The ATA welcomes and strongly supports the Government’s announcement that it will change the law to help trucking businesses recover their crippling fuel costs from their customers.
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The ATA has released a plan to save Australia’s 60,000 trucking businesses from the crippling fuel prices caused by the Iran war.
The ATA has welcomed the Government’s decision to release up to 20 per cent of Australia’s domestic fuel reserves to address petrol and diesel shortages in regional areas.
Australian consumers and businesses must be ready to pay more as the cost of diesel rises, ATA CEO Mathew Munro said.
The ATA has opened nominations for the 2026 National Trucking Industry Awards.
The tax on truck fuel would more than double under the Productivity Commission’s plan to hike truck taxes.
The Government must reject a plan to hike the fuel tax paid by trucking operators.
The ATA and tyre supplier Black Rubber will launch a new sustainability award in 2026.
Graham Emery has been elected as the Vice Chair of the TruckSafe safety management system.
Australia’s governments should leave rural speed limits alone.


