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Debate within the trucking industry over proposed changes to chain of responsibility (COR) laws hinges on a dilemma: how to keep customer executive officers focused on their transport safety responsibilities while protecting transport operators from an aspect of the law that struggles to go further than them.

While the argument, which stems in part from Australian Trucking Association (ATA) concerns for the vulnerability of operators, has been passionate and points are still being made, some common ground has been found by proponents of both sides.
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