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Will your whole combination clear the crossing? Heavy-vehicle operators warned about level-crossing stacking
A clear path for the cab is not enough. The NHVR and Queensland Rail warning puts the focus on whether the whole combination can cross without leaving a trailer over the tracks.
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Grounding a fleet: former NHVR prosecutions director questions how prohibition powers are being used
Former NHVR Director of Prosecutions Belinda Hughes raises questions about proportionality, procedural fairness, SMS expectations and the use of prohibition notices.
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From roadside stop to company audit: when does the NHVR look beyond the truck?
A truck is intercepted and a compliance problem is found. Does the matter end with the driver and vehicle — or can it lead the regulator back through the operator’s entire safety system? The NHVR has clarified where the roadside inspection ends and broader scrutiny of the business can begin.
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Let accreditation expire and the access benefit can stop with it
The transition from NHVAS to Heavy Vehicle Accreditation is not merely administrative. The NHVR says operators must stop using any HML, PBS, notice or permit arrangement that depends on accreditation if the required module expires.
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$674,000 in fines: Linq case shows what executive due diligence requires
Linq Buslines and two directors have been fined after admitted failures involving recruitment, health checks and responses to identified speeding risks.
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What is the Heavy Vehicle Accreditation scheme?
Heavy Vehicle Accreditation is the voluntary national framework introduced on 1 August 2026 for audited safety management and approved alternative compliance in maintenance, mass and fatigue.
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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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What is a heavy-vehicle Safety Management System?
A heavy-vehicle Safety Management System is the documented and operating system a business uses to identify, control, monitor and improve the safety risks created by its transport activities.
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What is ACA–Fatigue?
ACA–Fatigue is the HVA alternative compliance pathway for operators that need approved work and rest hours different from Standard Hours and can demonstrate effective fatigue-risk controls through an audited system.