Heavy vehicle inspectors, operators and equipment manufacturers sometimes have very different views about what constitutes a heavy vehicle roadworthiness defect, and how to define the severity of a fault.
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16 July 2015
Thanks to the generosity of Cummins South Pacific, the Australian Trucking Association is now looking for young service technicians from Australian workshops to receive one of three scholarships to attend the 2015 PACCAR & Dealer TMC in Melbourne from Monday 26 to Wednesday 28 October 2015.
15 July 2015
The TruckSafe accreditation program is proud to welcome GRS Towing (NSW), Strasburg Bros Livestock Carriers (QLD) and H Dowling & Sons (QLD) as its newest accredited members.
03 July 2015
Nominations are now open for the 2015 Craig Roseneder Award, which recognises technical and maintenance excellence in the trucking industry’s workshops.
02 July 2015
The time tolerances used in planned electronic work diaries (EWD) should be reviewed after two years, Australian Trucking Association CEO Christopher Melham said today.
01 July 2015
The Australian Trucking Association has appointed 2015 National Trucking Industry Woman of the Year, Julie Russell, as the Chair of its industry Skills and Workforce committee.
29 June 2015
The Australian Trucking Association’s travelling road safety exhibition, the Safety Truck, is touring through the Northern Territory during July.
Starting at the Alice Springs show from Friday 3 July, the Safety Truck will travel north as it also attends the Tennant Creek Show and the Katherine Show before ending its tour at the Royal Darwin Show on 23-25 July.
25 June 2015
Australia’s 49,000 trucking operators, including 45,000 small businesses, will all benefit from the Government’s decision to extend its current freeze on the rate of fuel tax they pay.
24 June 2015
Registrations are now open for the 2015 PACCAR and Dealer TMC, the trucking industry’s premier technical and maintenance event.
23 June 2015
The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has welcomed the agreement between the Australian Government and the Opposition to pass legislation confirming the re-introduction of fuel tax indexation. The agreement will provide security for trucking businesses and additional funding for roads.
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