Podcasts about truckies

Iranian state media is reporting that Tehran has launched drones against US military vessels.It comes after Iran's highest operational command unit described the seizing of an Iranian flagged cargo ship by US forces as a violation of the ceasefire... promising to retaliate.Washington says it attacked and seized the ship as it attempted to get past its blockade of Iranian ports.Further peace talks between the US and Iran are scheduled to take place later today but Iranian state media is reporting Tehran wont attend.The Fair Work Commission has handed down a landmark order that will require large companies like Coles, Woolworths and Amazon to conduct reviews of fuel prices with their outsourced truck drivers and transport companies.The measure is the first of its kind under new laws brought into help transport operators dealing with the soaring price of fuel, amid the Middle East war.The Transport Workers Union says the order is "historic".and former Australian Rules footballer Barry Cable has been found not guilty of abusing a girl in the 19-60s.The 82-year-old faced trial in the W-A District Court last month, accused of sexual offences against a child who was aged nine or 10 at the time.The alleged victim told the court Mr Cable abused her in his home.Judge Michael Bowden found the 82-year-old not guilty of all charges.If this story has raised concerns for you can call 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732)Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode.For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen.

Iran's deputy foreign minister says there's no plan for a second round of negotiations with the US for now.He says the US has shown it's "not serious" about pursuing the diplomatic process and has accused Washington of committing "aggressive acts". It comes after Washington seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman. Iran's highest operational command unit says the seizure is in violation of the two-week ceasefire.Washington says it attacked and seized the ship as it attempted to get past its blockade of Iranian ports.Authorities in Japan say a magnitude 7-point-5 earthquake has struck off the northeastern coast of the country. They're urging residents to stay away from coastal areas, where tsunami waves up to 3 metres high are expected. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says the government has set up an emergency task force and is urging citizens in the affected areas to evacuate to safety.and the Fair Work Commission has handed down a landmark order that will require large companies like Coles, Woolworths and Amazon to conduct reviews of fuel prices with their outsourced truck drivers and transport companies. The measure is the first of its kind under new laws brought into help transport operators dealing with the soaring price of fuel, amid the Middle East war. The Transport Workers Union says the order is "historic". Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode.For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen.

CEO of the National Road Transport Association, Warren Clark, joined Ben Davis on 4BC Breakfast to warn that 70% of transport businesses may shut down within six months due to the ongoing fuel crisis. While the government promised urgent financial relief two weeks ago, bureaucratic delays mean truck drivers cannot access the funds they desperately need to keep the country's supply chains moving.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The fuel excise, currently sitting at 52.6 cents per litre, will be halved for three months as of Wednesday. Treasury estimates it will reduce the cost of a 65-litre tank by roughly $19. - 現在、1リットルあたり52.6セントの燃料税は、水曜日から3ヵ月間、半分に引き下げられます。財務省の試算では、65リットルの給油で、およそ19ドルの節約になるということです。

Truckies stuck waiting for diesel as fuel supply constraints continue across regional Australia, SA the only state to record an increase in the latest farmer confidence survey, and cost of PVC pipes for irrigation to rise amid disruptions caused by the Middle East conflict.

