A Guide To Govt Funding Opportunities For HVIA Members
The Federal Government has several open opportunities for HVIA members to apply for grants and other funding options. The available options are for projects across multiple areas, including transport, road safety, innovation, and renewables and low-emissions technologies
VIC WorkCover Premiums Frozen In Landmark Deal
Victorian WorkCover premiums will be frozen for the 2024-25 financial year under a deal struck with the state’s Opposition to secure support for a Bill aimed at modernising and re-establishing the health of the “broken” scheme
NewVolt Reveals Charging Network Rollout Plan
Electric truck charging technology provider NewVolt has formally launched plans for the phased development of a network of truck charging hubs, powered by renewable energy, along Australia’s high-volume road freight corridors and at strategically critical industrial precincts
NSW Govt Unveils Net Zero Manufacturing Grants
The NSW Government has announced $275 million in grants under the Net Zero Manufacturing Initiative, to secure NSW as the place to develop and manufacture clean technology and create new jobs in the process
Automotive Skills Alliance’s Advisory Panel Gets to Work
The first meeting of the Mining and Automotive Skills Alliance’s Automotive Strategic Workforce Advisory Panel took place last week, bringing together members to discuss the latest industry research, projects, and initial Workforce Plan for 202
HVIA + Healthy Heads Formalise Cooperative Arrangement
Healthy Heads in Trucks and Sheds and HVIA have formalised their cooperative arrangement to extend the services and benefits to their respective memberships and stakeholders
Details Of New Driver Licensing Framework Revealed
Mandated minimum training and assessment times and experience-based progression options – plus enhanced governance standards for training providers – will be rolled out over the next two years under a new National Heavy Vehicle Driver Competency Framework
Smaller contractors get collective bargaining power
Transport unions, employer associations and operators have commended the passing of legislation that gives the Fair Work Commission the power to issue mandatory orders across the road transport contract chain covering rates and payment time
Renewable Hydrogen Hub Unveiled For North Queensland
The Federal Government has announced investment of up to $70 million to develop the Townsville Region Hydrogen Hub in North Queensland which will produce green hydrogen for use at a local critical mineral processing plant and in zero-emissions road freight transport
New Volvo Models Set For Local Production Mid-2024
The first of a new range of heavy-duty models unveiled this week in Sweden will start rolling off Volvo Trucks’ Wacol assembly line mid-2024
Qld Rejects Plan To Extend Electrical Licensing To EV’s
The Queensland Government has rejected a proposal to extend the electrical licensing framework to cover electric vehicle
Natroad Signs On As TruckShowX Strategic Partner
HVIA signs key strategic partnership with NatRoad for Australia’s biggest trucking industry decarbonisation event, TruckShowX 2024