On-site testing and vaccination needed to protect supply chain – AFR, 19 July 2021
Transport, retail workers want pop-up jab hubs and priority – AFR, 28 June 2021
Stage four restrictions ‘very poorly thought out’ – AFR, 6 August 2020
Transport, retail workers want pop-up jab hubs and priority – AFR, 6 August 2020
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The plans are in place, so let’s get to work – Infrastructure Magazine, 7 August 2020
Stage four restrictions ‘very poorly thought out’ – AFR, 6 August 2020
Supermarket deliveries at risk from stage four lockdown – AFR, 5 August 2020
The freight escape: Truckmaking and T&L avoid lockdowns – ATN, 4 August 2020
Industry bodies critique border control freight protocol approach – ATN, 30 July 2020
Border Protocols Welcomed – DCN, 24 July 2020
Government delivers national freight protocol – Prime Mover, 24 July 2020
Industry hails federal JobTrainer spending pledge – ATN, 16 July 2020
NT removes essential worker border exemption – ATN, 14 July 2020
Southern NSW border controls off to difficult start – Owner/Drive, 8 July 2020
‘Sledgehammer’: Business slams border closure – AFR, 6 July 2020
Amazon robotics fulfilment centre rising in Sydney’s west– ATN, 30 June 2020
Jobs shake-up forces rethink on skills – The Australian, 17 June 2020
Removal of regulatory impediments to supply chain welcome: ALC – Prime Mover Magazine, 15 June 2020
Peak bodies in Morrison deregulation ovation – ATN, 15 June 2020
ALC call for end to Inland Rail route delays – ATN, 12 June 2020
Industry calls for certainty on Inland Rail route – Rail Express, 11 June 2020
ALC welcomes QLD Govt extension on suspended delivery curfews – Prime Mover Magazine, 11 June 2020
Calls to suspend freight and logistic curfews to keep shelves stocked – MHD, 29 May 2020
Logistics group calls for permanent scrapping of curfews – Big Rigs, 28 May 2020
Curfew suspensions for freight should be permanent: ALC – Rail Express, 28 May 2020
Scrap trucking curfews for good says ALC – DCN, 28 May 2020
Major players united in help for truckies mental health – Big Rigs, 27 May 2020
Federal Government axes biosecurity levy designed to protect Australian farmers from pests and disease – ABC, 21 May 2020
Geoff Crouch to resign as ATA chair at week’s AGM – Big Rigs, 15 May 2020
SA road maintenance an Infrastructure Strategy focus – ATN, 14 May 2020
Rail logistics conference to take place in May 2021 – DCN, 12 May 2020
ARTC appoints new CEO – Trailer Magazine, 8 May 2020
ARTC appoints new CEO – Infrastructure Magazine, 5 May 2020
Rail entities oversee changing of the guard – ATN, 1 May 2020
Infrastructure Australia adds two projects to Priority List, rejects another – Infrastructure Magazine, 1 May 2020
Federal and Queensland Governments fast-track road projects – Infrastructure Magazine, 1 May 2020
AUS$125M rail port project to go ahead – Port Strategy, 30 April 2020
Government road safety focus acceleration – ATN, 29 April 2020
Business calls on national cabinet to smooth over state splits – Sydney Morning Herald, 28 April 2020
Industry welcomes added air freight support – The DCN, 17 April 2020
Linfox goes extra mile to meet unprecedented demand – Big Rigs, 16 April 2020
Linfox escalates recruitment, partners with authorities to supply essential equipment – Prime Mover Magazine, 15 April 2020
Coronavirus: Staff risk missing out on JobKeeper wage – The Australian, 8 April 2020
Byrne leads federal freight export recovery effort – ATN, 1 April 2020
Rest stops ordered to remain open during pandemic – ATN, 31 March 2020
Australia needs to look after our truck drivers – Big Rigs, 26 March 2020
Border crossing clarity as TIC backs trucking – ATN, 26 March 2020
Let freight get on its way: ALC – Prime Mover Magazine, 25 March 2020
Alarm rings at truck driver treatment during pandemic – Owner Driver, 26 March 2020
Freight continues as borders shut – Rail Express, 25 March 2020
Border entry pass waived for trucking industry – Industry Queensland – 27 March 2020
Coronavirus pandemic: Tamworth freight and trucking companies continue during pandemic – The Northern Daily Leader, 25 March 2020
States and NT put closed border exemptions together – ATN, 24 March 2020
Industry seeks clarity on status of rail freight – Rail Express, 24 March 2020
Essential service reassurance for freight transport – ATN, 23 March 2020
Supermarket curfews tumble in NSW, Victoria – Mirage News, 20 March 2020
Truckies can deliver to NSW supermarkets around the clock – Big Rigs, 20 March 2020
Buchholz praises T&L industry crisis response – ATN, 20 March 2020
Queensland Moves To Override Council Delivery Curfews – ATN, 18 March 2020
Supermarket Curfews Have Been Lifted – DieselNews.com.au
QLD leads way on lifting truck curfews to combat supply shortages – Prime Mover Magazine, 18 March 2020
