The ATA has announced its First National Conference more than two years revealing the 2022 event will take place at The Star on the Gold Coast from 4-6 May and declaring ‘It’s time to break […]
News that there may be some movement on opening up Australia’s truck regulations, and aligning them better with International heavy vehicles standards, has brought some hope that we can shift our truck and bus industry […]
The ATA and the Electric Vehicle Council have teamed up to make to help develop policies they see as necessary in order to drive Australian trucking into an electric future. The collaboration and joint statement […]
The ATA says it welcomes the release of the Federal Government’s Future Fuels Strategy and has called for a stronger plan to help more businesses buy zero emission trucks. “The Future Fuels and Vehicles Strategy […]
The ATA is again calling for a type of apprenticeship for truck drivers in a bid to both gain better trained drivers and to meet the growing demand for driers in the industry. The chair […]
The ATA is calling for urgent action from all Australians to improve safety outcomes for truck drivers and industry members. The call from the peak truck operator organisation was made in recognition of National Safe […]
The ATA has welcomed the release of a consultation paper the has floated a plan to introduce truck driving apprenticeships. With the dire shortage of skilled truck drivers and a dearth of young people interested in taking up a career […]
The ATA has linked up with fellow industry body NatRoad in calling on the Federal Government to extend the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s safety investigations to include heavy vehicle crashes. The ATA and NatRoad have […]
The acting CEO of the ATA, Bill McKinley, has said that truck fuel charges and registration should be set over a three year period to avoid a one-off increase of 16.5 per cent, the said today. McKinley made the statement as he released the ATA’s submission to the National Transport Commission on options for the 2021 […]
The ATA has announced it has appointed Michael Deegan as its new CEO, following the departure of former boss Andrew McKellar, who resigned and left the Trucking organisation on the 6th August after just six […]
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