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any oher. Ausralias ruck drivers work hard o make aliving. Bu hey shouldn have o die o make a living.

Afer ha declaraion she se up he Sae aesAdvisory Group (SRG) o advise Governmen onopions or legislaive acion o address he crisis. TeSRG repor has been handed o Governmen. Te

wide-ranging public consulaion process is compleeand Miniser Albanese has commited ha heGovernmen inends o inroduce legislaion, i required,by he end o his year

In he wo years since he rs Sae aes Summi, he crisishas deepened. Te saisics (each o which was a cared-or member o a communiy; a aher, moher, siser, son,

broher or daugher) have worsened. Te survey responseshave deerioraed. Te ime o ac is now.

Sae aes Summi 2011 is a chance or indusryparicipans rom drivers o employers, cliensand indusry associaions, expers and poliicalrepresenaives o come ogeher in pursui o a commonobjecive. We all wan a sae and susainable ransporindusry one which provides drivers like om a ghingchance o a sae reurn each nigh o home and amily.

ONY SHELDON

MICHAEL KINE

om, a 40-year-old driver rom he Cenral Coas oNSW, was one o 715 drivers who lled in he 2011 Saeaes Survey. oms words sum up he pressures anddangers o he indusry.

I am doing 24 hours in unpaid waiing imes a week.Wih railers being pre-loaded by (CLIEN NAME

SUPPRESSED), I canno aford o wai anoherhour or so unpaid while hey unload and reload a seo railers o ge he legal weigh. I carry overweighregularly and I don have a choice.

Afer he is loaded, om has already been working orour o six hours wihou pay. Disurbingly, his work dayis only jus saring and he will be siting in he cab onour highways and in our ciies and suburbs or he nex12 hours, or unil he load is done.

Te pressures placed on drivers like om have beendirecly acknowledged by he Governmen. In Augus

2011 ranspor Miniser Anhony Albanese said Iis a ac ha many ruck drivers have been subjec ounreasonable and unsae direcions or hreas concerningheir work because o he demands o powerul cliens.

And he mos ragic consequence o such pressure isha an average o 330 people are killed each year in heroad ranspor indusry wih he laes Deparmen oranspor and Inrasrucure gures [2010] showingha 72% o hose killed in crashes are he occupansoher vehicles. Ta is up 14% on 2009.

Te Prime Miniser, Julia Gillard, has acknowledgedhow much more deadly he rucking indusry is han

I was doing a run from Darwin to Toowoomba. They told me to load

(unpaid) 6 hours before log book would allow. I was told that was the

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2011 Safe Rates Survey

Paid waiting time increases operational and environmental ef ciencies

Back in 2009, he ranspor Workers Union conduced a survey o drivers o assess he workingcondiions o drivers across he indusry. Ta survey ound 64 per cen o drivers had beenpressured ino unsae working pracices, 85% could no recover coss and 56 per cen wereorced, by economic pressure, o lower mainenance sandards.

wo years laer and he Sae aes 2011 Survey was conduced over a hree-week period endingon November 11, and ook commen rom 715 ranspor workers rom across he counry.Drivers were inerviewed a ruck sops, depos, break rooms, and online.

Te survey resuls showed ha:

Unpaid work - 48% o drivers repor almos a day a weekin unpaid waiing ime. Fordelivery drivers i is more han 10 hours a week. Tis represens 300 - 500

hours a year working wihou pay.

Unsae vehicles - As in our 2009 survey an alarming 56% o owner drivers have had o oregovehicle mainenance because o economic pressure, he need o keepworking or he high cos o repairs.

Unnecessary risk - 27% el hey had o drive oo as, and nearly 40% eel pressured o drivelonger han legally allowed; many say he pressure comes direcly orindirecly rom he clien.


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Key findings from SurveyWhat is your date of birth?

18-30 Years 4%

31-40 Years 25%

41-50 Years 34%51-60 Years 27%

61-70 Years 9%

Over 71 Years 1%

This is an aging workforce we need toprovide careers for future drivers

How long have you worked in the transportindustry?

1-2 years 5%

3-5 years 4%5-10 years 16%

10-20 years 30%

20 or more years 45%

76 per cent of surveys completed by10-year plus veterans

How many unpaid hours waiting timehave you done in the previous week?

