The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has released a major case study revealing the impact of inconsistent regulation on Australia’s Transport & Logistics (T&L) industry.
16/02/2009
The Australian Government will spend $4.5 million to prepare the regulatory impact statements for its major transport reforms, including its plan for a single national regulator for the trucking industry.
15/09/2008
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 Industry.
07/09/2009
NSW Ports Minister Joe Tripodi has called for greater emphasis to be placed on strategic maritime issues, ports and port landside links.
01/06/2009
The national regulation of heavy vehicles is the most overdue transport reform since Bob Hawke established the National Road Transport Commission in 1991 says Transport Minister.
09/06/2008
The Australian Logistics Council has welcomed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s committment to conduct a major overhaul of PPP regulations.
13/02/2008
Priorities identified by the 2020 Summit include recommendations that clearly reinforce those in the ALC's National Strategy for the T&L Freight Industry.
22/04/2008
The draft report of the Garnaut Climate Change Review confirms that every trucking company must have a system to pass increases in the cost of fuel on to their customers says the Australian Trucking Association (ATA).
08/07/2008
The decision by the Prime Minister and Premiers in Darwin to create single national regulators for heavy vehicles and for maritime transport is nothing short of historic according to the ALC.
06/07/2009
The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has urged the Council of Australian Governments (CoAG) meeting to act on the National Transport Policy and Regulatory Reform recommendations from the Australian Transport Council (ATC).
09/12/2009
The first meeting of the newly established Freight and Logistics Council of Western Australia was held recently in Fremantle.
06/04/2009
Within the next few months, the ALC’s national office will relocate from South East Queensland to Canberra or Sydney.
18/05/2009
Sydney Ports expects an immediate improvement from stevedores following poor performances at Port Botany.
02/11/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Logistics Council (ALC) has announced key speakers for the ALC Annual Forum 2010 which will be held in Sydney on 3 March.
08/02/2010
The market for carbon is predicted to hit US$100 billion by 2010, making it the world's largest commodity, says Carbon Planet.
14/04/2008
The Productivity Commission has called on state and territory governments to do more to eliminate inconsistencies in their road transport regulations.
08/01/2008
The Minister for Infrastructure and Local Government, Anthony Albanese, last week introduced his Infrastructure Australia Bill into Parliament.
25/02/2008
The Australian Dangerous Goods Code should be available on the internet for free, says the Australian Trucking Association.
19/05/2008
The Australian Road Train Association (ARTA) is delighted with the decision of the Queensland government to formally acknowledge ‘BAB Quads’ as an “As of Right” vehicle in Queensland on designated routes.
15/10/2008
Retailers are bracing themselves for a change of government at the forthcoming Federal election with 70% expecting Labor to end the Coalition Government's term of office
02/10/2007