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HOS * Australia - Daley leads charge to 'tweak' fatigue laws
Work diary restrictions for trucking operators in NSW will be scrapped
Sydney,NSW,Australia -ATN, by Brad Gardner -8 April 2009: -- ... as the Rees Government moves to “tweak” fatigue management laws and have the changes introduced nationwide... Minister for Roads. Michael Daley, today announced he will abandon the local work diary rule, which requires truck drivers to use logbooks when working within 100km of their depot... Daley had originally granted a 12-month exemption but decided to extend it permanently following a meeting with the Road Freight Advisory Council in Sydney this week... But in a further sign Daley is still not content with the current regime, he has tasked the NSW Centre for Road Safety to work with the trucking industry and fatigue experts to implement sector-specific improvements... The changes will come into effect once the 12-month exemption ends in September... The changes have received broad industry support, as the Road Freight Advisory Council is made up of the Transport Workers’ Union, the LBCA, the NSW Farmers’ Association, the NRMA, trucking operator Ron Finemore and Country Labor... (Picture from big-lorry-blog: Lusty australian b double)
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