The Port of Melbourne with the Central Business District of Melbourne in the background.

Summer disruption underscores waterfront reform urgency

As another Australian summer draws to a close it’s instructive to reflect on three months of incredible uncertainty at ports around the country, particularly the Port of Melbourne which experienced almost routine-like industrial and cyber-security unrest, and disruptive political activism.
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Peter Anderson VTA CEO at Phillip Island.

Laying out the challenges for 2024

It’s great to once again be able to engage with Prime Mover readers on these pages, and I look forward to advocating on a range of issues that are of key importance to VTA members and the broader freight and logistics this year.
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TIC CEO Tony McMullan

Road User Charging, where to from here?

The recent High Court of Australia ruling that struck down charges on electric vehicle use under Victoria’s Zero and Low Emission Vehicle Distance-based Charge Act 2021 as unconstitutional, following a test case challenge from two electric and hybrid vehicle owners in the state of Victoria, serves to justify calls from the Truck Industry Council (TIC) that a holistic national review of the Road User Charging (RUC) scheme is urgently required.
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