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Business to Pay up for Truckie Fuel Bills
The order requires major companies to update transport rates as diesel costs surge, with fuel accounting for 40% to 50% of business costs.
- On Monday, the Fair Work Commission issued a landmark order requiring supply chain companies to adjust transport rates for rising fuel costs, effective Tuesday.
- Soaring diesel prices—impacted by the US-Iran war—pushed operational costs from 20-30 per cent to 40-50 per cent of business expenses, forcing many owner-operators to "park their trucks" to avoid financial ruin.
- Commissioners Adam Hatcher, Ingrid Asbury, and Mark Gibian ruled the requirements remain active unless diesel falls below $2 per litre, with the FWC reviewing the order every three months.
- National Road Freighters Association president Glyn Castanelli said the order helps truckers paying "sky-high fuel bills," while TWU national secretary Michael Kaine added it "puts obligations on the wealthy clients" to pay fairly.
- This measure marks the first order under recent Albanese Government fuel amendments designed to protect supply chains, accompanying the National Fuel Security Plan that Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth described as "about fairness.
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Big business ordered to pay up for truckies’ fuel bills, putting pressure on inflation
Retailers, manufacturers and mining companies will be made to pay drivers more in what is the first industry-wide order under new laws.
·Sydney, Australia
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How fuel cost recovery rules will reshape freight payments
Image: BJP7images/stock.adobe.comAustralia’s road transport sector is entering a new regulatory phase, with the Fair Work Commission introducing a fuel cost recovery order that sets minimum standards for managing fuel costs across freight contractual chains. The Road Transport Contractual Chain Order – Fuel Cost Recovery – 2026 came into effect on April 21, marking the first use of the Commission’s new regulated worker powers in the road transpo…
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