Up o 1 hour 2%

1-3 hours 9%3-6 hours 15%

6-10 hours 22%

Over 10 hours 52%

Over 50 per cent of drivers are working one-day a week unpaid

Have you ever felt pressure to:

Drive a unsae speeds 26%

Break driving hours 38%

Carry an illegally large load 17%Oherwise use unsae pracices 19%

One-in-four drivers admitted to beingpressured to drive at unsafe speeds, whileone in three have been forced to break drivinghours

If yes, when?

Las 3 monhs 54%

Las 3-12 monhs 16%

Las 1-3 years. 18%

More han 3 years ago 12%One in four drivers have admitted to doingthis in the last month

Do you know if pressure is applied on youremployer/ contractor to demand unsafe

practices?

Yes 23%

No 77%

The pressure is coming from beyond thetransport company

Owner drivers: When fuel prices rise, doyou get fuel levy increases?

Yes 41%

No 59%How do you make up that loss if youare a driver?

Owner drivers: Have you foregonemaintenance on your vehicle because ofeconomic pressure?

Yes 56%

No 44%

Unsafe trucks on the road because

people cannot afford maintenance

Do you consider leaving the transport industryfor other work?

Always 18% Ofen 24% Occasionally 34% Never 24%With the industry set to double in the next 10years, how can we attract people?

Would you recommend that your kidsget a job in the transport industry?

Yes 22%

No 78%

This needs to be fixed

I was buggered. I tried to have an extra 15 minutes rest and the client

was on the phone to my boss who rang me to find out why I would be

late. I was too tired to drive but had to.


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An industry in crisisNo mater which way you look a he deah and injury gures in our indusry hey

are ragic. We all know he grie and social dislocaion ha occurs across amilies and

communiies when loved ones are so suddenly killed or maimed. According o heNaional ranspor Commission, approximaely 330 people are killed naionally each

year in ruck crashes represening $2 billion a year o he $15 billion cos o all road

crashes.

And hese efecs are no conned o any one secor o he indusry. A recen shor haul

sudy ound close o one-hird o drivers (29 per cen) repored having a chronic injury

om ruck driving. Nearly one-hird o drivers (29.5 per cen) repored having led a

workers compensaion claim in he pas ve years. Injuries are also saisically more

likely o happen he longer you are in he indusry: or every one year increase in ruck

driving experience, he odds o injury increases by 6 per cen.

Findings exrac rom Williamson, Boyle, Quinlan and Kennedy -Shor rips and Long Days: Saey and Healh in Shor-haul rucking, 2009


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The times allocated by the client for trucks having to meet

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in our industry

Andrew Villis,Former driver,Evidence to the NSW IndustrialRelations Commission

When I was required o perorm excessive hours

I would someimes experience a sae o mind

ha I can only describe as hallucinaions, which I

considered o be due o sleep deprivaion. I would

see rees urning ino machinery, which would

li my ruck of he road. I saw mysel run over

moorcycles, cars and people. On one occasion I

held up the highway in Grafon while waiting

or a truck which was not there to do a threepoint turn (I was radioed by drivers behind me

asking why I had stopped). I esimae ha I had

experiences like hese roughly every second day.

Tey were no an uncommon hing or me.

Tom

36 years old,2011 Safe Rates SurveySurveyed in Tarcutta

Due o a large increase in unpaid waiing imes, I eel

pressured o break driving hours and I don include loading

and unloading in my schedule - i can be classed as res.

Tis also is eviden when i comes o speeding. We spend

enough unpaid ime already waiing o load or unload and

doing all he paperwork unpaid, or even delays wih nigh

road-works, i means ha in order o make your ime sloyou eiher need o have less aigue breaks or break he

speed limi. Tere is no oher way.

NAME SUPPRESSED,South Australia2011 Safe Rates Survey

I have been supplied drugs by my employer in

order o miss my breaks and make he (reail)

cliens unreasonable ime slo.

Robert Ireland,

14 years driving trucks,Statement for MutualResponsibility Award

When I sared driving, I was 6 oo 1 inch all.

When I sopped, I was 5 oo 10. One day, I

sood up om playing wih my daugher on he

couch and collapsed om he sudden agony. I

could no move he botom hal o my body. I

urned ou ha all he joins in my spine had

compressed. My docors inormed me ha hiswas mos likely caused by me spending so long

in a seaed posiion. I was required o lie a

on my back o allow my spine o slowly reurn

o normal. I ook many weeks beore I go any

eeling back in my legs and I was no able o walk

or many monhs. I had o go on ani-depressans

o reverse he chemical imbalance ha drugs had

caused in my body.