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers warns of higher inflation for longer. US President Donald Trump suggests new talks between the US and Iran are progressing, and that sent the local ASX higher Why truckies are loving Tesla’s new electric semi-trailer Rio Tinto receives a $2 billion subsidy to keep an aluminium smelter in Queensland operating Western Sydney airport sells its first tickets Join our free daily newsletter here. And don’t miss the latest episode of How Do They Afford That? - this week: the middle-class money trap. Get the episode from APPLE, SPOTIFY, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.Find out more: https://fearandgreed.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thursday 26 March 2026 The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson. Chalmers’ inflation warning Trump suggests Iran talks are progressing ASX adds $55b Rio Tinto’s $2b subsidy Truckies loving Tesla’s semi-trailer Hit follow on the podcast so you don’t miss the latest news. Join our free daily newsletter here. And don’t miss the latest episode of How Do They Afford That? - this week: the middle-class money trap. Get the episode from APPLE, SPOTIFY, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.Support the show: http://fearandgreed.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amid growing concerns over Australia's fuel security, Energy Minister Chris Bowen has downplayed shortage fears by pointing to stable reserves and suggesting citizens work from home. However, transport workers are slamming this response as completely out of touch, arguing that "panic buying" is a myth and that essential supply chain workers cannot simply log in from the couch.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the face of it, this coastal shipping decision from James Meager seems like an odd one. It's a win for truckies, like it or not, we're about to get 500 extra trucks filled with 15,000 tonnes of bulk cement on the road each month. But it's bad for coastal shipping, even though the Minister says it's actually good for coastal shipping. Let me explain. There's a cement company that wants to ship its product round the country, but its current ship is old and buggered. So a new one is coming to the rescue, but in the meantime, they've sorted a temporary ship for three years to fill the gap. Well, they did. Until the Minister, James Meager (Assoc. Transport) stepped in and said Nah. You can't operate that vessel here because its foreign-flagged ship. Meager says he's simply following the law. The vast majority of goods being moved around the country from local ports are on kiwi boats with kiwi crew, making sure we have kiwi jobs etc. All very well and good. Except there's apparently no alterative for the cement guys, Holcim, so they're forced to send everything by road for three years. And here's the bit that's worrying (aside form the fact we're loading the roads up with more heavy trucks that in many places they clearly can't handle). Holcim reckons this decision will cost it of millions of dollars. And once you sink that investment into freight by road, there will come a time when returning to shipping becomes unviable. So the cement stays on the road. So in this case, three years with kiwi workers missing out may turn into forever. And that doesn't seem like a very smart decision, especially at a time when we're trying to boost coastal shipping (newsflash: we're long islands surrounded by water) and when we're limping across the cook straight from the next three years without proper ferries. I would have thought this makes the whole system a bit weak and vulnerable. Would an extra ship at a time like this not be a good idea, no matter where it's come from and who's manning the deck? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our most recent Workplace All-Star, Frank the Truckie, calls in to tell Kaz and Tubes all about his experience sitting courtside at the Tasmania JackJumpers, with his mate Ron the Truckie, all thanks to MyState Bank.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

264. Australian Trucking News and Opinion With Mike Williams and Trev Warner. this week Trev and I get stuck right into one news piece. Truckies flouting the law and running hot! Well slap my arse and call me Sally! Who knew we had operators who will have a crack and bend the rules! Also, The memorial service was held today at Tarcutta there was a great long list of names added to the wall this year. This industry does have a butchers bill. One of the names added to the wall was my mate Barry "Sleepy" Grimson. Barry is on the remembrance wall, he didn't actually lose his life on the road. He did spend his life on the road and contributed to the industry not least of which was his role at Razorback. Barrys story is on the Copy Southbound Podcast feed an of course the razorback story is available for free on this feed.

How drivers and artists have transformed the humble truck into works of art?

Emma Bygrave, President of Tassie Convoy 4 Kids, joins Kaz and Tubes to preview the 2025 Convoy and Truck Show happening in December, and how Tassie truckies can get involved.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Truck drivers are feeling increased pressure to deliver on time – even breaking the law to do so. The Workers First Union believes the timeframes set up for drivers to complete jobs within allocated driving hours is unachievable. The union signed up to support the Safe Rates international labour campaign, which makes employers and customers responsible for the financial pressures put on drivers. Union organiser Lance Gush told Andrew Dickens the campaign makes a level playing field for those fighting for contracts. He says companies are dropping vehicles out of their fleets in order to try to keep up with contract costs. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Retaining staff, attracting the next generation of drivers, making it easier to drive into Melbourne and the impact the poor quality of regional roads was on the agenda at the Livestock and Rural Transporters Association conference at the Move Museum in Shepparton. 

