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Lifting our standards

t’s not often we get a chance to join truck convoys with drivers from all around the country, or head to Canberra to tell politicians why we need road transport reform. Just recently I got to do both of those things in the space of a few days. With this newly elected Labour government in power, we finally have a real chance to make pay and conditions fairer and get the balance right for everyone, but we need to make sure we make it clear to the government

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