Beore he back injury I had o have an operaion

o remove one o my esicles. Tis was because o

bad circulaion om siting down in he vehicle

or long periods a a ime in he vehicle. I ook

me almos 2 years o reurn o normal om hose

physical raumas. I have only jus sared o ge

close o my children over he pas 18 monhs.


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LINK BETWEEN SAFETY OUTCOMESAND ECONOMIC PRESSURES

Sae Raes Sae Roads: Direcions Paper(Sae aes Advisory Group, 2011, p.5)

Cusomer and consignor requiremens on price, schedules and loading/unloading and eigh

conracs more generally, in conjuncion wih he aomisic and inensely compeiive naureo he indusry, encourage problemaic endering pracices, unsusainable eigh raes and

dangerous work pracices.

Proessor Quinlan

The National Transport Commission considers that this link is a tripartite link:


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PAY AND SAFETY

Finally he evidence as o he drivers paymens

srucure was no dispued. Tey were no paid

or washing he ruck, queuing o load or o

unload, nor or oher necessary work aciviiessuch as lling up wih uel, inspecing he ruck,

making elephone calls or compleing paperwork.

Tey were paid a xed rae or each kilomere

driven and a predeermined sum or loading

and unloading each load, regardless o how long

i acually ook. Te sysem provided a clear

incenive or drivers o maximize kilomeers

(his was he only way o increase income)

hereby exending driving hours; bu litle scope

or reducing he ime aken o perorm oher

necessary work or which hey were no paid.

InInspector Campbell v James Gordon

Hitchcock, [2004] NSWIR Comm87, para. 1

Mick,

68 years oldMackay: Queensland2011 Safe Rates Survey

When I rs sared ou in he sixies, a

ruck driver received a air wage. We worked

damn hard bu always el as hough we were

appreciaed and reaed airly. Now 40 odd

years laer he indusry is run by big business

who wouldn know heir arse om heir elbow

and rea ruckies and heir amilies as a

disposable commodiy.

NSW Depuy Coroner Dorelle Pinch expressed he

consequence o his heighened exposure o risk

in her 2003 ndings regarding he ragic deahs o

employee drivers Anhony Forsyhe, Barry Supple

and imohy John Walsh. Te Coroner highlighed

he impac o inadequae raes:

As long as driver paymens are based on a (low) rae

per kilomere here will always be an incenive ordrivers o maximise he hours hey drive, no because

hey are greedy bu simply o earn a decen wage.

State Coroners Summation and Finding in relation to Anthony

Forsythe, Barry Supple and imothy John Walsh, fle numbers

1575/00, 1455/00 and 1734/00, 30 January 2003.

RobertDriving 22 years on Pacific Highway2011 Safe Rates SurveyInterviewed at Warnervale

I have been sacked or reusing o perorm a load on a

b-double, which would have made he load illegal and

oversize. I had asked he same clien or wo weeks of

o have my seer yres replaced and do oher work on

he ruck. Tey said no bu hen I had he drivers side

seer-yre blow a 100klm/hr when I was ully loaded. I

is sheer luck nobody was killed.

It is the waiting that hurts. It can cost drivers sometimes 2-8 hours per day

unpaid. This means you need to drive a further 8-12 hours a day (after your

8 hours wait) just to make reasonable wages for the time you are away.


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THE LINK BETWEE

Tom40 years old2011 Safe Rates SurveyInterviewed Marulan

I am doing 24 hours in unpaid waiing imes a week. Wih railers being pre-loaded by (CLIEN NAME

SUPPRESSED), I canno aford o wai anoher hour or so unpaid while hey unload and reload a se o

railers o ge he legal weigh. I carry overweigh regularly and I don have a choice.

Ian61 years old2011 Safe Rates SurveyInterviewed Ballarat

Te company I work or has no knowledge o wha is legally required by hem or me. o ell you he ruh, I

don hink hey wan o know. I I don do he work hey will ge anoher owner driver o do he work.

A number o submissions have argued ha he paymen by resuls mehod used in road ranspor is a

major conribuor o driver aigue. Tis ype o paymen may encourage drivers o work longer hours o

increase heir earnings and he propensiy o drivers o engage in dangerous pracices (such as speeding

and excessive hours).

