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It’s great news that the Scania Young Australian Truck Driver is on again this year. Open to any truckie under 40 who wants to give it a go, the YATD 2010 will be a chance to show off trucking’s positive image to the wider world while rewarding those who take a professional attitude to truck [...]

Getting ready for Truckweek The latest idea from the Australian Trucking Association to communicate with the people and politicians of Australia is Truckweek. It takes place on Fbruary 21 to 27 and includes events around the country. Check out the website to find what’s happening near you. http://www.etruck.com.au/archives/ytg http://cdn-2-service.phanfare.com/images/external/4957656_4518398_92252028_Full_3/0_0_44ad84d768efe2eda4c03b98f767ee1e_1 It’s great news to hear NatRoad’s [...]

The Australian Trucking Association’s Chairman and CEO, Trevor Martyn and Stuart St Clair are getting more negative comments about the activities of the ATA and the fact they are not meeting the major issues head-on. In his blog, Trucks, Trains and Traffic, Bob Murphy tells the pair they need to be spending their time in [...]

Speaking to the National Press Club last week Stuart St Clair laid out simply and clearly what the trucking industry needs from government into the future. He identified the problems facing trucking and the problems society as a whole will face, related to trucking. It was a well thought out list of demands but didn’t [...]

That great institution of Australian trucking, the Technical and Maintenance Conference organised by the ATA and ARTSA, jointly, is on the move. In the last fifteen or so years the conference has always been held at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne but this year there is a complete change of scenery moving out of the [...]

Some worrying information about the legal implications or mixing your own bio diesel on site as a transport operator have been recently highlighted by the Australian Trucking Association’s weekly newsletter, The Friday Facts.

The Australian Government is now able to fund truck rest areas on Australia’s major highways, with the passage of the AusLink (National Land Transport) Amendment Bill through Parliament.

The ATA say their Transport and Economics Committee will meet to plan an industry response to the Government’s new heavy vehicle charges legislation.

The ATA has argued the National Transport Commission (NTC) should stop work on its climate change strategy and focus on delivering transport industry reforms in a submission in response to the NTC’s discussion paper Freight Transport in a Carbon Constrained Economy.

The ATA has confirmed its support for the Australian Government’s proposals on how to deal with transport fuels in its emissions trading scheme. A meeting of the ATA’s General Council saw members endorse a submission in response to the Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper.