Australia’s transport ministers should freeze heavy vehicle charges in 2023-24 and increase them 2.75 per cent in each of 2024-25 and 2025-26, the ATA’s response to a December 2022 consultation report on these charges says. In December 2022, Australia’s transport...

Australia’s transition to a net zero economy is underway. The ATA supports the end to the climate wars and the passage of climate legislation which sets in place Australia’s commitment to net zero emissions by 2050 and reducing carbon emissions by 43 per cent by 2030....

The National Transport Commission’s consultation paper on options for setting heavy vehicle charges for 2023-24 and beyond proposes that transport ministers should set heavy vehicle charges for a three-year period. The paper proposes three options: Option 1: increase...

The Australian Trucking Association: supports and recommends the passage of the Climate Change Bill 2022 and the Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022endorses the 43 per cent emissions reduction target by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050 recommends...

The Australian Capital Territory is uniquely placed to be a leader in the electrification of trucks. Urban transport tasks represent the best opportunity to accelerate truck electrification in the short term , and the ACT is a predominantly urban jurisdiction. The...

The ATA supports the proposed spectrum sharing arrangement from Telstra and TPG. Delivering better mobile phone coverage in regional areas would improve the resilience, safety and productivity of the trucking industry. The proposal would improve the quality of...

In 2011, it was predicted that the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) would deliver up to $12.4 billion in economic benefits. In 2018, the ATA commissioned Deloitte Access Economics to test whether those benefits had been delivered, and to make policy suggestions for...