1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (533+ words) Truckies are being asked to help identify South Australia’s most dangerous and deteriorated grain freight routes as Grain Producers SA (GPSA) relaunches its Worst Grain Roads campaign. The campaign invites road users across South Australia’s grain-growing regions to nominate roads…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (206+ words) The Victorian Department of Transport and Planning is seeking feedback on the proposed changes to the heavy vehicle driver licensing system. The proposed reforms aim to strengthen the competency, safety, and consistency of heavy vehicle driver licensing in Victoria. Five…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (109+ words) Australia’s next generation of low and zero-emission freight vehicles, charging infrastructure and alternative fuel technologies will be on show at the Alternative Fuel Summit 2026. “The transition to lower-emission freight transport is already underway, and this event gives operators the opportunity…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (352+ words) A South Australian father and son have been inducted into the Shell Rimula Wall of Fame, recognising a family transport legacy stretching back 50 years. Kym Roocke and his late father Jim Roocke were honoured at the Australian Festival of Transport…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (193+ words) A South Australian heavy vehicle operator has been issued with a prohibition notice, restricting the use of multiple heavy vehicles. South Australia Police (SAPOL) has revealed that significant compliance action was taken against the operator, which has not been named,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (330+ words) A shiny Mack Super-Liner driven by Steve Lamberth has the name “Diesel’s Dog” which stands out on the front. Naturally, I asked Steve what the explanation was. “I ran out of fuel early on when I started driving and the…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (202+ words) The Victorian Government has announced a $550 million boost for a major freeway upgrade in Melbourne’s outer west, building on the existing $1 billion commitment from the Federal Government. The money will go towards a major upgrade of the Western Freeway between…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (1088+ words) Australia’s transport industry will need to tackle safety, technology, energy, infrastructure, regulation and workforce challenges together if it is to successfully navigate the transition toward 2030. That was one of the key messages to emerge from TechDRIVE Connect Brisbane, held on…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (280+ words) On the way into Melbourne from Ballarat, Big Rigs pulled into an old favourite truck stop at Beaufort, the former legendary “Red Roo”, all modern and almost unrecognisable from the good old days though. And here we were fortunate to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (320+ words) For the past 16 years Lloyd Morgan has driven trucks around the road network on idyllic Palm Island, which is a water surrounded fortress off the mainland in North Queensland. When Big Rigs yarned to Lloyd, 63, he was driving an Iveco…...