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2005 Transporter
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Date of Article
Article Title
01
14th
January
2005 QTA Member Meetings/Event
Date Claimer
Appointment of NTC
Commissioners
ATA 2005 Owner Driver
& Small Fleet Representatives Elections
Award Variations –
Reminder
Lights on the Hill
– Memorial Convoy
On-Road Diesel Grant
Transition Next July 2006
Trial of the Energy
Efficiency Opportunities Assessment
Trialled Reintroduction
of L Plates
Update on Record Keeping
Policy – Log Book Review
Updates to the Queensland
Road Rules
02
25th
January
Australian Trucking
Association Convention – Newcastle – 2005
Chartered Institute
of Logistics & Transport
Importers Forum –
Mass Import Management Scheme (MIMS)
Logistics Training
Services Pty Ltd
QTA Membership Subscriptions
– Great Response
QTA Platinum Partner-
NTI
Refrigerated Trailer
Operators Information
Reminder – Mass Import
Management Scheme
Sea Freight Council
Releases Mismatch of Hours Report
Tendering for Government
Business Workshops
Transport Portfolios
Come Under Scrutiny
Type 2 Road Trains
for Alpha-Jericho Link
Women in Business Coaching
Scheme
Workplace Health &
Safety Tips
03
4th
February
Extracts from the Queensland
Minister for Transport & Main Roads, Hon. Paul Lucas
Federally funded
project will improve safety at Toowoomba Range Accident hotspot
Queensland L-Plate
Trial Starts 31st January 2005
Flinders Highway
Road widening continues between Julia Creek and Cloncurry
From the Queensland
Employment, Training & Industrial Relations Minister, Hon. Tom Barton
Abolition of Workplace
Registration Takes Effect
NHVAS Mass Management
& MIMS
Notice of Load Limit
Restrictions
Operating Costs
Small Business Accelerator
Program
Trucking Industry Road
Safety Performance Queensland – 2004
TruckSafe
TWUSuper Retirement
Planning Seminar
Waterfront Carriers
04
11 February
ATA Convention –
Early bird Registrations Close on Monday 28 February
Commonwealth Road and
Environment Ministers to consider Introduction of Euro 5 (ADR 80/02)
Effective Life (Depreciation)
Amendments to the Tax Act
Fatigue Code of Practice
– Update
Intelligent Access
Program – Release of Model Bill
Invitation -
Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport Careers Forum Luncheon
Ministerial Transport
Planning Advisory Group
Toowoomba Bypass Land
Acquisitions Proceed
Two-up Study – NTC
Seeking Additional Businesses to Participate
WorkCover Update
05
18 February
AusLink Development
Beattie government
Announces Queensland’s Largest Ever Road Project - $1.6B Gateway Upgrade
Chain of Responsibility
– Toowoomba
Chartered Institute
of Logistics & Transport Lunch – Paul Little, Guest Speaker
Invitation to a Public
Hearing Inquiry into Crashes involving Driver & Rider Fatigue
Logistics Training
Services Pty Ltd
New Recycling Facilities
to Collect Lost Used Engine Oil
NSW Compliance &
Enforcement Bill
Revised National Heavy
Vehicle Safety Action Plan Released
Skill Shortage Require
Industry Participation
06
25th
February
ATA Convention –
Newcastle 30th March – 3rd April “The Road
Ahead”
Australasian Railways
Association (ARA) Attack on Trucking Industry
Effective Life Measures
Passed by Parliament
Fatigue Review –
Record Keeping Project
Letter from Queensland
Motorways – Trial to remove Tolls at night for Registered Trucks on
Logan Motorway
QTA Represented at
Meeting with Federal Industrial Relations Minister, Kevin Andrews
Reminder – Chartered
Institute of Logistics & Transport Lunch
TruckSafe – Auditor
Contact
Wide Load Restrictions
– Newell Highway
Working Group to Discuss
Implementation of Euro 4 (ADR80/01)
07
16th
March
Apology to Readers
Arrangements for Port
of Brisbane – Easter & Anzac Day 2005
Australian Logistics
Council
Euro 5 – Industry
Seeks a Deferral
Industry Association’s
Meets NSW Minister
Industry Meets Commissioners
of NTC
Logistics Training
Services Pty Ltd (article with April Courses)
Mass Import Management
Scheme (Port of Brisbane) – Amendment
Meyrick and Associates
Engaged to Work on Truck Charges
NSW Fatigue Regulation
Released for Public Comment
NTC News
