The ATA has called for independent, no-blame, safety investigations for road crashes involving heavy or autonomous vehicles in its submission to the House of Representatives standing committee inquiry into the social issues relating to land-based driverless vehicles in Australia.
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04 May 2017
Competitive neutrality should be applied to the National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme (NHVAS), the ATA has recommended in its submission to the Australian Government’s competitive neutrality review.
21 March 2017
In its submission to Australian Industry Standards (AIS) the ATA has called for safety and driver training to be the key focus for the proposed four year schedule of work for the TLI Transport and Logistics Training Package.
The submission was in response to the Transport and Logistics IRC Skills Forecast Key Findings Discussion Paper 2017.
10 March 2017
The Australian Government should not consider mandating new heavy vehicle emissions standards until it develops a revised regulation impact statement (RIS) which assess all viable policy options, includes all significant costs to industry, complies with the Government requirement that all increases in regulatory burden be offset, and appropriately considers the impact of the policy on rural and remote Australia.
09 March 2017
The ATA supports proposed changes by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) that would allow the continued use of 40 channel truck radios.
In 2011 limitations to the continued use of this equipment was introduced to reduce congestion, which has since been achieved.
07 February 2017
In its submission to the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) inquiry into payment times and practices, the ATA has called for a mandatory code to prohibit extended payment times being forced on small businesses The trucking industry consists almost entirely of small businesses and is characterised by tight margins. The vast majority of the costs incurred by small trucking businesses must be met before they can bill their customers. This includes wages or personal living costs, fuel, tyres, finance costs, registration and maintenance.
02 February 2017
The ATA has recommended a strong road safety focus should be included in the Australian Government’s 2017-18 Federal Budget.
31 January 2017
The Victorian Government should reject the imposition of fixed payment rates under the Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors Act 2005 (Vic), the ATA submission to the review of the Act says.
22 December 2016
Productivity reforms to road freight and greater use of High Productivity Vehicles (HPVs) are critical reforms for a more prosperous economy, as outlined in the ATA submission to the Productivity Review.
Road freight is critical to the economy and productivity reforms in the sector can deliver significant gains to the wider economy. Increasing the use of HPVs can move more freight on less trucks, delivering productivity gains in the road freight sector.
16 December 2016
The investigative powers in the national truck law should be simplified and streamlined, the ATA submission to the NTC review of the investigative and enforcement powers in the Heavy Vehicle National Law says.