“It's like making a silk purse out of a pig's ear.” That's a quote from the boss at Transporting New Zealand, which represents the transport sector, talking about Brougham Street in Christchurch. Because it's been revealed by NZTA that the $150 million revamp of Brougham Street, one of Christchurch's busiest streets, will include T2 transit lanes – which the truckies are brassed-off about because they won't be able to use them. And I'm with the truckies. I think it's nuts that on a street like Brougham Street —which is a pig's ear of a road if ever there was one— we're going to go all “rules are rules” on it and not do something that I think would make a genuine difference. As the truckies do as well. So these transit lanes, or T2 lanes, can only be used by vehicles carrying more than one person. They've been on the Northern Motorway since 2021. There is a stretch of T2 that trucks can use there, on the Tram Road on-ramp near the Waimakariri Bridge. It's probably just to make it easier for them to turn onto the motorway, but don't go telling us NZTA that you can't do the same on Brougham Street because it “might set a precedent”. So Dom Kalasih from Transporting New Zealand says Brougham Street is a pig of a road and Scott McAlister from logistics company Mackleys says traffic congestion there is “bad and getting worse”. He says: “All the improvements are focused on pedestrians and cyclists. That's fine. But it needs to conjointly be done with freight.” Tell that to some people living in the area though, who are happy that the T2 lanes will mean the trucks being closer to the middle of the road and not travelling so close to the footpath. I understand where they're coming from but the bigger picture, surely, has to be getting that stretch of road moving – especially the trucks. And I know rules are rules, but I reckon Brougham Street is a special case. And truckies should, of course, be allowed to use these transit lanes. It's a key link for freight and it makes no sense to keep them stuck in the slow lanes. Forty-five thousand vehicles use Brougham Street each day —trucks make up 10% percent of them— and the truckies are saying it adds 30 minutes to their trip. Which I think is a very compelling argument for bending the rules. If not bending the rules, then re-writing them. You only need to travel on a bus in one of those bus lanes to get an idea of how much quicker trucks could get through in a T2 lane. I know they would be sharing the lanes with other vehicles —unlike the buses which have the bus lanes to themselves— but it's worth a go, isn't it? The other part of this is that NZTA is going to have to make sure that these new transit lanes on Brougham Street are policed. You might have seen it reported earlier this week that the T2 lanes on the Northern Motorway haven't been policed since they opened four years ago. Which means people are sailing through when they shouldn't be. So there will need to be monitoring and enforcement on Brougham Street, otherwise the T2 lanes will be a complete waste of time. They'll also be a complete waste of time if trucks aren't allowed to use them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Today on Rise and Shine: Andy and Shelley speak with Truckies and also with Pastor Rob Porter.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rod Hannifey joins Luke to discuss all things Truckies!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Queensland Trucking Association CEO Gary Mahon joined Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Drive with the state government hatching a plan to charge truckies more expensive tolls to afford the Logan Motorway expansion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

205. We've had too many balls in the air at one time as well as life requiring some time. On this show we catch up on some of the big issues and incidents of the last couple of weeks as well as have a good look at the Road Transport Round Table held in Canberra on 06-09-24. Truckies at the table and being heard! It was a privilege to be invited and be able to contribute.

Luke chats to the Reverend Jim Reynolds, plus takes calls from Truckies affected by the Bruce Highway.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new compendium launched at LambEx to help producers make the most of lamb co products, truckies warned to be across major changes to industrial relations laws being rolled out across Australia's transport sector, and more than two million kilograms of fresh produce donated to Foodbank through the South Australian Produce Market over a year.

There has been considerable discussion about the pending consolidation of four PPE standards on clothing, work uniforms, SCBA and PASS devices into one PPE mega-standard: NFPA 1970. PPE expert Jeff Stull, president of International Personnel Protection Inc., shares the inside scoop on the likely changes to come based on a recent technical committee meeting. He also provides guidance on the unique standards update process and how the NFPA works to strike a balance between what's best for the safety of firefighters without causing undue stress for fire departments. Additional resources: The NFPA Standards Series On-demand webinar: How changes in new NFPA standards for turnout gear and SCBA will affect the fire service Stull's FireRescue1 PPE column This episode of the Better Every Shift Podcast is sponsored by MSA, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality, fire-rescue and safety solutions, protecting first responders around the word since 1914. For more information, visit MSAfire.com. Email bettereveryshift@firerescue1.com to share your feedback!

A new Uber-style app for truckies is launching nationally next week after being trialled in Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty.  The Road Ninja app - dubbed the "Uber for truck drivers" will match businesses to truckies in their area.  Road Ninja Founder Bodhi Vette told Tim Beveridge drivers can set their own rates and get paid what they're worth.  Vette said “It's a driver-first platform.”  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Inspector-General of Water Compliance calls for greater powers to enforce laws and conduct audits of the Murray-Darling Basin, South Australia's grain growers back the fight to retain live sheep export by sea from Australia, and questions raised around the licensing system for overseas-trained truck drivers and road safety.

