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Dangerous minority

Senator Sterle back on the road • WA Senator delivers road train load of pre-loved goods from Perth to Kununurra for East Kimberley families

Call for average speed monitoring to include light vehicles • NatRoad says Sydney metro enforcement burden should not fall solely on heavy vehicle sector

TWU and NRFA in joint industry battle • Transport Workers Union and National Road Freighters Association sign memorandum of understanding

Woolworths’ takeover of PFD opposed • Ombudsman seeks to block acquisition through Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

RIGHT TRUCK FOR THE JOB • The Fletcher family in Queensland’s central highlands region are happy to talk about the toughness and reliability of their UD trucks past and present. But went it came to needing a unit that wouldn’t struggle uphill, a 700hp Volvo was the obvious choice.

ATA and NHVR take hard line on racism • Evidence emerges of threats to sabotage trucks as part of growing harassment towards multicultural drivers

COVID lockdown’s parcel deliveries driving recruitment

Steering healthy minds • A survey shows 50 per cent of truck drivers have experienced some form of psychological distress

Suffering in silence • Our isolation is a real bonus in these COVID times, but it often gives us too much time to think

State of entitlement • Is NSW following NHVR guidelines or is it hell bent on continuing to run its own race?

Work diary dilemmas • Can you opt out of Australian work diary laws?

Reducing blame focus • It’s important that road crash investigations are undertaken by an independent body

KING OF THE CABS • When Volvo discontinued its XXL cabs in Australia, Detour Logistics’ boss Colin Beer looked to Kenworth’s ‘big cab’ K200 to stay in the space race.

Industry’s invisible wall • The opinions of transport workers are often shouted down amid the decision making process

Festive season cheer • Eight albums to fill any music lover’s Christmas stocking

Country Corner

BRISBANE BRINGS BACK HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY • The Civil Construction Field Days will run concurrently with the 2021 Brisbane Truck Show

FREIGHTLINER FIGHTS BACK • Despite the economic ravages of COVID-19 and severe social unrest in the streets around its Portland (Oregon) headquarters, Daimler Trucks North America reports Freightliner production is back to pre-pandemic days and electric truck development remains firmly on track.

TRUCK MOVES’ STAND AGAINST MODERN SLAVERY • Some truck drivers are not receiving the pay they are due

GAME TIME FOR CASCADIA • After the most comprehensive test program ever undertaken by Freightliner for a market outside North America, it’s now ‘game time’ for the new Cascadia. Australia’s safest conventional truck, much will also depend on build quality out of the US, and while it’s early days, recent drives in two distinctly different examples suggest the fundamentals are on a firm footing. Time and toil will soon enough reveal just how firm.

ISUZU BOLSTERS TIPPER RANGE WITH F SERIES ADDITION

Penske guarantees presence Down Under

Improved mileage claim with new steer tyre

Absurd call on fatalities •...