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Charges - Australia - Truckies hot under the axle over price hikes
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia -The Age (subscription), by Philip Hopkins -Oct 18, 2005: -- If coping with rising fuel prices is not bad enough, truckies will now have to cope with higher registration and fuel charges, with big, heavy vehicles facing rises of up to 40 per cent... The Australian Trucking Association has strongly condemned the proposed increases. "Costs will go up even more than they are now. This a double whammy," association chief Chris Althaus said yesterday. "These increases will be passed on."... The proposed charges are the third heavy vehicle price determination since 1992. They are designed to ensure heavy vehicles "pay their way" for road wear and tear... The fee rises and fuel increases would flow directly into higher transport costs... Mr Althaus said long-distance haulers not only faced registration hikes of up to 40 per cent, but were also the biggest users of fuel...
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