Pay Rates for Easter
and Anzac Day 2005
PBS – Regulatory
Framework & Draft RIS
Queensland Police –
Metro South Region – Traffic Consultative Committee Meeting
Removal of Tolls on
Logan and Gateway Motorways
Roads & traffic
Authority – ‘Operation Consultation’ Road Transport Seminar
Travel Restrictions
for Excess Dimensional Loads – Easter 2005
US – Australia Free
Trade Agreement – US Trucks and Parts
08
17th
March
Closure of F3 Freeway
at Mount White (Urgent Notice)
09
22nd
March
Annual General Meeting
– QTA Notice
10
24th
March
2nd Gateway
Bridge – News
Congratulations to
Wendy Erhart – Veuve Clicquot Business Women of the Year
Draft Guidelines for
Enforcement Powers Along the Chain of Responsibility
Export Infrastructure
Task Force Appointed
Importance of Lodging
WorkCover Claims
Important Road Safety
Message – From Port of Brisbane Corporation
Late News – Deputy
Prime Minister Suggests Tolls on the Pacific Highway
New Fatigue Management
Guide
Next Edition of the
Transporter News Brief
Senate Hearing –
Auslink Legislation
Superannuation for
the Transport Industry (Advertisement)
Workplace Health &
Safety Compliance Audits commence
11
7 April
200 Klm Local Area
Notice
ATA National Award
Winners
ATA Trucking Convention
– Another Success Story
Audit Targets ‘Falls
from Heights’ in Transport Industry
Brian Bertwistle wins
National Award
Logistics Training
Services Pty Ltd Have Moved Premises
Notice to all Port
Users – Closure of Port Drive, Fisherman Islands
Policy for Managing
Heavy Vehicles which exceed Regulation Dimensions by Construction
QTA Finalists at ATA
National Awards
Queensland Rural Trucking
Forum – Roma
Reminder – QTA’s
Annual General Meeting
TWUSuper Retirement
Planning Seminar
12
12th
April
Notice of 29th Annual
General Meeting of Queensland Trucking Association
13
21st
April
Advice from Queensland
Transport
Bruce highway – Isis
Highway Intersection Upgrade – Apple Tree Creek
Careers and Employment
Expo
Free chance to Learn
more about Superannuation Fund Choice
Freighter Maxi-cube
Queensland
From the Office of
Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations – Hon. Kevin
Andrews MP
How can you help Address
Skill Shortages in the Road Transport Industry?
Industry Operators
and Drivers Insulted by 60 Minutes Program – Channel 9
Launch of NTI Road
Safety Online
QTA Annual General
Meeting
Reminder – Logistics
Training Services Have Moved Premises
Statement on B-Double
Length Review by Tony Wilson, CEO National Transport Commission
Update on Record Keeping
Policy – Driver Diary
14
22nd
April
Policy for Managing
Heavy Vehicles which Exceed Regulation Dimensions by Construction –
Permits Expire 30th April 2005
15
5th
May
60 Minutes Fizzer
Auslink National Stakeholder
Forum
Court Fines Trucking
Company $40,000 Under the Workplace Health & Safety Act
CPI – March Quarter
Outcome
Federal Award Variation
– Transport Workers’ (Long Distance Drivers) Award 2000
Hitchcock Decision
Membership Network
– Our Most Valuable Asset
QTA Platinum partner
and Specialist Insurer (NTI) Challenges Industry
Queensland Government
Announces Significant Infrastructure Investment
Queensland WorkCover
Premium Rate Falls – But Not for Road Freight Transport
Transport Women Australia
Limited – Open Forum at CVIAQ Truck show
TWUSuper Retirement
Planning Seminar
Workplace Compensation
and Rehabilitation Act 2003
16
6th
May
26 Metre B-Doubles
in Queensland (Special News Brief)
17
12th
May
2005 QTA President’s
Profile – Introducing Tim Knowles
3rd Heavy
Vehicle Charges Determination
Community Misguided
on Pacific Upgrades
Federal Government
Budget’s Growth Outlook Good for Business but Pressure Remains on
Trucking
Immediate Past President,
Peter Thompson Delivers his Message to the Annual General Meeting on
19th April 2005
Independent Consultants
Complete Ipswich Motorway Northern Bypass Feasibility Study
QTA Active on behalf
of Members in Recent Industry Forums
Rail Continues to Target
Truck Charges
Record Fine for Transport
Company
Superannuation –
Make the Right Choice
Trucking Industry Acknowledges
the need for Management of Driving Hours
WorkCover – How do
Claims Impact my Premium?
