The 2013 Budget has failed Australia’s trucking businesses because it does not reverse the government’s plan to extend the carbon tax to the trucking industry, Australian Trucking Association chief executive Stuart St Clair said. The fuel used by trucking businesses is currently exempt from the carbon tax. The government plans to extend the tax to [...]

Plans announced by the Coalition to review the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal in the event of winning September’s Federal election ignore all of the evidence collected over twenty years showing a direct relationship between pay and conditions for truck drivers and road safety, said Tony Sheldon, national secretary of the Transport Workers’ Union. “It is [...]

The $8 billion East-West Link Tunnel in Melbourne has dominated the Victorian Budget, with other rail, road and public transport projects largely neglected. Infrastructure and transport engineering consulting firm AECOM has welcomed the budget’s significant transport investment, but suggested a greater focus on public transport in subsequent budgets and further clarification around the East-West Link [...]

The NSW and Australian Governments have announced major funding of almost $50 million to improve transport and freight links in country NSW. Almost $10 million has been allocated to build new overtaking lanes on the Newell Highway, which will cut down travel times and improve road safety. The extra overtaking lanes on the Newell also [...]