Through our research, we’ve identified some risk factors for truck drivers: – The poor pay for doing the most dangerous job in the country bar none.– Poor facilities for truck drivers including the poor or lack of things like clean … Read More

The biggest factor in the truck driver shortage that we have here in Australia is the way truck drivers are treated in general, and in a lot of cases it’s badly. Many employers treat them as a necessary evil and … Read More

The Australian Institute of Petroleum said the national average for petrol prices rose by a further 1.4 cents to 179.6 cents per litre in the past week. But cities like Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane are paying well over 180 … Read More

Introducing our Fuel levy, we wanted to update you with some changes we are making. Due to the current increases in fuel cost, we are introducing a fuel levy on our platform.  This is an additional charge to customers across … Read More

Despite the data-capture challenges, it’s important to understand the ratio of short- versus long-haul kilometres travelled; how carriers define, calculate and apply fuel levies; and why poorly calculated surcharges can increase your freight rates by up to 20 percent. In … Read More

Most Australian ground transport operators/carriers levy fuel surcharges on shippers’ freight charges. These controversial surcharges are largely misunderstood, with good reason: Most carriers do not differentiate between short- and long-haul service when providing fuel cost estimates as a percent of … Read More

Fuel excise is a flat sales tax levied by the Australian Government on petrol and diesel bought at the bowser. The current rate is 44.2 cents in excise for every litre of fuel purchased. This rate is adjusted from time … Read More