Trucking
Driver carrying haul of explosives missing after truck blows up in remote WA
A truckie carrying a haul of explosives has gone missing after his truck burst into flames on Friday afternoon in the Midwest region, near Mount Magnet.
- by Heather McNeill
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Emergency services
Tackling the 'hidden issue' of truckies acting as paramedics on remote Australian roads
“For two hours I was in the middle of the desert with a lady I didn't know who was deceased with a towel over her and I was shooing the flies off her waiting for police.”
- by Hamish Hastie
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Traffic
Substance found in cabin of truck that flipped over on M5 on-ramp
Police investigating a truck accident that closed the M5 near the airport on the final day of school holidays have found a bag containing an unknown substance inside the cabin.
- by Georgina Cooke and Jenny Noyes
Ports
State to replace ageing icon Freo Traffic Bridge with $230 million pledge
Funding for the replacement of the rapidly deteriorating Fremantle Traffic Bridge will be provided in the forthcoming state budget.
- by Emma Young
Flashback
From the Archives: Nationwide truck blockades cripple Australia's roads
40 years ago, a strike by truck drivers saw blockades set up across Australia's highways and roads. Cities and towns were under siege as travel, food supply and trade were disrupted.
- by Simon Balderstone, Alan Attwood, Ken Haley and Bruce Best
Roads
Truck technology steers drowsy drivers back into their lanes
Technology is available now to make getting behind the wheel safer, as industry groups target zero fatalities on Australian roads.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Roads
National economy at risk unless oversize truck permit delays fixed
The federal government released the review into Australia’s oversize over mass access arrangements this week.
- by Hamish Hastie
Accident
Woman says triple 0 call was 'ignored' after fatal truck crash
A woman claims she was fobbed off when she phoned about a "violent thud" hours before police attended a fatal truck crash on the Logan Motorway.
- by Tracey Ferrier
Road safety
WA road safety group 'fed up' after trauma trust funding knock-backs
Transafe WA expressed their frustration at being knocked back twice for Road Trauma Trust Account funding, as the government concedes requests exceed resources.
- by Phil Hickey
Roads
Big win for Australia's truckies as government reviews oversize permits
Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure and Transport Minister Michael McCormack has announced a review into the heavy haulage permit system.
- by Hamish Hastie
Gas
Transportation emerges as new hope for LNG demand growth
A move to cleaner transportation fuels could mop up the surplus in the global liquefied natural gas market more quickly than anticipated and open up a new growth market for producers such as Woodside Petroleum.
- by Angela Macdonald-Smith