18
24th
May
Additional Insurance
Requirements – Are you Award of This?
Cavalcade of Fun for
Grafton
Extracts from Statements
by Queensland Minister for Transport & Main Roads, Hon Paul Lucas
2005 Truck and Machinery
Show
Test Drilling Starts
along Tugun Bypass Route
Key Research Conference
Debates Transport Modes
New South Wales OH&S
Act
No Surprise – Queensland
Leads the Way
Notice to all Port
Users – Temporary Speed Limit Restrictions on Fisherman Islands
NTC Fatigue Code of
Practice
State IR Commission
Looks at Two-Up Driving
TruckSafe Annual Administration
Fee
Update on Federal Long
Distance Award – Allowances
19
31st
May
2005 QTA Platinum Partner
Golf Day
Choice of Superannuation
Fund
Freight Movement Recognised
as Priority for Main Roads Department
Funds Approved for
Investigation into Upgrade of Mains Road and Kessels Road Intersection
How will Federal IR
Reform Affect the Trucking Industry?
Maritime Security Identity
Cards
Ministers Receive Final
Report for Ipswich Motorway Northern Option Feasibility Study
NTC Announces Key Project
QTA Platinum Partner
National Transport Insurance (NTI) Slams NSW Government
Queensland State Budget
Super Update – Beware
of Funds Bearing Gifts
Technical Alert –
Brake Actuators
20
8th
June
2005 Platinum Partner
Golf Day
Extracts from Media
Releases by Queensland Transport & Main Roads Minister, Hon Paul
Lucas
Proposed $1.1B Ipswich
Motorway Upgrade
Queensland Considering
Cutting Edge Vehicle ID Technology
Federal Long Distance
Drivers Award – Living Away from Home Allowance
Industrial Relations
Alert – Federal Award Wages Increase
NTC Increases Registration
Charges
PM Releases Infrastructure
Report
QTA Freight Carriers
Meeting
QTA Member Moves into
Top Gear with Government Grant
Queensland State Budget
summary 2005-06
Release of Industry
Discussion Paper on Design of Fuel Tax Credit Legislation
21
27th
June
2005 QTA Platinum Partner
Golf Day – 4 Weeks to Go
ATA Technology Working
Group
Australian Transport
Council Communique
B-Double length –
Ministers Vote
CARRS-Q Project –
Motorists Behaviour at Level Crossings – Phase 2 Research with Heavy
Vehicle Drivers
Fatigue code of Practice
– Update
Fuel Tax Credit Reform
Ipswich Motorway –
Construction of New Bridge Over Woogaroo Creek
New Safety Education
Trailer Well Underway
NHVAS Fee Increase
Opportunity to Understand
the Impact of Euro 4/Euro 5 Engine Technology
Queensland Supply Chain
Conference
Security Net Tightens
In Australian Ports
Third Heavy Vehicle
Charges Determination
Transportation of Sugar
Cane to New South Wales Drought Areas
TruckSafe Database
to Benefit Members
22
5th
July
3rd Heavy
Vehicle Road Pricing Determination Plan English Interpretation
– Registration Charges
ATA Convention 2006
– Location, Location! Queensland
Australian Dangerous
Goods Code 7 Edition (Draft): Schedule of Information Sessions
Changes to Vehicle
Booking System at Port of Brisbane
Changing of the Guard
at Publishing Services Australia
Federal Opposition
Reshuffles Shadow Ministry
Industrial Relations
Update
Outcomes from Working
Group on Compulsory Insurance for Heavy Vehicles
Prime Minister Appoints
Queenslander as New Transport Minister
QTA Member goes Multi
Modal
Submission to Biofuels
Taskforce
Technical & Maintenance
Conference Takes Shape
TWUSuper Launches New,
Bigger Website
23
15th
July
26m B-Double Update
7th Australian
Dangerous Goods Code
Apple Tree Creek &
Bruce Highway – Roadwork
Latest Update from
South Australian Department for Transport, Energy & Infrastructure
(DTEI)
Local Roads Congress
Tax Depreciation Measures
Third Charges Determination
Transport Security
in the Spotlight Again
Trucking Industry Groups
Support Mass Limits Reform in NSW
Type 2 Road Train Access
to Kennedy Developmental Road
24
3rd
August
