Deputy speaker casts deciding vote to sink the Opposition’s attempt to overturn a 10.4 percent increase to the diesel excise
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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 priorities
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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 million
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Truss gives Albanese ultimatum on truck charges
Opposition threatens disallowance motion against scheduled increases to FIRS and fuel charges unless the government reduces them
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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 excise
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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 truckers
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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 rates
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TWU courts crossbench support for safe rates
Union hits Canberra to woo MPs on safe rates, including holding a meeting with a sceptical Opposition
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Sterle challenges Truss on safe rates
Labor senator and former truck driver Glenn Sterle takes Warren Truss to task for rubbishing safe rates
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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 reform
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