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RSRT Hears Industry Views On Safe Rates Order; No Opposition To TWU Application

April 18

TWU MEDIA RELEASE, 18 April 2016

The Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal has heard the views of the transport industry on a TWU application to alter the Order on minimum safe rates for owner drivers. The Tribunal will make two draft Orders on the application, which was not opposed by employers’ groups.
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More Carnage On Our Roads, But Still No Answers - Turnbull Must Front Victims And Explain Why He's Winding Back Safe Rates

April 16

TWU MEDIA RELEASE, 16 April 2016

TWU National Secretary Tony Sheldon today called on Malcolm Turnbull and Michaelia Cash to meet with victims of Australia’s truck safety crisis to explain why they are trying to abolish a tribunal set up to stop the carnage.
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Horror Crash Highlights Need To Address Crisis In Trucking

April 16

TWU MEDIA RELEASE, 16 April 2016

Two men and a woman have been killed and another woman injured after a horror truck crash near Ballarat, Victoria, highlighting the need for a solution to the crisis in trucking.
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TWU Files Application To Address Concerns On Safe Rates Order

April 14

TWU MEDIA RELEASE, 14 April 2016

The Transport Workers’ Union has filed an application at the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal today seeking to defer an Order on safe minimum rates for truck drivers while outstanding issues are addressed.
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Truck Drivers Appeal To Turnbull Not To Abolish The Road Safety Tribunal

April 13

TWU MEDIA RELEASE, 14 April 2016

Truck drivers and their families from across transport sectors appealed to Malcolm Turnbull today not to abolish the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal because it is the only body which can save lives in an industry with the highest workplace fatalities.
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TWU Slams Turnbull Over Plans To Abolish Road Safety Watchdog

April 10

TWU MEDIA RELEASE, 10 April 2016

The Transport Workers’ Union has slammed Malcolm Turnbull over his announcement today that he intends to abolish the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal, on the eve of the Government’s own consultation process on the tribunal.