WRF rings alarm on a gathering storm
Economic issues are translating significant industry challenges in Western Australia that could see firms fail to keep their heads above water, according to the Western Roads Federation (WRF).
A confluence of developments against a backdrop of the state’s famous boom and bust cycles have industry observers noting that freight transport there is suffering something akin to a ‘green drought’.
And a word only now coming back into common parlance is being used – inflation.
“Many members are reporting rapidly escalating costs of operations –
