The commercial driver medical standards should be expanded to include better screening for heart disease, diabetes and sleep disorders, the ATA and TruckSafe say.
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Submissions
31 January 2025
Australia should keep its technical design rules for trucks and heavy trailers, our submission to the Government’s review of ADR harmonisation says.
13 December 2024
The dangerous goods code should not be extended to cover diesel, the ATA submission to the review of the code says.
28 November 2024
Transport ministers should reduce the fines under the national truck law for minor fatigue breaches and paperwork mistakes.
27 August 2024
The ABS should recognise the skills of Australia’s truck drivers by changing the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations.
02 August 2024
There should be stricter licensing requirements for operating vehicle loading cranes with a capacity of less than 10 metre tonnes.
01 August 2024
The Government should support the increased use of high productivity vehicles as a key part of its net zero roadmap.
25 July 2024
Low carbon liquid fuels (LCLFs) are a sensible, realistic and economically viable solution to lowering the trucking industry’s carbon emissions.
28 June 2024
We need $5 billion to upgrade key roads, including so they can be used by electric trucks, the ATA says
10 April 2024
Lighting and illuminating trains more effectively must be a legal requirement