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Higher charges * Australia - will push industry 'over the edge'
“It is going to push people over the edge,” Williams says
Sydney,Australia -ATN, by Brad Gardner -28 April 2009: -- The Rudd Government is being urged to abandon plans to increase heavy vehicle charges or risk sending already struggling trucking operators to breaking point... The Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) has slammed the proposed 3.2 percent increase in registration fees and the road user charge from July 1 this year... Hughie Williams from the TWU’s Queensland branch claims the charges will have serious ramifications on the industry, which is struggling under the weight of the global financial crisis... B-double operators will be hit with an almost $3,000 increase in registration fees, while a 0.7 percent increase in the road user charge will reduce the fuel tax credit to 16.4 cents... Williams has questioned the reason for the increase, saying governments may be overcharging the industry... The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has backed the 3.2 percent in registration fees, with ATA Chairman, Trevor Martyn, saying it is justified because governments are investing more funds in the road network... The ATA, however, has so far remained silent on whether it supports the increase in the road user charge... ATA Chief Executive, Stuart St Clair, says the peak lobby group has not yet looked at the reasoning for the proposed increase and will make its position known once it determines if the 0.7 cent increase is necessary.. (Video from YouTube, from eads90 - 29 de noviembre de 2006: "Trucks in Aus": Just some of the trucks in outback Australia)
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