Australia’s governments should leave rural speed limits alone. Instead, they should improve safety by fixing black spots and spending more on road upgrades and maintenance, Australian Trucking Association Chair Mark Parry said today. Mr Parry was releasing the ATA...

The ATA has announced the 2025 winners of its National Training Excellence Award and its two technical awards: the Craig Roseneder Award for Technical and Maintenance Excellence and the Castrol Industry Achievement Award. The Director, Central Region at the National...

All truck drivers in Australia must meet the same licensing standards, a roundtable of multicultural drivers told the ATA this year. ATA CEO Mathew Munro released the report from the roundtable today as part of the ongoing industry and government discussion about...

Three high achieving truck mechanics will advance their careers and deepen their industry expertise with the announcement of the 2025 Cummins Young Tech Awards by the Australian Trucking Association. These awards seek to increase the expertise of emerging mechanics...

The Australian Trucking Association has today announced the finalists for the technical and training awards to be presented at its 2025 Technology and Maintenance Conference. “These awards shine a spotlight on the critical role that training and technical excellence...

The Australian Government should support the trucking industry by adopting three proven solutions to reducing the industry’s carbon emissions, ATA CEO Mathew Munro said today. The Government today released its 2035 emissions target, a 62-70 per cent reduction in...

The Australian Government should develop a national road user charge for electric vehicles, ATA Chair Mark Parry said today. Mr Parry was releasing the ATA submission to Treasury’s consultations for the Economic Reform Roundtable. Mr Parry said the case for...

The ATA has today opened nominations for its technical and training awards, which will be presented at its 2025 Technology and Maintenance Conference. The award categories now open for nominations are: Craig Roseneder Award for Technical and Maintenance Excellence,...

The ATA and Cummins South Pacific have today opened nominations for their Cummins Young Tech Award as part of this year’s Technology and Maintenance Conference (TMC 25). Sponsored by Cummins since 2013, the award – formerly known as the Cummins Scholarship – was...

The trucking industry has called for every state to follow South Australia’s new approach to licensing the drivers of Australia’s iconic road trains and other very long trucks. The South Australian reforms are to what is called the multi-combination (MC) licence...