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Will a 20-metre truck make you more money?
The extra metre and the shift from concessional to general mass limits can remove a costly compromise. But the winner between prescriptive 20 metres, higher mass and PBS depends on what the freight task is paying for.
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The new ‘unfit to drive’ duty is now in force—what does it mean for operators?
Since 1 August 2026, the HVNL’s unfit-to-drive duty has applied to drivers of all heavy vehicles over 4.5 tonnes—not only fatigue-regulated vehicles—and Chain of Responsibility parties must not cause or encourage unsafe driving.
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The transport document many operators have never heard of – the Heavy Vehicle Industry Master Code
The Heavy Vehicle Industry Master Code is not legislation and creates no new duty. But it can help a court assess what was reasonably practicable after an alleged breach of the HVNL primary duty.
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The Master Code creates no new legal duties—but it could change how “reasonably practicable” is judged.
The revised Heavy Vehicle Industry Master Code creates no new legal duties, but its expanded, activity-based guidance could shape how courts assess whether transport businesses properly managed risk.
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AFTD Review: Industry Must Speak Up Before the Questions Are Written
With Australia’s medical fitness-to-drive standards under review and no draft rules yet written, operators, industry bodies, medical experts and other stakeholders have a rare chance to influence the questions policymakers ask before the answers are locked in. So far, the silence has been deafening.