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09 Sep 2010 | ABS data shows Australia's unemployment rate fell to 5.1 percent in August as 30,900 people joined the workforce...
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09 Sep 2010 | School tour to promote careers in the commercial vehicle industry labelled a success by the CVIAQ...
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09 Sep 2010 | TWU joins the VTA in criticising the Victorian Government's plan to charge trucking operators a fee at Melbourne ports...
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21 May 2009 | Toll fined $220,000 for OHS breach, as judge tells trucking industry to lift its game...
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28 Nov 2008 | Sub-contractor responsible for workplace death, despite incident happening at Star Track Express depot...
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12 Sep 2008 | Fletcher International Exports convicted and fined almost $50,000 over chain of responsibility breaches...
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| MORE TECHNICAL NEWS...
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07 Sep 2010 | After months of planning, Hyundai trucks went on sale in Australia during August with good results...
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07 Sep 2010 | Road transporters given the option of chilling goods with liquid nitrogen with the ecoFridge unit...
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03 Sep 2010 | Volvo Group Australia is preparing to launch its updated product range...
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04 Aug 2008 | Iveco's Sydney Truck Show stand showcases product line-up and reflects commitment to ‘going the distance’....
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06 Aug 2008 | New truck sales drop dramatically as European manufacturers take advantage of emissions standards....
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13 Aug 2008 | Gosford City Council is using one of the latest Isuzu trucks to help it win the war on pollution...
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| RELATED STORIES...
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08 Sep 2010 |
Section of Warrego Highway closed, with warnings of lengthy delays following fatal collision between a car and truck ...
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07 Sep 2010 |
NSW Police makes “no apologies” for targeting trucking in the wake of a drug blitz where 14 drivers tested positive ...
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31 Aug 2010 |
NSW truck driver loses licence and cops hefty fine after being caught travelling 152km/h on the Hume Highway ...
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22 Sep 2009 |
EXCLUSIVE: Victoria puts 220 extra officers on trucking beat, promising tougher enforcement ...
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16 Sep 2009 |
Police in NSW to prepare report for the coroner after a truck driver was killed yesterday ...
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22 Apr 2009 |
Linfox B-double that plunged 80 metres off the F3 is still there, as police investigate what caused the fatal accident ...
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| COMMENTED STORIES...
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31 Aug 2010 | NSW truck driver loses licence and cops hefty fine after being caught travelling 152km/h on the Hume Highway...
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08 Sep 2010 | TWU wastes no time pushing for action from the new federal government, calling for the release of safe rates paper...
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07 Sep 2010 | NSW Police makes “no apologies” for targeting trucking in the wake of a drug blitz where 14 drivers tested positive...
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09 Nov 2009 | TWU launches legal action against K&S Freighters in a move that could set a precedent for trucking companies...
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28 Sep 2009 | E-DIARY DEBATE: "No drivers left" if electronic monitoring introduced, industry veteran warns...
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22 Jul 2010 | Greens want trucking industry to pay $23,000 registration fees as part of plan to shift freight from road to rail...
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April 19, 2010
A truck driver will front court charged with negligent driving after he crashed into a house in NSW yesterday.
Police say the 58-year-old Queensland driver jack-knifed the vehicle on the Pacific Highway at South Kempsey about 7:20pm before careening into the front of the house near Lachlan Street.
The owner was at the rear of the house during the incident. Although he escaped injury, the driver was taken to hospital with head wounds.
“The front of the house has been extensively damaged as a result of the incident and a number of power lines are down,” a police statement reads.
Both lanes of the highway were closed for 45 minutes after the crash and then for another 30 minutes some hours later during a salvage operations.
Traffic diversions were put in place multiple times and motorists were asked to delay travel or take alternative routes.
Both north and southbound lanes of the Pacific Highway have been closed whilst attempts are made to salvage the truck and an investigation is conducted into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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Friday, September 10, 2010
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