2006 Trucking Convention
Taking Shape
3rd Charges
Determination – Industry Unites
C & E Briefing
Sessions
Delays in VBS
Guidelines for Managing
HV Driver Fatigue
National Compliance
& Enforcement Project – Briefing Session Nomination Form
Notice to P&O Ports
Customers – Fisherman Islands
NTC Calls Mass Summit
QTA Platinum Partner
golf Day Results
Senate Inquiry into
Maritime Transport Security Legislation
TruckSafe Training
Module
25
3rd
August
3rd Heavy
Vehicle Road Pricing Determination – Impact Survey
26
16 August
1-STOP VBS Platform
Reminder
Consumer Price Index
Adjustment
Extract from Queensland
Transport & Main Roads Minister, Hon Paul Lucas
Upgrade set to improve
CQ freight access
Freight Week 2005
Go for the Gateway
Industry responds to
NTC on the proposed increases in Heavy Vehicle Registration Charges
Long Term Transport
Study for Western Bypass
NTC & ATA Acknowledge
Improving Truck Safety Record
QTA Annual Awards Night
& Gala Dinner
TruckSafe Board meets
in Canberra
Workers’ Compensation
Common Law Process
27
31st
August
NTC Third Charges (Registration)
Review
28
1st
September
Australian Dangerous
Goods Code 7th Edition Update
Charges will be Moderated,
Assure NTC
Compliance & Enforcement
Legislation
Cycle Queensland Goondiwindi
to Gold Coast 3rd – 11th September
Night Roadworks on
Port Drive
QTA Annual Awards Night
& Gala Dinner
Queensland Parliament
Set to Examine Fuel Pricing
Queensland Transport
RFIC Operational Subcommittee Update
TruckSafe Service Providers
29
9th
September
Compliance & enforcement
Legislation – Update NSW
Don’t get caught
giving super advice
P&O 1-Stop VBS
– Commencing 12 September 2005
Queensland Transport
Permit Extensions
Raising Axles
South Australia Safe-T-Cam
Sites fully operational as of September 2005
Trucking Industry Calls
for Customers to Share Fuel Burden
Update from Patrick
Worker’s Compensation
Rehabilitation Process
Workplace Health &
Safety Queensland – Work Safe Week
30
22nd
September
2005 QTA Annual Awards
Night & Gala Dinner – Reminder
Jury Service ‘Make-Up
Pay’ Qld Awards
Know your WorkCover
Responsibilities
National Drive for
Safety
Patricks New Truck
Entry Arrangements – Berth 7, 1st October 2005
Super Choice still
Unclear
Training to Reduce
Diesel Emissions
Update – Road Freight
Industry Council Meeting
31
28th
September
26 Metre B-Doubles
A Users Guide to TruckSafe
Audits
ATA Meets Coles Myer
on Chain of Responsibility
Dangerous Goods Driver
– Gas Tanker Drivers
Fuel Prices – Industry
Impact
Implementing Conditional
Excise Credits
Long Distance Award
– Progress in the Australian Industrial Relations Commission
Moving towards the
‘Intelligent Access’ of our Road Network
32
29th
September
Annual Dinner Reminder
33
13th
October
ATA Safety Consultative
Group
Chain of Responsibility
Legislation
Distribution Centres
& Warehouse urged to ensure Safety Standards are up to Scratch
Financial Planning
Seminars – Superannuation Fund Members
Fuel Schemes Advisory
Forum
Industrial Relations
Report – Federal Long Distance Award
Mandatory Eyewear –
Message from P&O Trans Australia
Media Statement by
Department of Agriculture – Government of WA
On Road Enforcement
Amnesty for Container Weight Declaration in NSW
Prime Minister Announces
New Workplace Relations Reform (incl. summary)
Queensland Trucking
Industry Supports decision by Qld Govt to sign Auslink Agreement
Retrofitting Seatbelts
34
18th
October
NTC Release Heavy Vehicle
Registration & Fuel Charge Regulatory Impact Statement
35
19th
October
2006 Australian Trucking
Convention – Gold Coast
ATA Briefs Industry
Groups on the Impact of Rising Registration Charges
Australian Tax Office
House of Representatives
Transport & Regional Services Committee Inquiry
Maritime Security Identification
Card – Who Pays?
