The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has announced a significant re-positioning to focus on advocacy, regulation and infrastructure, aimed at improving the efficiency of Australia’s Transport and Logistics (T&L) Freight Industry, which will support Australia’s economic recovery.
The ALC has moved its headquarters to Canberra and appointed Michael Kilgariff as the new Canberra-based CEO.
The ALC is the umbrella body for Australia’s Transport and Logistics (T&L) Freight Industry representing Australia’s road, rail, sea and air logistics providers.
The Council exists to lead improvements in the efficient delivery of Australian domestic and international logistics.
“A key strategic objective for the Australian Logistics Council is high level advocacy on infrastructure and regulation issues”, says Ivan Backman, ALC Chairman.
“The ALC’s presence in Canberra is a signal to Governments around the country that the logistics industry is determined to play a larger role in the great microeconomic reform debates in the years ahead.”
The ALC fully supports the Council of Australian Governments (CoAG) plan to put in place a seamless national economy — an outcome the July 2009 CoAG meeting said would ‘lift national productivity and allow transport operators to get products onto supermarkets shelves and our exports to market at the lowest cost’.
“The Transport and Logistics Industry is a critical part of the Australian economy, generating 14.5% of Australia’s GDP and providing more than 1 million jobs across 165,000 companies," Backman says.
“The ALC National Strategy for the Transport and Logistics Freight Industry - Enhancing Australia’s Supply Chains 2008-2015, estimates that every 1% increase in efficiency will save Australia around $1.5 billion.
"This will only rise as the freight task is expected to double by 2020.
“Our new CEO, Michael Kilgariff, comes from a highly relevant role in the energy industry with experience in dealing with national and cross-border regulatory issues, involving diverse views across a large number of stakeholders.
“Michael Kilgariff will lead our new focus on inconsistent regulation between jurisdictions and red tape which adds considerable and unnecessary costs to consumers and exports,” Mr Backman says.
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