BEYOND HE MIDNIGH OIL: Managing Fatigue in the ransport Industry, Repor o House o

Represenaive Sanding Commitee on Communicaions, ranspor and he Ars, Ocober 2000

Te pay increase inuenced saey by modiying he behavior o curren drivers. Te daa indicae ha

drivers had beter crash records afer he pay increase, when he analysis conrols or demographic,

occupaional, and human capial characerisics.

Pay Incenives and ruck Driver Saey: A Case Sudy

Published in heIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (59 Ind. & Lab. Rel. Rev. 205), January 2006


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There was an electrical fault and the wiring in the trailer kept

blowing a fuse. I was driving through the night with no lights.11

PAY AND SAFETY

Higher driver pay is associaed wih saer operaions. Clearly he more drivers are paid, and he more

hey are paid or heir non-driving ime, he less likely hey are o have crashes ... I he undamenal

exigencies o markes work a all, hen cargo owners need or lowes price will lead o a race o he

botom and saey will suer. Because economic orces are involved, economic soluions mus be

considered.

Michael Belzer Te Economics o Saety: How Compensation Aects

Commercial Motoe Vehicle Driver Saety

Prepared or Sae Raes Summi 2011

We consider ha he evidence in he proceedings esablished ha here is a direc link beween

mehods o paymen and/or raes o pay and saey oucomes.

ranspor Indusry Mutual Responsibility or Road Saety (State) Award

and Contract Determination (No.2), [2006] NSWIR Comm 328, para. 34.

rucks comprise around 2.1% o regisered vehicles and accoun or 8.6 per cen o all kilomeres

ravelled. Tey are, however, involved in more han 21 per cen o all aal crashes. Te reporacknowledged ha economic pressures eecs saey, saying: he quesion o adequae remuneraion

does raise workorce and saey issues which are o direc concern.

NSW Parliamen Join Sanding Commitee on Road Saey:

Report on Heavy Vehicle Saety, Sepember, 2010

A sudy, unded by NSW WorkCover, shows ha ruck drivers are requenly orced o break driving

regulaions in order o make a living. I showed drivers are working an average o 68 hours a week,while almos a hird are breaking all driving laws and doing more han 72 hours a week. Only 25 per

cen o drivers were paid waiing imes, and almos 60 per cen o drivers surveyed were no paid or

loading or unloading. 60 per cen o drivers admited o nodding o a he wheel over he las 12

monhs.

Anne Williamson and Rena Friswell: External Inuences on Health

and Saety Outcomes in NSW long distance trucking,Augus, 2010


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CLIENTPOWER: WHA he head o ranspor supply chains are indusry cliens wih highly concenraed economic power.A prime example o his is in he reail secor, where a very small number o major cliens hold over

78% marke share. Such economic clou means he power o dicae he way he work is ulimaely

perormed. Te body o academic, judicial and coronial evidence - suppored by he 2009 and 2011

survey resuls - demonsrae ha a roo cause o unsae paymens and pracices is he commercial

dominance and inuence o such cliens.

Te challenge is o ensure ha a Sae aes Sysem encourages ha inuence o be exercised o increase

saey and sandards in supply chains and no o accelerae he downward spiral which is orcing drivers

o he exremiies o he law and o he limis o physical and menal endurance jus o make a living or

hemselves and heir amilies.

In an environmen o erce compeiion among operaors and cos conainmen and reducion

pressures rom large and powerul cliens, he resul has been exensive use o subconraced owner

drivers a reduced and quesionable, unsusainable raes. Tis has placed pressure on he paymen o

employed drivers, leading o widespread use o rip per kilomere-based raes.

Federal Governmens Sae Raes Advisory Groups Sae Rates, Sae Roads direction paper

Te eview recommends ha a naional scheme or seting mandaory sae raes covering boh

employee and owner/drivers be esablished in he heavy vehicle indusry. Tis is he only viable and

direc mechanism or addressing he imbalance in bargaining power conroning owner/drivers ha

aecs saey in he road reigh indusry.

Remuneraion and Saey in he Ausralian Heavy Vehicle Indusry: A Review underaken or he Naional

ranspor Commission, auhored by Proessor Michael Quinlan, and Te Hon Lance Wrigh, QC

Tis is no abou aking compeiion ou o he sysem. Tis is a highly compeiive indusry and will

always be. Tis is abou puting saey ino he indusry.ony Sheldon

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ruck drivers are sill placed under wha is, clearly, inolerable pressure in order o ge produce

o he markes or goods o heir desinaion wihin a ime xed, no by any raional consideraion

o he risks involved in oo igh a imeable, bu by he dicaes o he markeplace. Or, o pu i

blunly, sheer greed on he par o he end users o hese ranspor services.

