Industry Insider : Victorian Transport Association
Peter Anderson
Victorian Transport Association
The Victorian Transport Association is a management resource for the transport industry set up to add value to transport businesses through the provision of authoritative information and experienced professional advice. As Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Transport Association, a role he has held since late 2014, Peter Anderson is the voice of over 800 transport and logistics operators in Victoria, with a focus on enhancing the productivity, safety, workforce development and sustainability of the industry through leadership and advocacy.
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Opportunistic tax grab hits more than drivers’ hip pocket
By: Peter Anderson
September 2017
The transport industry has shown tremendous resolve in its near-unanimous opposition and outrage over an Australian Tax Office determination issued in early July that will slash what drivers can claim on their tax returns.
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Industry must be its own greatest cheerleader
By: Peter Anderson
August 2017
As the Victorian Transport Association prepares for its annual Australian Freight Industry Awards, which celebrate the many positive contributions of our industry to the community, there is much unwanted sentiment about trucks and transport swirling around which needs to be confronted.
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Industry rife with high volumes and low margins highlights productivity imperative
By: Peter Anderson
July 2017
It was somewhat fitting, if not unwelcome, that operators attending the Victorian Transport Association (VTA) State Conference in Lorne in early June returned home to news that stevedore Patrick would be increasing infrastructure surcharges at its terminals by almost 1,000 per cent.
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Productivity gains at heart of Victorian and federal budgets
By: Peter Anderson
June 2017
Budget seasons in Australia are replete with rhetoric and platitudes from politicians about big-picture themes that resonate with voters and electorates.
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April Fools’ Day truck bans and toll hikes no joke
By: Peter Anderson
May 2017
The perfect storm of permanent bans on trucks using roads to get in and out of the Port of Melbourne, and grossly disproportional toll increases for heavy vehicles taking effect on Transurban’s CityLink brewed in Melbourne last month, much to the distaste of the heavy vehicle industry.
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Training grant underscores confidence in transport sector
By: Peter Anderson
April 2017
It is widely accepted that people are an organisation’s most expensive asset, factoring in direct employment costs like salary and wages, annual, sick and other leave entitlements, and superannuation.
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Discriminatory road user charges unsustainable
By: Peter Anderson
March 2017
Fairness and equity have become prominent aspects of our social, economic and political discourse, especially in the wake of the US presidential election last November, and subsequent orders that have reignited debate around ethics, morality and the notion of a fair go, as they apply to the movement of people and goods.
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Victoria on brink of coordinated transport plan
By: Peter Anderson
February 2017
Infrastructure planning is likely to occupy a large part of the discourse in the transport industry over the year ahead, particularly in Victoria as political parties begin to shift to an election year footing for 2018, and the State Government endeavours to make good on infrastructure commitments.
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VTA outlines transport technology imperative
By: Peter Anderson
December 2016
The Victorian Transport Association (VTA) has a 114-year history that stems back to when freight was hauled by bullocks down the main streets of Melbourne. In fact, I can remember seeing photos of these loads in my father’s transport office that showed huge boilers on drays with a team of 60 bullocks, four abreast in the lead navigating Collins Street.
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Industry must get behind new safety umpire
By: Peter Anderson
November 2016
As the re-elected Turnbull Coalition Government gets down to business, the fall-out of its abolishment of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT), and a report from Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO), Kate Carnell, emphasises the urgent need for a fair and independent safety umpire.
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