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Who will be left by Xmas?
Another family transport closed its doors on July 1. A late model fleet of 30 trucks equals 30 drivers. The reason? Fuel price, and they lost most of their good drivers who gave the job up due to the harassment by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) and police. This is one way for governments to get freight on rail.
Reading the words of the regulator when they take over NSW, it will be worse.
Something for you blokes in the industry to ponder on: It is clear with the new laws written by the Australian Trucking Association (ATA), which are crap, and supported by their de facto branch NatRoad, that they have put to government, it is clear they want to control the industry and take over making submissions to government from the National Transport Commission.
The ATA has no mandate to make representations on drivers’ wages and conditions, or for independent contractors. They are, and will ways be, a lobby group between industry and government. The same with NatRoad – they are an employer association and how they
