Australian retail turnover has improved but is likely to be limited by the highest unemployment rates in 12 years, according to the latest ABS retail trade and labour force observations. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
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01 August 2014
Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics this week confirm that the trucking industry is overcharged, ATA Chief Executive Stuart St Clair said today. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
25 July 2014
Registrations are now open for the 2014 PACCAR and Dealer TMC. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
18 July 2014
Trucking businesses that use fuel for off-road purposes, such as in landscaping, quarrying or road construction, will be able to claim more fuel tax credits following the repeal of the carbon tax yesterday. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
11 July 2014
It’s time to celebrate the trucking industry and the people who work in it with the launch today of TruckWeek 2014, a national week of trucking industry events from 1-7 September 2014.For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
04 July 2014
Annual deaths from crashes involving a heavy vehicle have decreased by nearly a third in the last decade, according to the new Road trauma involving heavy vehicles: crash statistics report released today by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
27 June 2014
The ATA has urged trucking operators to make sure they have effective maintenance programs, particularly for brakes, and to upgrade to ABS and ESC as soon as possible, following a coroner’s investigation into the death of a motorist on the Warrego Highway in January 2012. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.
20 June 2014
Volkswagen has caught out unsuspecting movie-goers with a new interactive ad reminding road users of the dangers of checking your phone while driving. For more information, read this week’s edition of the Friday Facts.