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TRUCKING COSTS * Australia - Increased fees will hurt consumers
Canberra,Australia -ABC News -Feb 29, 2008: -- Trucks drivers have urged Australia's transport ministers to rethink proposed increases in registration fees and fuel tax when they meet in Canberra today... The increases have been recommended by the National Transport Commission to make sure the trucking industry pays its share of road maintenance... But chief executive of the Australian Trucking Association, Stuart St Clair, says any increase in costs for the industry would eventually be passed onto consumers through higher prices... He say the ministers should delay putting up the charges as part of efforts to fight inflation...
* Ramsey urges ministers to oppose trucking cost increases
Port Augusta,Australia -ABC North and West -February 28, 2008: -- The federal Member for Grey, which covers 92 per cent of South Australia, has called on national transport ministers to oppose increases to registration costs and fuel taxes for truck drivers... Transport ministers from across the country will meet in Sydney on Friday to discuss a plan to increase the costs... But Rowan Ramsey says people living in remote and rural areas would be hardest hit because nearly everything they buy has to be trucked in... He said, "As rural Australia is one of the biggest users of transport, you can be rest assured that it'll be us that'll be paying the bills and I don't think we need it"... (Video from YouTube, by gm16v149 -November 16, 2007: "Going thru the gears in a CAT V8 powered 80 ton road train" - Only watch this if you like big bore V8s and you've got good speakers with the volume cranked right up! Cab ride on the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia near the roadhouse. If you've ever wondered how long it takes to get up to speed @ 80 tons with 600 HP this will give you some idea. More vids to follow later. Please rate and comment!)
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