* ACT - TWU using crashes for seemingly political gain
-- The Transport Workers’ Union has defended using crashes in its fight for safe rates. Transport and Infrastructure Minister Darren Chester said the TWU had used the crashes to further support the call for safe rates calling it “appalling” ... The Transport Workers’ Union has come under fire on social media and in parliament for highlighting recent crashes and saying they were related to safe rates... The post which shared an ABC story about the crash on the Augusta Hwy on Monday went onto say: “This comes as the Government prepares to abolish an independent body which can look at the pressures in trucking which lead to these types of tragedies”... In the House of Representatives yesterday Transport and Infrastructure Minister Darren Chester and other politicians said they were “appalled” with the TWU for using these crashes for seemingly political gain... This came as politicians debated whether to abolish the RSRT... Minister Chester went onto say at least one of the crashes the TWU was referring to was caused by a car pulling front of a truck, meanwhile another crash involved a truck that was carrying race cars, which would never have come under the order...
(Photo by Nicola Brander / Sunshine Coast Daily - Roadside Cross on Nambour- Mapleton Road, Mapleton) -- Canberra, ACT, Australia - Big Rigs - 19th Apr 2016
* New South Wales - Truck operators rejoicing
-- Owner-Operator truck drivers in western NSW are rejoicing after the Coalition government's bill to abolish the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT) passed both houses of Parliament on Monday night... Speaking on the bill in Parliament on Monday, federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton backed the abolition of the RSRT, following its recent pay order which would produce dire consequences for small truck operators right across Australia... Mr Coulton has faced criticism that by supporting the abolition of the RSRT he does not care about the safety of drivers in the trucking industry... The passage of The Road Safety Remuneration Repeal Bill 2016 sees the repeal of the Road Safety Remuneration Act 2012 and now allows the minister to make rules dealing with transitional matters... Transport Workers Union NSW Secretary, Michael Aird, said Malcolm Turnbull should hang his head in shame over his decision to put cheap politics ahead of safety on our roads and the safety of transport workers... But the Chief Executive of the Australian Trucking Association, Christopher Melham, said the decision would save thousands of small businesses...
Sydney, NSW, Australia - Western Advocates - April 20, 2016Labels: debates, minimum freight rates, rules and regulations, trucking industry news Australia
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