Mr Smith welcomed the Government’s decision to restrict the commission from issuing orders about road transport issues covered by the Heavy Vehicle National Law or other laws. “We argued that the commission’s powers needed to be separated from safety regulation,...

The Australian Trucking Association has predicted the trucking industry would be decimated if the Grattan Institute’s proposal to increase dramatically the effective fuel tax on trucks succeeds. The Grattan Institute has today released a report on fuel tax and the...