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'No-One Is Feeling It More': New Measures to Protect Truckies From Fuel Price Spikes
Amendments to the Fair Work Act will let truck drivers seek emergency contract orders, removing a six-month wait to address fuel cost spikes amid Middle East conflict.
- The federal government will amend the Fair Work Act to allow truck drivers and transport businesses to make emergency applications for contract chain orders, replacing the current six-month wait time.
- Transport Workers' Union Secretary Michael Kaine warned that retailers refusing to share fuel costs have placed workers under "imminent risk of collapse" amid soaring prices from the Middle East war.
- Energy Minister Chris Bowen confirmed that over 109 service stations in Victoria have run out of at least one grade of petrol, with 47 outlets in Queensland and 37 in NSW facing similar shortages.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will sign a long-awaited free trade pact in Canberra today, providing Australian exporters access to 450 million consumers.
- The leaders will also finalize a new security partnership to bolster defense cooperation, as Albanese acknowledged the era of predictable, ever-expanding free trade "will not be returning any time soon.
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Government Fast-Tracks Emergency Process to Aid Truck Drivers Amid Fuel Price Surge
The federal government has brought in a change to help truck drivers deal with rising fuel prices amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Under new amendments to the Fair Work Act, truck drivers and transport companies can apply for emergency orders requiring their clients—such as retailers, mining companies and manufacturers—to pay enough to cover higher fuel costs. Previously, getting this kind of order could take at least six months, bu…
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