Great stories from the show – Apprentice’s heavy lifting
Originally published in Star Weekly (Wyndham City, Victoria) Werribee’s James Greig showed his mettle at the recent Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia National Apprentice Challenge. The heavy vehicle apprentice and teammate Brett Holland clinched first place at the national challenge last […]
Nominations are now open for the 2019 HVIA Awards.
The suite of leadership and innovation awards acknowledge and celebrate the Australian heavy vehicle industry’s capacity to provide innovative solutions for the road transport task. The awards are open to HVIA member companies and their employees, across Australia. Full details of […]
Putting heads together to reduce truck fires
The NHVR will release a series of industry bulletins following the first heavy vehicle fire roundtable meeting in Brisbane last week. Executive Director, Safety Standards and Assurance Geoff Casey said the roundtable, which brought together leading forensic fire investigators, Fire […]
Jump in PBS approvals
NHVR CEO Sal Petroccitto says the latest report into PBS approvals demonstrates the success of Australia’s world-leading PBS scheme. “In 2017, 17 per cent of relevant new heavy vehicles were PBS approved, in 2018 we saw that increase to 20 […]
BTS19: In it for the long haul
The Brisbane Truck Show has played an important role for the trucking industry and its people for over 50 years. From humble beginnings in 1968, with just 21 exhibitors, it has grown bigger and bigger to become a central meeting […]
Jobs Hub Ambassadors do heavy vehicle industry proud
We invited ambassadors from various sectors of the heavy vehicle industry to share the stories of their fascinating and diverse career paths. Hundreds of school students enjoyed listening to their stories as they considered their own future on the schools […]
Industry unites to deliver Brisbane Truck Show success
The 2019 Brisbane Truck Show wound up on Sunday afternoon with an almost ten percent increase in patronage through the doors of the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. HVIA Chief Executive Todd Hacking was full of praise for the support […]
Southern Region take out Apprentice Challenge
The HVIA National Apprentice Challenge delivered a fierce and worthy final following three days of closely fought heats. The competition has been running across the four days of the 2019 Brisbane Truck Show. In the end the Southern Zone team […]
BTS19: Seen around the show
Australian cricket legend & McGrath Foundation Chairman Glenn McGrath, was a keynote speaker at the NatRoad Conference. He was disappointed to have to leave Brisbane before the show started so was given a quick hi-vis worksite tour by HVIA’s Todd […]
Trucks in the heart of the city!
Check out the fantastic Queen St Mall activation featuring Mercedes-Benz, Fuso Trucks and Freightliner Australia, thanks to Daimler Truck and Bus Australia Pacific. See the Facebook post here
Don’t miss this chance to be counted
The Brisbane Truck Show was launched by the Hon Mark Bailey MP, Minister for Transport and Main Roads, following the official opening breakfast. Guests also heard from Charles Perrottet, representing Platinum Partner BP Australia, and HVIA President John Drake. The […]
HVIA-ATA Parliamentary Friends collaboration
HVIA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) committing to work together on key policy issues. The partnership was signed off by ATA chair Geoff Crouch and HVIA chair John Drake at the Official Opening breakfast of […]