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The Rudd Government has retained the fuel tax credit scheme in the Budget, despite lobbying from the green movement to abolish it. The decision is an important win for the trucking industry and Australian consumers.

In the budget announced by Treasurer Wayne Swan, the Government will invest $20 billion in its new Building Australia Fund, with the money coming from its expected Budget surpluses in 2007-08 and 2008-09.

The Government will invest more than $3 billion in road projects in 2008-09, including more than half a billion dollars to make an early start on 40 of the road projects it promised in the election campaign. These projects were not scheduled to be funded until 2009-10; the Government has brought their funding forward by [...]

The Government will spend $75 million on a series of extensive studies into projects to reduce urban congestion in Australia’s larger cities.

The Budget confirms that the Government will provide $70 million over four years for its Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Plan.

Vanderfield Hino has won Hino’s Rural Dealer of the Year award which was announced at a ceremony in Canberra. It is the second time in the last five years that Vanderfield Hino has been successful in claiming Hino’s top dealer award.

The ATA has this week welcomed the Australian Transport Council’s (ATC) endorsement of a new training package to support heavy vehicle driver fatigue accreditation.

The 2008-09 Budget is good news for the trucking industry and working families, the Chairman of the Australian Trucking Association, Trevor Martynhas said. Martyn said the Budget would help keep the industry’s costs down, as well as boosting its productivity and safety by fixing infrastructure bottlenecks.