Looking down the barrel
Jun 09, 2019
3 minutes
Michael Kaine
THE EMERGING CONSENSUS across the transport industry on the need for reform in our industry is being shaped in no small part by the huge looming threats that dot the future horizon.
Transport in Australia is already an industry under pressure. Margins are tight with powerful clients at the top exerting an undue influence, dictating continually lower contract prices. Over 2,300 transport businesses became insolvent over the past six years, taking with them thousands of jobs and livelihoods. Safety gets caught in the crossfire with almost 2,000 people dying in truck crashes in
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