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TRUCKING POLICY * Australia - Greens' truck rego plan is derailed
Little support for a plan to increase charges for B-double trucks
(Video from YouTube, by mozebasic - 6 Nov 2007: argosy b double aussie trucks. jake brake, loud turbo spooling)
Riverina,NSW,Australia -The Daily Advertiser, by BEN HIGGINS -23 Jul, 2010: -- The Greens have received little support from opposing Riverina candidates after releasing a plan to increase charges for B-double trucks... The plan is designed to increase rail freight and reduce the environmental impacts of the thousands of trucks on Australian roads but was quickly shut down... Greens candidate, David Fletcher, said the plan to scrap subsidies for truck and trailer registration would rejuvenate regional rail lines and increase jobs in the Riverina... However, his opponents believe the trucking industry to be vital to the Riverina, not only in terms of employment but also the delivery of day to day goods and services... Geoff Crouch, managing director of Ron Crouch Transport, said it was "idiotic" to think the industry could survive without the government subsidies... One Nation candidate, Craig Hesketh, summed up the feeling of most of the candidates by saying support for rail should not come at the cost of the trucking industry...
* Australia - Election: what the trucking industry wants
Canberra,Australia -Transport & Logistic News -20 July 2010: -- The trucking industry’s key priorities in the 2010 election campaign are more rest area funding and continued spending on roads, the industry’s peak body, the Australian Trucking Association (ATA), said... The ATA outlined these priorities in its election brief, which calls on all parties to recognise the important role trucking plays in the Australian economy and urges them to work with the industry to improve efficiency and safety on Australia’s roads... With the economy shaping up to be a key election battleground, ATA chief executive, Stuart St Clair, said any discussion about growing the Australian economy must include increased investment in the nation’s roads...Mr St Clair said rest areas are essential in ensuring the safety of the Australian trucking industry... (Photo from t1.gstatic: The Calder Woodburn Rest Area, Australia)Labels: trucking policys
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