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Beating the pandemic

Castlemaine convoy’s surprise return • Event makes impromptu showing in timely move to raise funds for Rotary after Victoria’s COVID restrictions eased

Truck auction raises $200,000 for medical research

Trucking’s post pandemic optimism • Isuzu-sponsored survey looks at transport industry’s future, including issues surrounding an aging workforce

TWU and Coles lock in safety agreement • Transport Workers Union and supermarket giant’s transport standards charter to also encompass gig economy

Concern over non-compliance in NSW • Truck-and-dog battle and empty loads crash spikes addressed

Coffs Harbour bypass gets go ahead • Pacific Highway travel times to be reduced by up to 12 minutes

Trucks a target in Victoria’s roadmap • Distance charging part of Melbourne’s congestion reduction strategy

From virtual to real-life experience • Truck Wise virtual reality experience premieres to assist young drivers in sharing the road with trucks

ATA SAFET360 at heart of road safety education

TRUCKIN’ THROUGH FIVE DECADES • After 50-years in the driver’s seat, Stephen ‘Tiny’ Monkhouse reflects on a long career in an industry which has both served him well and delivered some unfair blows. Warren Caves writes

Righting wrongs in 2021 • The trucking industry showed its mettle last year, but low rates and poor safety guidelines remain

Definition certainty • The Fair Work Commission has clarified the award meaning of loading and unloading

Dumb and dumber • The faceless people responsible for the upkeep of the Newell Highway are leaving us worse off

The need for flexibility • Another year and another load of advice telling us when we can drive and when we can sleep

Trivial pursuit • Just like drivers, police or road enforcement officers can make seemingly insignificant paperwork errors

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE AND YOU COULD WIN BIG! • HERE ARE THE 12 FINALISTS FOR THE 2020 VALVOLINE TRUCK OF THE YEAR

HEAVY AS SHE GOES • Jarred and Cassy Sacco have come a long way, both geographically and in adaptability, to operate one of the most professional heavy haulage outfits in north Queensland. Warren Aitken paid a visit to Mackay to check out their fleet of Kenworths, including their first ever C509, during a busy work day

Singing in the new year • Kick off 2021 with these eight new album releases

Country Corner

Bill redefines casual work • NatRoad welcomes reforms to casual employment status

GEARING UP FOR 2021 DIESEL DIRT & TURF • It’s all systems go for April 9, 10 and 11

SOMETHING IN THE AIR • Aerodynamics! It’s one of those seemingly endless pursuits with a similarly endless array of possibilities – some practical, some not – for conserving every droplet of fuel. For cab-over designers particularly, it’s a challenge greatly magnified by the inherent demands of turning a sizeable slab of metal and glass into a sleek, efficient workhorse. But have all the biggest gains already been made or are there more to come? Steve Brooks and Brian Weatherley report

EVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR • The Brisbane Truck Show – the biggest Australian business-to-business event in 18 months –...