Insight

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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Peter Anderson VTA CEO at Phillip Island.

Stars align for heavy vehicle reform

With the 2023 federal political year well underway and Treasurer Jim Chalmers laying the groundwork for his second budget in less than a year, it’s worth reflecting on the tremendous opportunities that exist for genuine heavy vehicle reform after years of delay.
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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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Peter Anderson.

Closures highlight value of infrastructure

Victorians – and particularly those living in and around Melbourne – have experienced some of the most prolific transport disruptions in recent memory over the summer period, with private and public infrastructure operators using what used to be the ‘quieter’ warmer months to undertake major maintenance works.
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Brace for 2023 economic headwinds

It’s terrific to be back writing in these pages and I look forward to engaging with readers over the year ahead on issues of interest to participants in our supply chains, and how, as an industry group, we can work to bring about positive change to benefit freight operators and suppliers.
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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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