Tony McMullan

Diesel trucks at work in Sydney.

Low and zero emission trucks and road-user charging — again

About this time last year I detailed in this column, that in early 2020, just before the world and Australia was plunged into the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Transport Commission (NTC) undertook a review of heavy vehicle pay as you go (PAYGO) charging fees in Australia at the request of, the then named, Transport and Infrastructure Council within the Council of Australian Governments (COAG).
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Tony McMullan, Truck Industry Council CEO.

Working together for a national goal

In the Truck Industry Council (TIC) Prime Mover columns this year I have commented on the steps necessary for the road freight transport sector to achieve the zero emission targets set by Government by the critical dates of 2030 and 2050.
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TIC CEO Tony McMullan

TIC calls for regulatory changes to allow Super Single Tyres

The Truck Industry Council (TIC), the peak industry body representing truck manufacturers and importers in Australia, believes it is time for a change in thinking, calling upon State and Local Government Transport agency regulators to allow Super Single tyres on Australian trucks, to make them safer, more environmentally friendly and more productive.
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What’s better, near zero or nowhere near zero?

In last month’s column I left readers with the message that in terms of heavy vehicle freight decarbonisation “reality must meet ambition” and suggested for this hard-to-abate sector the Government acknowledge the need for a transition plan.
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TIC CEO Tony McMullan

Freight decarbonisation: reality meets ambition

Last year, prior to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27) the Albanese Government lodged with the UN, ambitious new emission targets as part of Australia’s obligation under the legally binding international treaty on Climate Change known throughout the world as the Paris Agreement.
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Tony McMullan, Truck Industry Council CEO.

A long time coming

For those with a long memory, back in late 2015, the then Abbott coalition government announced, with much fanfare, “a whole of government approach” to the introduction of new vehicle emission standards.
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