LRTAQ appoints new president and committee members

The Livestock and Rural Transporters Association of Queensland (LRTAQ) has revealed the decisions made at its recent AGM on the Gold Coast, with a new president appointed.

Following the association’s 44^th AGM, Jarod Seiler of Seiler’s Transport was elected as the LRTAQ’s new president.

Jarod was born and raised in Kingaroy and has been involved in the livestock transport industry for most of his life, with his parents starting Seiler’s Transport in 1990. After spending several years working in the Northern Territory, he returned to the family business in 2002, with him and his wife Donna buying 50 per cent of the business in 2006.

In 2022, the pair fully acquired the operator, running a fleet of 19 trucks transporting pigs and cattle across Queensland and northern NSW.

“I am both honoured and privileged to have been nominated and elected by my industry colleagues to serve as your next president of the LRTAQ,” he says.

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The LRTAQ has extended its thanks to outgoing president Gerard Johnson for his hard work, with Gerard now transitioning to president of the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association (ALRTA).

The LRTAQ also appointed new committee members in Tim Pratt from Pratt Cattle Transport and Travis Oliver from Oliver Livestock Transport.

Percy Clarke of Curley Cattle Transport was thanked as the outgoing committee member for the association.

The LRTAQ focused on five key issues at its AGM, including:

1. Clarification and resolution of the S10 laden axle and total mass weight regulations.
2. Collaboration with state and local governments to identify and implement an effluent dump point in SEQ, utilising the ALRTA funding allocated for this purpose.
3. Enhancing driver safety through the design and implementation of cross loaders at key road train breakdown points.
4. Advocating for increased access for high productivity vehicles from farm gate to market.
5. Staying proactive and involved in upcoming reviews for animal welfare and the Land Transport Standards.

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