Opposition hints it will not support safe rates, with Warren Truss saying there is no evidence to justify the reform
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Time to ‘extract the finger’ on safe rates
TWU says government must pull the trigger on safe rates, as backbencher warns truckies at risk if nothing is done
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Safe rates group meets; proposal close
Details of a proposed fixed pay rates scheme for truck drivers may soon be released, as a group established to develop it prepares to finalise its options paper
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Gillard names team to drive ‘safe rates’ agenda
EXCLUSIVE: Industry heavy-hitters tasked with delivering Government's overhaul of pay rates in trucking
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NSW award rates slashed on balance; ‘drivers worse off’
NSW employers to enjoy lower wage bills from next year, but TWU says drivers will be worse off
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Victoria owner-driver model not acceptable: Quinlan
Victoria's mediation-style law to protect owner drivers and forestry operators "just doesn’t work", co-author of fixed rates report says
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OUR SAY: When markets fail, intervention cannot be dismissed
The trucking lobby's response to the NTC safe rates report was entirely predictable. But where markets fail governments must intervene
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