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Trucking Industry Singled Out * Australia - As Victorian transport laws reviewed
Despite its importance in the transport supply chain, the trucking industry is being marginalised by a review into Victoria’s transport system
Victoria,Australia -The Supply Chain Review -February 04, 2008: -- ... The Brumby Government last year commissioned the Transport Legislation Review into the Transport Act 1983 in order to look at modernising the Act in accordance with changes in the transport sector... The discussion paper was limited to eight questions, ranging from topics such as the importance of integration and coordination, safety and security, efficiency and reliability, value, environmentally sensitive, socially inclusive and a system that supports economic growth... Peak bodies, lobby groups, local governments and individuals responded to the discussion paper, detailing what they wanted in Victoria’s transport system... The trucking industry might have expected to receive support in the submissions considering research by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows transport and logistics accounts for 14.5 percent of GDP, while 75 percent of freight is carried by trucks... However, the industry found itself under attack from a number of respondents, who called for the removal of trucks from roads, an increase in charges and for the Brumby Government to mandate more freight be carried by rail... The City of Boroondara, in its submission, wanted an end to operators accessing arterial networks and for the Government to push rail over road freight... The project also blamed the trucking industry for the road damage, congestion and pollution in Victoria...
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