Industry bodies and regulator offer advice on virus response – Owner Driver, 17 March 2020
Coronavirus puts paid to ATA Trucking Australia 2020 – ATN, 13 March 2020
Wheels in motion to lift council truck curfews – ATN, 13 March 2020
Government responds to pandemic with $17.6 billion stimulus package – Prime Mover Magazine, 12 March 2020
ALC wants truck curfews relaxed to ease panic buying, strengthen supply chain – Prime Mover Magazine, 12 March 2020
Trucking in line for Covid-19 financial relief – ATN, 12 March 2020
Virus causes ALC to postpone March forum in Sydney – Big Rigs, 11 March 2020
Retailers, transport companies call for delivery curfews to be lifted – The Australian, 12 March 2020
Online orders surge for meal kits, groceries, amid virus anxiety – AFR, 11 March 2020
A series of strategies for ALC to adopt were agreed upon at the Summit. These actions will aim to encourage and retain more women in the logistics industry, to widen the recruitment pool and help bring a new perspective to the industry were agreed upon at the Summit.
More than 120 people attended the Australian Logistics Industry Parliamentary Cocktail Party on 24 June 2015 to highlight the economic importance of the inland rail project.
In his welcome speech, ALC Chairman, Don Telford, told guests that building the inland rail line is a huge opportunity for Australia, and that rail simply has to make a greater contribution to meet Australia’s future freight task.
He said getting more freight on to rail would reduce pressure on our road infrastructure and improve the global competiveness of our exporters. It would also create new jobs, and transform our supply chains for generations to come. These key points were highlighted by many of Australia’s leading logistics companies in a joint letter to the Prime Minister which appeared in the Australian Financial Review on 2-3 May.
David Irwin, Director, Pacific National reiterated industry’s strong support for inland rail, and spoke about some of the economic benefits of linking Brisbane and Melbourne with a dedicated rail freight line. Asciano were signatories to the open letter to the Prime Minister encouraging the Government to invest in inland rail.
ALC was also pleased to launch a new video on inland rail which outlines how the project will stimulate supply chain efficiency and encourages all sides of politics to get behind this important transformative project.
ALC members and guests attended the Australian Logistics Industry Parliamentary Cocktail Party on 12 September 2016 to launch a video encouraging governments to work with industry on driving national productivity through supply chain efficiency and safety. Now is the Time to Get the Supply Chain Right, launched at the ALC Parliamentary Function at Parliament House in Canberra, features eight executives from Australia’s top logistics organisations discussing the economic and social benefits of safe and efficient supply chains.
Now is the Time to Get the Supply Chain Right features eight executives from Australia’s top logistics organisations discussing the economic and social benefits of safe and efficient supply chains.
ALC members, guests, and federal MPs and senators attended the Australian Logistics Industry Parliamentary Cocktail Party on 21 June 2017 to launch a new publication from ALC, Charting The Course For A National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy. The publication clearly sets out the freight logistics industry’s priorities and expectations for the types of investment and policy reform required to enhance national supply chain safety and efficiency, and is the second in a series of Working Papers ALC is producing to assist the development of the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy. The function also saw the launch of a video to support the second working paper.
The Australian Logistics Council has concluded the inaugural ALC Supply Chain Technology Summit by identifying a number of key industry priorities that should be pursued to more effectively use technology in supply chains to improve their efficiency and safety.
Held in Melbourne on Thursday 10 May, the Summit featured presentations by leading Australian and international technology researchers, regulatory and policy-making bodies, designers and providers of technology systems and industry participants representing all parts of the supply chain.
More than 120 Summit attendees explored a range of factors that affect the deployment of technology throughout our supply chains, including regulatory barriers and policy inconsistencies, cost issues, skills issues and shortages in the workforce and a lack of understanding about some of the opportunities that technology presents.
Selected photos of the Summit will be added to this page shortly.
