Despite the heavy vehicle road user charge being reduced to zero for the next three months, Australia’s fuel crisis continues to hit truck drivers hard across the nation.
For some in the industry, fuel
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Think.Act.Drive aims to boost truck driver safety
The Queensland Trucking Association (QTA) has launched Think.Act.Drive, a free, industry‑led online program of scenario‑based quizzes designed to address
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How to navigate notorious South Australian roads
Truck drivers now have access to a new resource to help navigate one of South Australia’s most notorious steep descent roads – the South Eastern Freeway descent in the Adelaide Hills.
The instructional
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Microlise integrates Logmaster to boost compliance
Leading provider of transport technology solutions, Microlise, has announced a new partnership and integration with Logmaster.
Logmaster is a National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NVHR)-accredited provider
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New scholarship to boost truck driver health
Following the launch of a national scholarship to support vital research, the long-term health and wellbeing of Australia’s truck drivers has been given a boost.
Supported by Australia’s largest transport
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Bulk bill sleep apnoea tests for truckies
Australian Trucking Association (ATA) chair Mark Parry and TruckSafe chair Paul Fellows say the Australian Government should bulk bill overnight sleep apnoea tests for truck drivers and other safety critical
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Shane Jacobson provides truckies with mental health boost
Actor, comedian and truck lover Shane Jacobson is leading the new Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds mental health campaign, allowing truckies across Australia to receive vital wellbeing support.
Launched
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Health impacts of truck driving
As part of ongoing work to help improve the lives of truck drivers across Australia, a survey was undertaken to truly understand the physical and mental pressures truckies have to manage on a daily basis. Here, Deals on Wheels speaks with Dr Caryn van Vreden from Monash University to hear why greater research into different aspects of truckie health is necessary
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ATA welcomes driver medical standards
The ATA is now pushing the rest of the country to adopt these standards
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Transport Workers Union in fuel fight
The NSW TWU has headed to court to seek relief for owner drivers in transport
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