New look NTC website

It would be unjust to describe the redesign of the National Transport Commission’s website as a  case of rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, but there is a hint of the repackaging of the same old stuff and disguising the glacial movement in transport industry reform.

New fatigue rules welcomed

The National Transport Commission (NTC) has announced their welcome for the commencement of new heavy vehicle driver fatigue laws in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

PBS map published

The National Transport Commission (NTC) has, finally, published the initial maps provided by states and territories. of the road network available to the different class of PBS vehicles.

Call to deliver transport industry reforms

The ATA has argued the National Transport Commission (NTC) should stop work on its climate change strategy and focus on delivering transport industry reforms in a submission in response to the NTC’s discussion paper Freight Transport in a Carbon Constrained Economy.

Greg Martin confirmed as NTC Chairman

The National Transport Commission (NTC) has confirmed that the Australian Transport Council has appointed Greg Martin as Chairman and Frank Muller as Member of the Commission.

Safe Payments

The National Transport Commission (NTC) was requested by federal, state and territory transport ministers on July 25th 2008 to undertake a review into safe payments. The scope statement for this project is available on the NTC Website

NTC Inquiry into Driver Remuneration

The Australian Government has announced that the National Transport Commission (NTC) will investigate and report on driver remuneration and payment methods in the Australian trucking industry and make recommendations for reform.

Cutting carbon emissions can reduce freight transport costs

Effective action to cut freight transport greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can also reduce business costs concludes a National Transport Commission (NTC) discussion paper, Freight transport in a carbon constrained economy.

PBS Demonstration Day

Recently, an event was organised by the ATA and DECA to demonstrate high productivity trucks and their ability to travel safely on our roads to representatives of the Department of Transport and members of the productivity team at the National Transport Commission.

ATA welcomes Deegan

The ATA has welcomed the appointment of Michael Deegan as the Australian Government’s first Infrastructure Coordinator. Deegan will run the day to day operations of Infrastructure Australia and will assist the Infrastructure Australia Advisory Council, which is chaired by Sir Rod Eddington.