The tax office has fixed truck driver meal allowances, following close consultations with the ATA, its members and other trucking industry associations.
In July, the tax office announced that employee truck drivers would only be able to claim $55.30 per day in meal allowances without detailed receipts.
The first step in the Government’s road funding reforms must be to fix the overcharging of truck and bus operators, the Chair of the Australian Trucking Association, Geoff Crouch, said today.
Truck and bus operators will be overcharged by $343 million in 2017-18. As a result, truck fuel and registration charges are too high.
Road Freight NSW––the peak industry organisation representing trucking operators in NSW––will become an independent organisation from 1 January 2018 to better serve its NSW membership base.
Melbourne based truck driver Steve Bolton is the latest recipient of the Bridgestone Bandag Highway Guardian Award.
The technical experts behind the Australian trucking industry were recognised for their hard work and professionalism at the Castrol Vecton Awards Dinner in Melbourne this evening, 17 October.
The current series of tragic truck crashes has to stop. Transport operators need to talk to their people about driver distraction, industry trainer Ian Pendered said today.
Mr Pendered has been in the industry for more than 45 years as a driver, business owner and now trainer.
“We recently have had a series of tragic accidents—and I mean tragic accidents,” Mr Pendered said.
A stolen fertiliser truck that crashed into a building at Singleton in the Hunter Valley today is a wake-up call for drivers to secure their vehicles at all times, says Australian Trucking Association CEO Ben Maguire.
The Australian Trucking Association will bring new thinking to old challenges in the Tech Truck Hackathon at Trucking Australia in April 2018.
An independent review of truck safety accreditation programs will boost safety and fairness for operators and the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator
The Australian Trucking Association has today announced the three finalists for the 2017 Craig Roseneder Award, which recognises technical and maintenance excellence in the trucking industry’s workshops.
