The Labor Government’s plan to extend its carbon tax to truck fuel would cause more small trucking businesses to close, the Chairman of the Australian Trucking Association, David Simon, said on Sunday, 16 June.
Mr Simon was launching the ATA’s 2013 election campaign. The campaign focuses on the carbon tax, as well as fixing the road funding system and the way the industry is charged for its use of the roads.
Trucking Australia 2013 is booked out and the ATA has closed registrations following extremely high demand from trucking operators across Australia. Trucking Australia 2013 will be held on Hamilton Island from Friday 21 to Saturday 22 June 2013.
The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) will completely renew its well-travelled mobile road safety exhibition, the Road Ahead.
The $1.3 million trailer will be redeveloped after being on the road for five years and hosting more than 80,000 visitors. The exhibition won the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Australia’s 2010 award for Excellence in Community Service.
Students exploring potential careers can find detailed information on road transport jobs in the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations’ 2013 Job Guide, following extensive input by the Australian Trucking Association.
The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has today announced the finalists for the 2013 National Trucking Industry Awards. ATA Chairman David Simon said the awards recognised some of the most exceptional people and businesses in the Australian trucking industry, and were a highlight of the industry’s year.
The Chief Executive of the Australian Trucking Association, Stuart St Clair, has welcomed the launch of the new Bridgestone Ecopia tyre range.
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, the Chief Executive of the Australian Trucking Association, Stuart St Clair, said this evening.
The fuel used in truck sleeper cab air conditioners is now tax free, as a result of lobbying by the Australian Trucking Association.
The Australian Trucking Association has appointed the NSW/ACT Regional Manager of Boral Logistics, Matt Butler, to its board.
Delegates at the ATA’s new event, Trucking Australia 2013, will be able to make their voices heard and change the future of the industry, the Chief Executive of the ATA, Stuart St Clair, said today.
Trucking Australia 2013 will be held at Hamilton Island on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 June. The ATA released the full program for the event today.
