MJ Rowles keeps TWU at bay
TWU fails in bid to represent truck drivers at MJ Rowles after majority of employees vote against enterprise bargaining
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Safe rates might have helped Bradanovich: TWU
TWU says fallen truck driver Anthony Bradanovich might have received better treatment if safe rates tribunal had been in place
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Mulder captive to bureaucracy on transport: Mees
Academic derides new Victorian transport authority, labelling it "smoke and mirrors" and proof the bureaucracy runs the show
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KKR in the wrong over fuel contamination sacking
KKR Transport ordered to compensate dangerous goods driver sacked for inadvertently contaminating 12,000 litres of fuel
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Rigids to offset reduction in A-trailer fees
NTC recommends cutting B-double and B-triple registration costs, but prices for other combinations to increase to offset reductions
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New simulator system launched
Training Systems Australia (TSA) has launched its first ECA Faros motion truck simulator which has caught the interest of the transport industry. Ruza Zivkusic talks to TSA Managing Director Peter Birnbaum.
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Video interview: Ryan Refrigerated Transport
Ryan Refrigerated Transport has moved to larger premises in Wangaratta. Tamara Whitsed visits David and Robyn Ryan.
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New safety measures at Urunga after fatalities
Focus on speed camera policy after ute crash forces B-double off road and into house
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WA trailer maker fined over tanker injury
WorkSafe WA says case demonstrates that safe systems of work need to be in place at all times
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Highway to stay open after trucking operator pulls pin
Planned closure of the Cunningham’s Highway to allow an oversized rig to travel on the route won’t go ahead
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New strategy to manage Queensland’s freight task
Queensland to put more focus into higher productivity trucks and supply chain efficiency as part of integrated freight strategy
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Broome explosion deaths set for court
Broome heavy-haulage firm Oilfield Transport Services and energy services supplier Baker Hughes Australia face WorkSafe charges over the deaths three years ago of a tanker driver and a depot manager.
Both companies have been charged with failing to provide and maintain a safe work environment and thereby causing the deaths of the two workers, the safety watchdog says.
The case will be heard in the Broome Magistrates Court in January, when WorkSafe will allege that there were safe work systems available to both employers that could have prevented the deaths.
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QAL to become part of Northline
Deal seen as perfect fit due to lack of overlap, while QAL customers gain more services beyond NT
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Queensland-bound convoy to disrupt NSW motorists
NSW road users face delays over the weekend as a large truck convoy travels on key freight and passenger routes
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Local government seeks federal roads cash
Congress unites to call for $1.2 billion shortfall to be covered to meet road safety objectives
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Department says no to fuel tank design rule resurrection
The Department of Infrastructure and Transport is unconvinced that Australian Design Rules should be reapplied to heavy vehicle fuel tanks.
The rule relating to fuel tanks, ADR 17, was repealed in 2005 and not replaced.
Road safety expert John Lambert has called for a rethink on fuel tank safety following last week’s Penshurst crash in which a truck driver was incinerated and a UK motorway conflagration involving trucks and has pointed to at least nine reported truck accidents since May where he believes the modern tanks were at risk from heat.
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Video: Training a Fox?
The Victorian Transport Association is encouraging young people to become the next Paul Little or Lindsay Fox by offering school-leavers transport and logistics cadetships. Ruza Zivkusic chats with Nick Bliesner, from Secon Freight Logistics, who has completed the cadetship program.
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Interview: Viv Hanley
The head of the Australian Furniture Removers Association reflects on a colourful business.
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B-triple embrace should have happened sooner: Baxter
Rural trucking operator Kelvin Baxter Transport says B-triples are a priority in dealing with a growing freight task
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Skills council and MYST form partnership
Mick Young Scholarship Trust and the TLISC join forces to help disadvantaged students gain transport and logistics qualifications
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