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Big Trucker is watching you

A measured approach on the motorway.

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The world has a big problem with its most important fuel
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The world has a big problem with its most important fuel

Diesel powers the global economy but the world is running low on it. And fears are growing about what the future holds.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
‘Stuff of nightmares’:Truckie who killed two-year-old girl in Calder Freeway pile-up jailed

‘Stuff of nightmares’:Truckie who killed two-year-old girl in Calder Freeway pile-up jailed

A judge said his court was filled with a sea of people damaged by the actions of Matthew John Livingston,who careered into the back of the family’s car.

  • byErin Pearson
Trucks stuck in tunnels face deregistration after tunnel chaos prompts crackdown

Trucks stuck in tunnels face deregistration after tunnel chaos prompts crackdown

Overheight trucks stuck in tunnels would be referred for deregistration under a proposed crackdown prompted by the Harbour Tunnel being blocked three times in two days.

  • byMichael Koziol
Driver charged after video shows near-fatal crash on WA highway

Driver charged after video shows near-fatal crash on WA highway

A driver has been charged after footage released online captured a breathtaking near-collision between a road train and a car on a highway east of Perth.

  • byAlex Condon
Fuel that powers the global economy is flashing recession signs

Fuel that powers the global economy is flashing recession signs

Demand for the heavy-machinery fuel that powers everything from commercial trucking fleets to construction equipment is weakening in many of the world’s largest economies.

  • byBloomberg News
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West Gate Tunnel heavy truck detour a ‘recipe for disaster’ in Docklands

West Gate Tunnel heavy truck detour a ‘recipe for disaster’ in Docklands

Freight operators say directing A-Double and Super B-Double trucks along busy,narrow streets while Wurundjeri Way is closed for works could endanger lives.

  • byPatrick Hatch
Gary’s truck accident left him in a wheelchair. Twenty years later,the same happened to his son

Gary’s truck accident left him in a wheelchair. Twenty years later,the same happened to his son

Father and son Gary and AJ are proof that lightning can strike the same family twice. But they want their story to serve as a warning about the safety of workers on the road.

  • byNell Geraets
‘Knife edge’:Trucking operators pushed to the brink,transport leaders warn

‘Knife edge’:Trucking operators pushed to the brink,transport leaders warn

Scott’s may not be the only transport network to fold,with operators forced to absorb ongoing cost increases including fuel,tolls,maintenance and wages.

  • byJessica Yun
Supermarket shelves to stay stocked,for now,as Scott’s scrambles for new buyer

Supermarket shelves to stay stocked,for now,as Scott’s scrambles for new buyer

Supermarket giants have promised there won’t be any bare supermarket shelves after the nation’s largest cold chain refrigeration logistics company collapsed.

  • byJessica Yun
‘We gave up our jobs to become a trucking family’:Making a life on the road

‘We gave up our jobs to become a trucking family’:Making a life on the road

These couples gave up their jobs in the pandemic to spend days on the road together driving a truck. They’re seeing Australia and earning money to do it.

  • byCarmen Forward