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TRUCKING INDUSTRY * Australia
* Queensland - Woman can make better truck drivers than men, says Brisbane's Transpacific Industries boss
Brisbane,QNLD,Australia-The Australian/The Courier-Mail, by Greg Stolz -September 20, 2013: -- He's the garbage truck company boss in touch with his feminine side... Kevin Campbell, who heads Australia's largest waste management company - Brisbane-based Transpacific Industries - is on a drive to get more female truckies... He reckons they often make better drivers than men. In fact, Mr Campbell wants more women generally in his 7000-strong trans-Tasman workforce, including senior management positions, to break down "blokey" barriers in the male-dominated industry... Founded in 1987 by the man dubbed the "golden garbo", former billionaire Terry Peabody, Transpacific is an ASX 200 public company operating in Australia and New Zealand, with waste management interests including Cleanaway... Mr Campbell, who took over as CEO in 2011, said he was partly motivated to boost female participation in the company by his two adult daughters who had "hit the glass ceiling" in their careers...
* NSW - Gay reaches out to assure industry
Sydney,NSW,Australia -ATN -September 16, 2013: -- The New South Wales Government has attempted to address industry concerns about the State’s approach to fatigue management under national heavy vehicle regulations... Roads Minister, Duncan Gay, last week penned an open letter to industry focusing on the issue, ahead of the passage of the Heavy Vehicle (Adoption of National Law) Amendment Bill through the Legislative Assembly... The Bill retains a number of existing NSW-specific initiatives, along with giving the Government the power to impose extra conditions on trucking companies accredited to operate under a new advanced fatigue management (AFM) scheme... NSW amended the Bill to extend the maximum work limit to 15.5 hours under the new module, which is due to begin when the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is fully functioning... NSW passed legislation earlier this year signing it up to national heavy vehicle regulations. Along with outlining the State's approach to fatigue management, the Bill ensures NSW will retain demerit points for certain offences, its livestock loading scheme and regulations covering speed limiters and speed limits...
-A comment from KMP -18 Sept 2013: ... Regimented driving hours have created the problem, not fixiing it, driving under duress has driven the road transport industry into a situation that actually has made the roads more dangerous not safer... It seems that every group external to the industry has the answer, in reality they have created a monster that will continue to run out of control, the level of regulation endured by road transport isn't developed with safety in mind, it's about money and control, the experts are proving beyond doubt that they are totally incompetent. The solution is simple but that isn't what will suit them as they build a massive bureaucracy to administer the criminals that drive those 'massive trucks'
* Victoria - Curfew catches out truck drivers
Melbourne,VIC,Australia -ATN, by Ruza Zivkusic-Aftasi -September 25, 2013: -- Twenty five trucks have been intercepted in Melbourne’s west and 15 have been fined for breaching truck curfews since new laws were introduced by VicRoads two months ago... The move is designed to reduce truck traffic between Roberts Street and Hyde Street... The Maribyrnong City Council has supported calls for an independent health study into the effects of truck traffic on residents by endorsing the Truck Action Advocacy Plan (TAAP)... It has met with the Victorian Government and the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to discuss air and noise pollution emanating from truck traffic... In a city development special meeting this week, the council agreed to continue advocating for more effective truck curfews and to lobby the Government to remove trucks from residential streets...
* NSW - Loose bricks prompt warning on load security
Milperra,NSW,Australia -ATN -September 17, 2013: -- New South Wales Police has issued a warning to the trucking industry on load security after officers pulled over a rigid tipper on the M5 with loose bricks on board... Highway patrol officers detected the truck travelling west at Milperra carrying building materials... The 48-year-old truck driver was ordered to secure the load and was issued with a court attendance notice for a severe load restraint breach... Meanwhile, an investigation is underway into the circumstances that led to a semi-trailer hitting a power pole before crashing into the front yard of a home in Springwood yesterday... The driver was not hurt and was taken to hospital for mandatory blood and urine samples. The man, woman and child inside the home were not hurt... The truck ruptured a gas main that caused a significant leak, resulting in the evacuation of two homes in the area. The gas main has been clamped and will be repaired today...
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