In this submission to the Senate Select Committy on Fuel and Energy, the ATA recommends expanding the portion of heavy vehicle revenue collected through the fuel excise mechanism to improve efficiency of revenue collections, improve signals to road users, and fairly incorporate alternative fuels.
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05 June 2009
The ATA has recommended that urban road safety can be improved by road treatments including sealing shoulders, controlling shoulder parking and allowing truck drivers to use long stay parking in industrial areas to meet rest break requirements in this submission to the ARRB group.
01 May 2009
The revised regulatory impact statement (RIS) is a significantly improved document and many parts enjoy strong support from the ATA, including the Commonwealth’s preferred option four. However, we believe Ministers should be provided with additional information that more fully reflects the ATA’s views on the need for a holistic way forward.
01 April 2009
In a submission to the National Transport Commission (NTC), the ATA has argued against increasing the fuel tax and registration charges paid by trucking operators in 2010-11. The ATA’s submission is in response to an NTC consultation paper that argues the industry’s fuel tax and registration charges should go up by 4.2 per cent in 2010-11.
24 March 2009
The ‘NTC’ should not be allowed broaden its responsibilities beyond safety and productivity in its respective sectors, the ATA has said in this submission.
01 March 2009
In conjunction with governments, the trucking industry must achieve broad scale productivity gains in order to meet a growing road freight task. The alternative is more trucks on the road, resulting in negative safety effects from increased exposure. In the ATA’s view, the methodologies discussed in the Incremental Pricing Feasibility Review discussion paper will not deliver benefits to operators or transport tasks, except in niche circumstances.
01 February 2009
The trucking industry supports the need for uniform, streamlined national laws, but the reform options set out in the consultation regulatory impact statement require further consideration and development by the ATA and its members.
01 January 2009
Over the coming decades Australia is facing supply constraints that have the potential, if not appropriately addressed, to impose a devastating restriction upon the nation’s prospects for continued growth and rising prosperity.
Achieving efficient, productive and transparent decisions with respect to network access is a particular challenge facing the trucking industry, with recent difficulties in establishing a workable framework for Performance Based Standards demonstrating continuing difficulties in achieving cross-border cooperation under the current governance framework.
01 January 2009
On 24 November 2008, the Treasurer invited Australian families, business and community groups to submit their ideas for the 2009-10 Budget. This submission sets out the views of the Australian Trucking Association, which is the peak body that represents the trucking industry.
01 January 2009
The well being of the Australian economy and the community is underpinned by efficient road transport. This requires road usage management arrangements that facilitate using the physical asset to its capacity. The road transport industry had high expectations that Performance Based Standards (PBS) would assist efficiency on a broad scale. Currently this is not the case.