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WORKING CLASS MACK

IT’S A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN – Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes and a truck brand with a reputation for being as tough as nails.

Barnes already had a connection with Mack Trucks Australia, supplying a pared-back version of his hit song ‘Working Class Man’ for the Mack Trucks video ‘Driving Australia Forward’.

But this new collaboration was something else; a charity-raising project to help drought stricken farmers in the worst affected areas of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

And the centrepiece of this project? A brand new Mack Super-Liner,.

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