QTA Awards Night
Queensland Government
Mini-Budget to be Released
Response to NTC Seat
and Belt Configuration Paper
Targeting Falls from
Heights in Transport
Want to Have Your Say
about Petrol Pricing?
36
28th
October
Trucking Industry Meets
Federal Transport Minister
Trucking Company Fined
Over Fatal Low Loader Incident
2006 ATA Convention
– RACQ Careflight
ATA Safety Consultative
Group
C&E Reform Project
– Industry Stakeholder Group
Queensland Transport
– Guideline Reviews
New Website Resource
on Alcohol and Work
2006 Australian Trucking
Convention – Gold Coast
QTA Participates in
Debate on Waterfront Chaos
37
14th
November
3rd Heavy
Vehicle Charges Determination RIS
4th Charges
Scoping Study Launched
Federal Opposition
Announces its Fuel Policy
High Fuel Prices still
a Hot Issue in Queensland
Consumer Price Index
for September Quarter 2005
Record Highs for Wage
Recoveries and Workplace Health & Safety Fines
AusLink Funding –
Higher Mass Limits
WorkChoices – Industrial
Relations Reform
Truck Trailer Combinations
– Registration Charges
26M B-Double Regs Ready
for Implementation
Trucking Industry to
Promote Safer Roads for All
Review of NHVAS Business
Rules – Draft Regulatory Impact Statement
Review of Rest Areas
& Needs of Heavy Vehicle Industry
Complying with the
Proposed NSW Fatigue Regulation
Complying with the
Energy Efficiency Opportunity (EEO) Bill 2005
Inaugural Meeting of
ATA Safety Consultative Group
38
16th
November
Online Transport Management,
Compliance & Training Program
39
24th
November
Industry Responds to
NTC’s Third Charges RIS
Ministers Consider
Third charges Regulatory Impact Statement
ATC Considers Higher
Mass Limits
26 Metre B-Doubles
in NSW
Queensland Transport
C&E Stakeholder Workshop
Lamington Bridge, Maryborough
Closed for 10 Nights
P&O Working Arrangements
for Christmas/New Year Period
Travel Restrictions
for Excess Dimensional Loads – Christmas 2005 Period
QTA Office Closure
– Christmas/New Year’s
40
25th
November
Further Information
on 26 Metre B-Doubles (Special Edition)
41
Heavy Vehicle Registration
Charges and Road User Charge – Where to from Here?
NTC Performance Based
Standards Policy Committee
Media Release Extracts
from Queensland Minister for Transport & Main Roads
26 Metre B-Doubles
Implemented in South Australia – 5th December 2005
NSW Speed Limiter Legislation
Rates of Pay for Christmas/Public
Holidays 2005/2006
NTC 4th
Heavy Vehicle Charges Determination Scoping Study Workshop
Media Release Extracts
from Federal Minister for Transport & Regional Services
QTA Meets Queensland
Main Roads & Queensland Transport on AusLink/HML
South Australia Road
Train Gazette Notice
Reminder – Travel
Restrictions for Excess Dimensional Loads – Christmas 2005 Period
42
5th
December
NSW Permits for FIRS
26M B-Doubles (Special Edition)
43
9th
December
Pressure still Critical
on Proposed Registration Charges
ATA CEO Tenders Resignation
NSW RTA Rest Areas
Forum Outcomes
NSW Fatigue Regulation
– Development of Compliance Material
Road Transport Best
Environmental Practice Guide – Member Contributions sought
Survey to review the
Effectiveness of Existing Heavy Vehicle Regulations
RFIC Update
Changes to the Fuel
Tax Act – Obligations of Trucking Businesses as of 1st
July 2006
2006 Public Holidays
(Queensland)
44
16th
December
New Director General
of Main Roads Appointed
Enforcement Strategy
for Container Weight Declarations – Drivers – Chain of Responsibility
in NSW
New Legislation to
Deliver Savings for Employers
Class Permit for Cranes
WorkChoices – Will
it Apply to You?
Federal Regulation
of Independent Contracting and Labour Hire
3rd Heavy
Vehicles Charges Determination
AusRAP Highway Survey
Austroads Report on
Chain of Responsibility Provisions
2005 Transporter
News Brief Articles