Matty got dressed up at Fieldays, so he tries to guess... are you a Farmer? Battle of the Hits: Country Music Edition PJ has a question about truckies  What did you accidentally pick up that wasn't yours? Learn about money with Milford Money Matters! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More than 70 per cent of truck drivers said they had a near miss on average once a week, according to a study by Monash University.

Hydrogen remains more expensive than diesel as a trucking fuel, and the cost of getting a hydrogen powered truck on the road is higher. 

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*Israel rejects ceasefire. *Permission to 'brush the boss'. *Truckies love story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

*Israel rejects ceasefire. *Permission to 'brush the boss'. *Truckies love story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

*Israel rejects ceasefire. *Permission to 'brush the boss'. *Truckies love story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Queensland Trucking Association CEO, Gary Mahon explaining why he is joining Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's 'Team Queensland' infrastructure mission to Canberra.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hahndorf Locals & Truckies share concerns of River Rd. - 26th October 2023See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Luke speaks to Rod Hannifey about the changes that he and other drivers want for the industry plus tech topics with Trevor Long.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Truckies headed for Gisborne with essential supplies face a long detour after slips closed State Highway 2 to the north, from Mātāwai to Whatatutu Road at Te Karaka. The road is expected to remain closed until at least Friday, with traffic directed via the Napier to Taupō Road. At least half a dozen trucks travel into Gisborne with essential supplies every day. Carl George spoke to Corin Dann.

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While many struggle to even get an appointment with their GP, health advocates say this injection of cash from the budget will have a trickledown effect across the health care system.

Truckies are hoping for a big lift in road funding in this year's Budget. Roading is likely to be a big ticket item in the Budget, given flood damage costs of up to $14.5billion, half of which will be spent on infrastructure, including roads. The National Road Carriers Association is calling for a 50 year roading plan, saying the road network is in poor shape and an investment strategy is desperately needed. The Association's Chief Executive, Justin Tighe-Umbers, joins Corin Dann now.

It's going to be months and months of taking the long way round for freight companies faced with 400 kilometres of damaged roads, and some communities still only reachable by air or sea. The goverment has anounced $250 million of extra funding for Waka Kotahi for emergency road works. The focus is on getting lifeline routes open and reconnecting isolated communities. Some Tai Rāwhiti and Hawke's Bay communities are effectively islands, with little or no road access, or detours that add hours onto trips. There is no direct route between Gisborne and Napier with State Highway 2 to Wairoa out of action. Gisborne-based freighters Eastlite Carriers manager Tamara says its a daily roading jigsaw and is likely to last for months.  

We have some fun with 'Truckies Got Talent', we reveal some industry secrets and Jase had a real mishap when visiting his mother.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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NSW Roads Minister Natalie Ward is hoping new penalties for overweight trucks will act as a warning for drivers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben Fordham is calling upon the government to give truckies a "fair go" amid the latest results of the 2021 Australian census. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben Fordham is calling upon the government to give truckies a "fair go" amid the latest results of the 2021 Australian census. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lockdowns are over and more than ever before people are loading up the 4WD, hitching a caravan and hitting the open road. With more than 820 000 caravans registered in Australia, expect to see more of them in the coming months.

What is the Doherty Institute and are they really giving us a roadmap out of lockdown? Which company say an 80% increase in revenue on the back of Zoom Face, what are the Truckies actually striking about, and how did Crowdstrike strike it lucky? All this and more on thie week's Comedian v Economist. The article Thomas talks about is here. If your life isn't complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram. Comments on the show? A question for Thomas or Adam? Just want to send some appreciative thoughts their way? Go ahead and send them to cve@equitymates.com*****In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Comedian V Economist acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. *****Comedian V Economist is a product of Equity Mates Media. All information in this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. Equity Mates gives listeners access to information and educational content provided by a range of financial services professionals. It is not intended as a substitute for professional finance, legal or tax advice. The hosts of Comedian V Economist are not financial professionals and are not aware of your personal financial circumstances. Equity Mates Media does not operate under an Australian financial services licence and relies on the exemption available under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) in respect of any information or advice given.Before making any financial decisions you should read the Product Disclosure Statement and, if necessary, consult a licensed financial professional. Do not take financial advice from a podcast. For more information head to the disclaimer page on the Equity Mates website where you can find ASIC resources and find a registered financial professional near you. Comedian V Economist is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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