In 2025, the road transport industry in Australia stands at a transformative crossroads. The new transport legislation passed by the federal government has given us the power to fundamentally shift towards
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TWU recaps a powerful year of trucking reforms
As we draw close to the end of the year, it’s the time people start thinking about the year to come.
But it’s also useful to look at the year that’s been, to pause and look at where we’ve actually
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TWU welcomes major Australian truck driver reform laws
There has never been a more promising moment in time for the road transport industry in Australia.
After years of industry struggle, after too many lost lives and sunken business dreams, the transport
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TWU national secretary calls to make industry better
There are over 500,000 transport workers in Australia.
But we are all intrinsically and deeply connected to the transport industry. When lives are lost on our roads, they affect countless families and
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Let’s learn from history for our supply chain
During the pandemic Australia and the rest of the world saw the importance of the transport industry to keep things running.
Transport workers were busy making their way across closed borders and dealing
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The day has nearly come for Closing Loopholes
August 2024 is a month we’ll remember because it’s a month many in our industry have waited 20 years for.
Real transport reform is right in front of us when the Albanese Government’s Closing Loopholes
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International interest in TWU
Over the past month I’ve had the privilege of taking our recent wins and plans for safer and fairer road transport to the broader union movement—not just in Australia, but on the world stage.
The
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Creating sustainability in the gig economy
There’s no time to waste in creating safer, fairer jobs for transport workers. After transport reform passed the Australian Parliament in February, the industry has been hard at work with how we can
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Uniting the transport industry
OPINION: A safer, more viable industry has the upshot of attracting newcomers to get behind the wheel.
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The gig economy’s unwelcome intrusion into Australian road transport
OPINION: The gig economy is making dangerous inroads into Australia’s traditional road transport industry.
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