VicRoads Takes Legal Action against Controversial Transport Giant
Adding to their recent woes, Cootes Transportation and its parent company McAleese are facing a fresh set of problems, this time as VicRoads initiates legal action against the unsettled company. Following the torrent of inspections that Victorian road authorities rained down on McAleese’s subsidiary, Cootes Transport recently, VicRoads are now initiating legal action which could […]
REVIEW CALLS FOR PENALTY RISES UNDER NATIONAL LAW
The fraught process of harmonising trucking penalties has reached a watershed with the release of the National Transport Commission’s (NTC) Heavy Vehicle National Law Penalties Framework Review Final Report. For instance, the NTC had recommended that the penalty for driving while fatigued rise from $6,000 to $15,000, to align with a critical work and rest-hours […]
Heavy Vehicle Report 2014
SOME OF THE NTC RECOMMENDATIONS This report summarises the preliminary analysis the NTC provided as part of the targeted consultation process and feedback received from governments and industry through the targeted and public consultation processes. The recommendations in this report are based on this feedback and generally propose targeted, incremental improvements to the existing HVNL […]
Chain of Responsibility Laws to Gain more Muscle
Work for NTC and NHVR as stakeholders seek wider coverage and Ministers back taskforce report National Chain of Responsibility (COR) laws in trucking will be strengthened but further work must be done on what that entails as well as its extension to heavy vehicle maintenance and executive officer liability. The Chain of Responsibility Review Taskforce […]
A Legal Case That Will
A Legal Case That Will:”form the basis for future legal approaches in the trucking industry”. The ATN website posted this article recently about an interesting legal case to be heard in Canberra, relating to the death by electric shock of a construction company worker who was also a truck driver. Subsequently the employing company Kenross […]
NSW authorities target DCs to enforce load restraint
NSW Police says load restraint is a “serious issue” for industry after DC inspection reveals unsecured loads Authorities in New South Wales have turned their attention to inspecting distribution centres as part of the annual Operation Austrans initiative currently underway. The Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) and officers from NSW Police expanded their inspections of […]