Australia should keep its technical design rules for trucks and heavy trailers, but completely harmonise its light vehicle rules with international standards, the ATA submission to the Government’s review of Australian Design Rule (ADR) harmonisation says. The ADRs...

The Australian Dangerous Goods Code (ADGC) should not be extended to cover diesel, the ATA submission to the review of the code says. The National Transport Commission released a consultation regulatory impact statement with the results of the review in September...

Transport ministers should reduce the fines under the national truck law for minor fatigue breaches and paperwork mistakes, the ATA submission to the National Transport Commission on the exposure drafts of the planned Heavy Vehicle National Law Amendment Bill and...

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) should recognise the skills of Australia’s truck drivers by going ahead with changes to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO). The ABS is reviewing the classification. ANZSCO has five...

The ATA has supported a Safe Work Australia proposal for stricter licensing requirements for operating vehicle loading cranes (VLCs) with a capacity of less than 10 metre tonnes. At present, a VLC operator only needs a high risk work licence for cranes with a capacity...

The Australian Government should support the increased use of high productivity vehicles as a key part of its Transport and Infrastructure Net Zero Consultation Roadmap, the ATA’s response to the roadmap says. The submission argues that the Government should create a...

Low carbon liquid fuels (LCLFs) are a sensible, realistic and economically viable solution to lowering the trucking industry’s carbon emissions and could significantly contribute to Australia’s carbon net-zero transformation goals, the joint ATA and Truck Industry...

The Australian Government should invest in a $5 billion program over 10 years to upgrade key freight roads, including so they can be used by electric and other heavier trucks, the ATA’s submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Climate Change,...

Lighting and illuminating trains more effectively must be a legal requirement, the ATA’s comprehensive response to the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator’s (ONRSR) draft Code of practice on level crossings and train visibility says. The ATA has identified...

The Performance Based Standards (PBS) scheme is as a voluntary regulatory system, facilitating the integration of more productive commercial vehicles into the road network, contingent upon meeting safety and infrastructure protection standards. The latest version of...