Jusice Graham ound, in Regina v Randall John Harm, 2005

I avoid the places where there are point to point speed cameras

and am constantly working 13 hours plus a day in city traffic.


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Bu we would like o see he same commimen hroughou he road ranspor indusry, and we suppor heinroducion o sae raes.

Linox CEO Michael Byrne,

in signing he 2011 Enerprise Bargaining Agreemen

Sae aes Companies Call or Sae aes Across he Indusry: Tere are now over 200 regiseredagreemens righ across he counry covering over 50 000 workers ha conain sae raes clauses. Teagreemens provide sae paymen sysems or direcly engaged drivers, job securiy provisions andsae raes commitees and collaboraive audiing processes o improve saey in he supply chainsrelaing o he employers work. Te agreemens are wih large companies and small including (oname a ew) oll, CEVA, ACFS, Ausralian Air Express, N, Airpor Fuel Services, Sarrack,Linox and Compuerrans.

Company, he Employees and he WU will work co-operaively in ensuring a sae and susainable

ranspor indusry - clause 19.3.

Exrac, N-WU Fair Work Agreement 2011-2013


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I am forever loading and unloading at night without

lights. The company knows the trailers need work but

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Around 330 people are killed each year on Ausralian roadsin crashes involving heavy vehicles, and abou 16 per cen o

he aaliies are ruck drivers. Speed and aigue are widely

acknowledged as signican acors and can be a sympom o he

pressure o work long hours o mee schedules.

Julia GillardJune 20, 2010.

quie clearly someone has o sand up or heordinary ruck drivers who work long hours on ourhighways.(Ocober 23, 2008)

I undersand ha here are cos recovery pressuresor drivers. (Ocober 2011).

Warren russCurren Leader o he Naionals

We canno have drivers being under such

nancial pressure ha hey scrimp on vehicleservicing or delay buying new yres or ha

hey speed o mee delivery slos o avoid

penalies or ha hey drive excessive hours

and use simulans o make a basic living.

We can have paymen sysems ha reward

drivers or dangerous behaviour.

Mark Arbib

Miniser or Employmen, 2009

Some o he bigger players can have i boh ways. Saey issues are

paramoun, paricularly where drivers are pushed o heir limis.ony Windsor

Independen MP, 2009

Sae Raes has o apply o every vehicle in he

supply chain oherwise i canno work.

Phil Lovel,

Vicorian ranspor Associaion, 2011

As a ormer personal injury lawyer, aparom he human ragedy and loss o lie we are

seeing on he roads, here is also he social and

economic coss ha have o be looked a.

Nick Xenaphon

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I was cerainly an issue during myime in NSW poliics because we

were very conscious ha ar oo

many ruck drivers and members

o he public die on our roads in

crashes ha are prevenable.

Bob Carr

Sae Raes Summi, 2009

ruck drivers are obviously

doing i ough, and based on he

orm o legislaion wed be more

han happy o suppor sae raes.

Adam Band

Ausralian GreensAssuming an overdra ineres rae o 11%, delays in paymen o 90 days will reducean operaors earnings by around 3%. For many operaors, hese ineres coss willsubsanially reduce heir operaing pro, ypically by up o one hal. Uncerainy and

delays in paymen hereore pose a signican business cos and risk ... All hese waiing

imes, as well as ime spen loading and unloading, will ypically no be charged agains

he cusomers accouns, nor is here any recourse o he manager o he por, saleyard, or

silo ALA would expec a successully implemened reorm iniiaive o improve saey.

Ausralian Livesock ransporers Associaion submission o Sae Raes, Sae Roads

Direcions Paper, Sae Raes Advisory Group, February 2011

My preerred opion or a ribunal would be opion (b) dened in

he paper as A sae raes panel wihin Fair Work Ausralia wih

he power o make orders regarding sae raes and relaed erms in

he road ranspor indusry.

im Squires, ohag ranspor - Sae Raes Direcions

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I has go me bea how hey (owner drivers)

are surviving quie ankly, you see hem

lining up a disribuion cenres or anywhere

beween six, seven or eigh hours a day rying

o unload. Tey don ge paid or any o ha.

