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Rail operators put a price on freight shift: how TRACK will test taxpayer value per TEU
Rail operators will nominate the subsidy they need for additional freight under the Commonwealth’s $26 million TRACK round. WWTG examines the harder question: what will taxpayers actually buy for each TEU shifted and litre of diesel saved?
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Qantas freight strike puts parcel and time-critical supply chains to the test
Qantas Freight and Australia Post are activating contingency plans ahead of 24-hour industrial action by ground and freight workers, with medical and time-critical freight to be prioritised.
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Queensland freight plan sets 70 actions, with rail rebates and NAAS rollout among the first moves
Queensland’s new five-year freight plan sets 70 actions, including a three-year rail-container rebate, heavy-vehicle access reform and a State of Freight Snapshot.
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$26m to take freight off the road: how Australia’s new rail freight subsidy works
The Commonwealth is offering rail operators up to $26 million to shift existing road freight onto rail. The scheme is also testing something bigger: whether per-container incentive payments can rapidly change how Australian freight moves.
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Workers at eight freight companies begin coordinated stoppages, unions say
Transport unions say coordinated stoppages have begun at eight freight companies, while depot-level participation, employer responses and service impacts remain unclear.
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Cootamundra–Albury rail line to close for 96 hours during Inland Rail works
Rail services between Cootamundra and Albury will be suspended from 11 to 15 September for Inland Rail works, but individual freight-service impacts have not been published.
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Auditor finds 48% of Victoria’s state roads in poor condition as freight task grows
Victoria’s Auditor-General found 48% of state roads were poor or very poor by remaining useful life in 2024 as defects outpaced repairs and freight volumes grew.
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Cane truck compliance improves — but the NHVR figures need an important qualification
Queensland cane-haulage non-compliance fell to 27% in the NHVR’s 2026 Operation Humidity, but last year’s comparison operation covered Far North Queensland rather than the same statewide footprint.
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$9.3m rest-area funding spans four states—but published project list leaves key driver details unclear
At least 17 heavy-vehicle rest-area sites are planned across four states with $9.31 million in federal funding, but the published project list leaves many practical details about delivery, parking capacity and amenities unclear.
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Queensland opens NAAS preview ahead of major low-loader access change
Queensland low-loader operators can now test the National Automated Access System ahead of a November rollout that will make automated vehicle-specific access the default pathway for many eligible movements.