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...

The Australian Government should invest an extra $5 billion over ten years to fix freight roads, dangerous level crossings and to build more rest areas for truck drivers, the ATA’s 2024-25 pre-budget submission says. The submission argues that Australia must also...

The truck driver fatigue laws should be fixed to deliver simpler work diaries, sensible enforcement, fairer penalties and greater safety for smaller trucks, the ATA submission to the National Transport Commission’s October 2023 consultation regulation impact statement...

Safety and productivity should feature more prominently as core pillars of the next National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy, the ATA submission to the review of the current strategy says. The submission points out that the 2019-2024 strategy and national action...

The Australian standard for rolling stock lighting and visibility should include comprehensive requirements for additional lighting, including flashing visibility beacons. The ATA made the call in its submission to the Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board (RISSB)...

Parliament should pass the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 with amendments, the ATA submission to the Senate Education and Employment Committee inquiry into the bill says. The submission argues that the Fair Work Commission should not be...

The Safe Work Australia crane licence review could see potentially damaging and easily avoidable outcomes for those operating vehicle loading cranes. The review asks if a dogging licence prerequisite should apply to the vehicle loading crane licence class.The ATA’s...

Wheel chocks should not be required for Australian dangerous goods vehicles, the ATA says in this submission to the NTC’s comprehensive review of the Australian Dangerous Goods Code. In recommending against a wheel chock requirement, the ATA submission backs up the...

The ATA released Trucking Australia – the Report at Trucking Australia 2023. This report is a snapshot of the industry in 2023. The industry finds itself at a pivotal moment with the burden of the last few years, unresolved long-term problems and future technology and...