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Uniting to tackle rates

ON AUGUST 7 over 60 individuals from over 30 different entities including drivers, TWU, transport operators, associations and retailers met in Canberra. The transport industry forum was organised by Senator Glenn Sterle and was the second meeting after the group met in March.

The main focus at the meeting was on standards in our industry. Transport operators spoke about how rates from clients have forced them to the brink of insolvency. They spoke of having to compete with operators that are forced to

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