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    First-hand experience

    Aug 11, 2019 4 minutes
    John Beer

    I'M GOING to start this column by weighing in on the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) review. As far as I’m concerned, it’s beginning to look like it might not be going to solve much, or it might turn out to be worse than what we’ve got. Small operators, drivers – we need it to be simple, easy to understand and make our working lives better.

    Years ago, when I was first involved with the Australian Trucking Association (ATA), there were some of us that tried to do just that. Here we are again. Even giving feedback isn’t easy for people

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