a capacity of less than 10 metre tonnes.
The Government should support the increased use of high productivity vehicles as a key part of its net zero roadmap.
We need $5 billion to upgrade key roads, including so they can be used by electric trucks, the ATA says
Lighting and illuminating trains more effectively must be a legal requirement
The ATA supports proposed amendments to the PBS directional stability under braking standard, but it needs to be clearer.
The Australian Government should invest an extra $5 billion over ten years to fix freight roads, dangerous level crossings and to build more rest areas for truck drivers.
The truck driver fatigue laws should be fixed to deliver simpler work diaries, sensible enforcement, fairer penalties and greater safety for smaller trucks, the ATA submission to the National Transport Commission’s October 2023 consultation regulation impact statement on reforms to the Heavy Vehicle National Law says.
The Australian standard for rolling stock lighting and visibility should include comprehensive requirements for additional lighting, including flashing visibility beacons.
Safety and productivity should feature more prominently as core pillars of the next National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy, the ATA submission to the review of the current strategy says.