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ATA submission on review of climate change policies
19 May 2017

Australia’s climate change policies should include a focus on boosting truck productivity as a cost effective opportunity to reduce emissions from heavy vehicles. This should include increasing width and length requirements, a whole of government approach to reducing barriers to increased use of high productivity freight vehicles, and for improving road access.

Increased heavy vehicle productivity can optimise the energy and fuel use of the entire freight system by reducing the number of trips required to move the freight task.

ATA submission on the safety issues relating to driverless vehicles
10 May 2017

The ATA has called for independent, no-blame, safety investigations for road crashes involving heavy or autonomous vehicles in its submission to the House of Representatives standing committee inquiry into the social issues relating to land-based driverless vehicles in Australia.

ATA submission to the competitive neutrality review
04 May 2017

Competitive neutrality should be applied to the National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme (NHVAS), the ATA has recommended in its submission to the Australian Government’s competitive neutrality review.

ATA submission on Transport and Logistics IRC skills forecast key findings discussion paper
21 March 2017

In its submission to Australian Industry Standards (AIS) the ATA has called for safety and driver training to be the key focus for the proposed four year schedule of work for the TLI Transport and Logistics Training Package.

The submission was in response to the Transport and Logistics IRC Skills Forecast Key Findings Discussion Paper 2017.

Heavy vehicle emissions standards
10 March 2017

The Australian Government should not consider mandating new heavy vehicle emissions standards until it develops a revised regulation impact statement (RIS) which assess all viable policy options, includes all significant costs to industry, complies with the Government requirement that all increases in regulatory burden be offset, and appropriately considers the impact of the policy on rural and remote Australia.

ATA submission on future use of 40 channel truck radios
09 March 2017

The ATA supports proposed changes by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) that would allow the continued use of 40 channel truck radios.

In 2011 limitations to the continued use of this equipment was introduced to reduce congestion, which has since been achieved.

ATA submission to ASBFEO payment times and practices inquiry
07 February 2017

In its submission to the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) inquiry into payment times and practices, the ATA has called for a mandatory code to prohibit extended payment times being forced on small businesses The trucking industry consists almost entirely of small businesses and is characterised by tight margins. The vast majority of the costs incurred by small trucking businesses must be met before they can bill their customers. This includes wages or personal living costs, fuel, tyres, finance costs, registration and maintenance.

ATA 2017-18 Pre-Budget Submission
02 February 2017

The ATA has recommended a strong road safety focus should be included in the Australian Government’s 2017-18 Federal Budget.

Review of the Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors Act 2005 (Vic)
31 January 2017

The Victorian Government should reject the imposition of fixed payment rates under the Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors Act 2005 (Vic), the ATA submission to the review of the Act says.

ATA submission to the Productivity Review
22 December 2016

Productivity reforms to road freight and greater use of High Productivity Vehicles (HPVs) are critical reforms for a more prosperous economy, as outlined in the ATA submission to the Productivity Review.

Road freight is critical to the economy and productivity reforms in the sector can deliver significant gains to the wider economy. Increasing the use of HPVs can move more freight on less trucks, delivering productivity gains in the road freight sector.

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