Media releases
Meet the 2024 Cummins Scholarship winners
Four trucking apprentices will advance their careers and deepen their industry expertise with the announcement of the 2024 Cummins Scholarships by the Australian Trucking Association. These scholarships seek to increase the expertise of promising apprentice mechanics...
ATA welcomes Transport Women Australia
The Australian Trucking Association has welcomed Transport Women Australia as a new member association. Established in 1999, Transport Women Australia Limited (TWAL) is the leading association representing women in transport and logistics. It is a member-based, not...
Include truck drivers in national road safety campaign
The Australian Government must include truck drivers in its planned road safety education and awareness campaign, the Chair of the Australian Trucking Association, Mark Parry, said today. The Government provided $10.8 million for the campaign in the 2024-25 Budget. Mr...
Our plan for truck driver licensing
Australia’s governments must take a new approach to truck driver licensing to increase safety and encourage more people to join the industry, ATA Chair Mark Parry said today. Mr Parry was releasing the ATA’s plan for truck driver licensing, which was developed with...
Increase truck productivity to reduce carbon emissions
The Australian Government should support the increased use of high productivity vehicles as a key part of its net zero roadmap for transport, Australian Trucking Association CEO Mathew Munro said today. Mr Munro was releasing the ATA’s response to the Government’s...
Ann Lopez appointed to the ATA board
The Australian Trucking Association has appointed the co-owner of Lopez Bros Transport in Sydney, Ann Lopez, to its board. In announcing the appointment, ATA Chair Mark Parry said that Mrs Lopez would bring her lived experience as a transport operator to the ATA and...
ATA launches InRoads Diversity and Inclusion program
The Australian Trucking Association has today launched its InRoads Diversity and Inclusion program, with a further offering of 2,000 free diversity and inclusion education licences for members of state and sector trucking associations. Supported by long-time partner...
Heavy vehicle service tech scholarships now open
The Australian Trucking Association and Cummins South Pacific have today opened nominations for their annual Technology and Maintenance Conference scholarships. Awarded to three apprentice or full heavy vehicle service technicians, the annual scholarships provide a...
ATA safety trailer taken over
On The Road Media will take over the Australian Trucking Association’s safety trailer to run campaigns on road safety and to inspire people to join the transport industry. ATA director Andy Divall handed the trailer keys to the On The Road Media team in Canberra...
Press on with truck law reforms, industry demands
Australia’s transport ministers must press on with the agreed reforms to the national truck laws when they meet on Friday 7 June, Australian Trucking Association Chair Mark Parry said today. Ministers agreed to the reforms in September 2022. The reforms would increase...