Glen SuselLinox employee driver

I believe ha you around his able oday can help us

survive ino he uure. I only comes hrough having

legislaion ha underpins minimum sandards and

pay raes. We need your help. Everyone o you ... les

no make odays deadline omorrows headline.

Paul Dewbury

lorry owner driver

We have been alking abou his or oo long- heime or bullshi is over. Jus bloody well do i!

Senaor Glenn Serle

May 2011

A he momen I work under a sysem where I have o

argue in order o ge a susainable rae Tere areunspoken pressures ha are pu on you ha, i you

don ge in on ime you basically won ge he nex job.

Frank Black

owner driver

Te ribunal should be given broad powers which allow io vary conracs in such a way ha makes hem sae

and such maters could only be deermined by a panel

involving indusry represenaives. Some examples o

variaions which he ribunal could make include:

an order ha demurrage be paid,

a higher rae be paid,

ha cerain pracices be alered or ceased,

ha a clien change heir supply chain pracices o

ensure he ranspor ask can be more saely carried ou,or

ha a clien who has had he bene o work being done

by he ranspor company make good any ousanding

paymens due wihin an agreed or specied ime ame

Tere needs o be a recogniion ha ranspor companies

have been hung ou o dry by cliens who wihhold

paymens or 90, or even 120 days, o und heir own

cashow.

Te ribunal would be able o:

exercise compulsory arbiraion powers o resolve

dispues,

make indusry deerminaions or

hold inquiries ino work pracices in he indusry wih

iniial emphasis on saey in he linehaul/long disance

secor bu wih an undersanding over ime, ha all

elemens and secors o he indusry would be subjec o

review o ensure saey is paramoun.Ausralian Road ranspor Indusrial Organisaion

(ARIO) Sae Raes Direcions Paper Submission

11 February 2011

NaRoad considers ha here may be some meri in

mandaing he paymen o demurrage, including chain o

responsibiliy arrangemens.

NaRoad submission o he Sae Raes, Sae Roads Direcions

Paper, Sae Raes Advisory Group, February 2011

Members o he NRFA across Ausralia are voicing heir concerns abou he diminishing eigh volumes

and even lower raes, he increased level o compeiion is allowing he people conrolling he eigh o

drive he raes down urher as desperaion ses in, or many he move o x he problem will come oo

lae, i a all

Naional Road Freighers Associaion - Sae Raes Sae Direcions Paper Submission 2011


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I would definitely discourage my children from following this path.

There are too many hours you work for no pay. And there is a huge

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Tere is sound argumen or;

aes o remuneraion or employee drivers and owner drivers ha are sae;

equiremens upon road ranspor operaors o plan or he sae and legal perormance o road ransporjourneys;

Te esablishmen o a chain o responsibiliy in which all paricipans in he conracual chain are accounable

or he sae and legal perormance o road ranspor work and he paymen o sae and reasonable minimum raes

o remuneraion.Senaor Jacina Collins

Perh, 2011

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Te evidence is in. A widely-suppored soluion based on an independen ribunal

implemening & mainaining a sysem o sae paymens and indusry pracices has been

proposed. oo many Ausralians are dying in avoidable incidens. Is ime o ac.

Benefs o Sae Raes o Pay

Cerainy o income or employees and

owner-drivers,

Sae and susainable raes o pay are

no undercu in he highly compeiive

marke,

Operaors compliance wih aigue and

speed regulaions may increase wih a

shi om paymens based on a per-ripbasis o paymens based on ime aken,

Cusomers are unable o use bargaining

power o drive coss down o unsae levels,

Demurrage, or paymen or ime spen

waiing in queues or loading/unloading,

may encourage more e cien disribuion

and dispach sysems

Ausralian Logisics Council

(Represening Cliens such as Colesand Woolies and Major Operaors such

as oll) Submission o he Naionalranspor Commissions Review on

Sae Paymens 2008 In conclusion, as a counry ha needs inersae drivers, and in a

democraic counry where he owner/driver individual believes hard

work can overcome nancial burden, are we able o address heprimary concerns o he coss involved in he purchase o he prime

mover and he ongoing high risks o he purchasers collaeral? Te

esablishmen o a ribunal ha akes ino accoun, coss, wages and

saey could have he capaciy o suppor owner drivers.

Dr. Jann arp, PhD - 2011


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Authorised by Tony Sheldon

National Secretary

Transport Workers Union of Australia

Level 2, 388 Sussex Street, Sydney, 2000.

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