Archive, Industry News Burke steps in to break impasse on fuel excise debate Deputy speaker casts deciding vote to sink the Opposition’s attempt to overturn a 10.4 percent increase to the diesel exciseRead More Staff WriterSeptember 18, 2012, 1:35 pmNovember 8, 2023
Archive, Industry News Truss on road trip to inform highway policies Opposition spokesman on transport plans to use four-day trip to guide the Coalition's national highway prioritiesRead More Staff WriterAugust 6, 2012, 10:59 amNovember 8, 2023
Archive, Industry News Fearing $27.9m fuel tax grab, truckers back Truss ALRTA backs Opposition call for changes to truck charges, claiming current proposal to increase excise will overcharge industry $27.9 millionRead More Staff WriterJune 26, 2012, 2:39 pmNovember 8, 2023
Archive, Industry News Truss gives Albanese ultimatum on truck charges Opposition threatens disallowance motion against scheduled increases to FIRS and fuel charges unless the government reduces themRead More Staff WriterJune 25, 2012, 2:20 pmNovember 8, 2023
Archive, Industry News WA and NT break ranks, as anger grows over fuel tax Western Australian and Northern Territory operators dodge a bullet on registration charges, as opposition mounts to increase in fuel exciseRead More Staff WriterApril 13, 2012, 12:53 pmNovember 8, 2023
Archive, Industry News Truss lets fly as Opposition refuses to support safe rates Nationals leader rubbishes safe rates tribunal, labelling it government payback for TWU support and a regulatory burden on truckersRead More Staff WriterMarch 1, 2012, 1:49 pmNovember 8, 2023
Archive, Industry News Rowland takes Truss to task over safe rates jibe Labor backbencher accuses Nationals leader Warren Truss of being "out-of-touch" and "highly misinformed" for disparaging safe ratesRead More Staff WriterNovember 24, 2011, 3:46 pmNovember 8, 2023
Archive, Industry News TWU courts crossbench support for safe rates Union hits Canberra to woo MPs on safe rates, including holding a meeting with a sceptical OppositionRead More Staff WriterNovember 4, 2011, 12:38 pmNovember 8, 2023
Archive, Industry News Sterle challenges Truss on safe rates Labor senator and former truck driver Glenn Sterle takes Warren Truss to task for rubbishing safe ratesRead More Staff WriterOctober 18, 2011, 2:48 pmNovember 8, 2023
Archive, Industry News No evidence to support safe rates: Truss Opposition hints it will not support safe rates, with Warren Truss saying there is no evidence to justify the reformRead More Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2011, 10:09 amNovember 8, 2023