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Aug 17, 2009

REGULATIONS * Australia - Pass ETS to avoid truck 'compliance nightmare'

Trucking operators will be hurt if the Federal Government fails to enact its emissions trading scheme

Brisbane,Queensland,Australia -QBR, by Michael House -17 Aug 2009: ... The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has urged Labor to negotiate with other parties to pass legislation to introduce the scheme, which was rejected by the Senate in a vote last week... The ATA's, Bill McKinley, says the trucking industry could be lumbered with "confusing, ad-hoc and complicated environmental regulations" from state and local governments. “The result would be a paperwork and compliance nightmare for trucking operators; it would make it harder and more expensive to meet Australia’s targets," he says... The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group), has also called for all relevant parties to come together to find common ground and says an agreement is needed for the interests of business certainty and the development of “good policy” for Australia..

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Blogger Justin Davis said...

Interesting article... Where did you first hear about this?

Justin Davis
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11:09 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Hi Justin

We'ld do know about, and for the first, in the following link:

http://www.qbr.com.au/news/articleid/57911.aspx

Regards

Santiago

3:41 PM  

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