Ignorance at our peril

With the federal election underway, all manner of political promises will be made to secure your vote. But a better way to gauge how any future government might treat the trucking industry is to look at what’s happened in the past. The road transport industry continues to

be one of Australia’s most dangerous. Since the Turnbull Government scrapped the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT) in 2016, 1,040 people have died in truck-involved crashes. Of those deaths, 249 have been truck drivers.

We can argue until we’re blue in the face about