On The Road Aussie Trucking Podcast

326. In The Weeds with Mike Williams and Trev Warner. To contact show advertiser I'm in the right got to https://imintheright.com.au/

325. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Trev Warner

324. I'm In The Right. G'day everyone. I mentioned a few weeks ago I'm in the right would be coming on board with some advertising on the podcast. This special is to tell you all about I'm in the right and the service they offer. Pretty handy if one of your vehicles is involved in a not at fault accident. All you need to know to take advantage of what can be done to keep you moving is right here.

323. In The Weeds with Mike and Trev. This week its all about the latest NTC review. Fitness to drive and a bit of the stuff popping up on social media and the Drivers Advocate page.

22. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Trev Warner

321. In The Weeds. Mike chats with Gord Magill author of 'The End of the Road: Inside the war on truckers. Originally hailing from Hamilton, Ontario, Gord Magill has spent most of his life behind the wheel. From spinning along the Ice Roads of Canada's Northwest Territories, to hauling logs down volcanos in New Zealand, to steering Road Trains across the outback of Western Australia, to running freight along the Interstates of America, Gord has spent over twenty-five years trucking all over the world. His writing about the industry has appeared in Newsweek, the American Conservative, and American Affairs, among other outlets. Magill lives in Ithaca, New York.

320. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Jason Scott

319. In The Weeds with Mike Williams and Jerry Brown-Sarre

318. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Doug Parker. A look at some of the stories in trucking this week in our great country. NOW! I had a listen back to my conversation with Brent on 2SM and he mention several times trucks doing 110kmh. We all know that here in Oz we are limited to 100kmh. I should have corrected him and ordinarily I would have but for some reason I didn't. I have no excuse.

317. In The Weeds with Rod Hannifey

316. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Trev Warner

315. In The Weeds Mike and Kath. Kath Gilbert has finished her book Empty Road, Empty Promises, The forgotten blockade of Razorback Mountain. It's being released at the end of this month. It's a good look at what caused the blockade, the events leading up to it, the blockade itself and a little on its aftermath. It's thoughtfully and thoroughly researched and presented with plenty of photos and references. Visit www.kathgilbert.com to pre-order your copy and put in the code rebellion for a 10% discount.

314. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike and Caleb

313. In the weeds with Mike and Johnno. Something a bit different this week. Johnno makes songs with AI for amusement. He did one for me and it cracked me up. So I wrote one and he put that through the machine and it teared me up! Anyway here we are and there's a couple at the end for your listening pleasure. Enjoy.

312. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike and Trevor

311. In The Weeds with Mike Williams and Trevor Warner. This is the link to the document we were talking about. https://kor01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrf.gov.au%2Fwhat-we-do%2Finvestment-sub-funds%2Feconomic-resilience-program&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cfc5e5a63114147ef57ec08dea7702ff1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639132297457951471%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qdoXNBZccrNwsgAe6u4LEZ8zxgySMk15BfsbSK%2FeNr4%3D&reserved=0

310. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Jason Scott

309. In The Weeds with Mike and Trev. This week its the NHVR, we tackle a very vexxed question, is it a government organization or a private business?

308. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Trevor Warner

307. In The Weeds with Mike Williams and Trevor Warner

306. Australian Trucking news and Opinion with Mike Williams and Caleb Bryce.

305. In the Weeds with Mike and Trev. This week Mike and Trev discuss in cab monitoring. At what point does it stop being about safety and become oppression? Has it gone too far?

304. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Dougie

303. In The Weeds with Mike and Trev. This week we discuss the NHVR work hours exemption permits. What a joke! It's either safe and legal or it's not.

302. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Trev Warner by Mike Williams

301. In The Weeds with Johnno Woods and Trev Warner. This week we have a look at road rage. Johnno tells us about his run in which resulted in injuries to him and time off work then Mike and Trev get into the subject.

300. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests

299. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Caleb Bryce. Check out the store: https://on-the-road-podcast.myshopify.com/

298. In The Weeds with Mike and Trev. Lets talk about diesel and the current situation with our fuel supply. Support the podcast by getting some merch https://on-the-road-podcast.myshopify.com/

297. Australian Trucking News and Opinion With Mike Williams and Jason Scott

296. In the Weeds with Guest Marcus Cosgrove

295. In The Weeds with Mike and Trev Go to the store at https://on-the-road-podcast.myshopify.com/

294. Australian Trucking News and Opinion With Mike Williams and Guests. Apart from a few interesting news stories Mike and Trev discuss the Machiavellian machinations going on inside the NRFA. We are dealing in facts and we have the evidence. It's time to lift the lid.

293. In the Weeds with Mike and Trev. This week we get into the SMS stuff everyone is talking about. The URL for the podcast shop https://on-the-road-podcast.myshopify.com/

292. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests. This week Dougie is with me for the news and STTA. Andrea is in to talk about National Fatigue Week. Pleas check out our new shopify with some podcast merch and downloadable colouring drawings for the kids. (even the big kids might like to have a go) https://on-the-road-podcast.myshopify.com/

291. In The Weeds with Mike Williams and Trev Warner

290. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Caleb Bryce

289. In The Weeds with Mike Williams and Greg Casey. Mike and Greg discuss Greg's PhD research looking a fatigue in the road transport industry in Australia Paper I) Heavy vehicle driver fatigue: Observing work and rest behaviours of truck drivers in Australia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2024.05.016 Paper II) Lack of consistency in truck driver fatigue management: Australian law enforcement officer’s and transport regulation agent’s perceptions of enforcement https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2025.04.007 Paper III) Breaching rest requirements: Perceptions of fatigue management by truck drivers and transport managers https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2025.06.013 Paper IV) “I’m not right to drive, but I drove out the gate”: Personal and Contextual Factors Affecting Truck Driver Fatigue Compliance https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22111724

288. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Trev Warner. Please check out Greg Casey's research papers for a better understand of what we will be discussing next show. Paper I) Heavy vehicle driver fatigue: Observing work and rest behaviours of truck drivers in Australia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2024.05.016 Paper II) Lack of consistency in truck driver fatigue management: Australian law enforcement officer’s and transport regulation agent’s perceptions of enforcement https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2025.04.007 Paper III) Breaching rest requirements: Perceptions of fatigue management by truck drivers and transport managers https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2025.06.013 Paper IV) “I’m not right to drive, but I drove out the gate”: Personal and Contextual Factors Affecting Truck Driver Fatigue Compliance https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22111724

287. In The Weeds with Mike and Trev. we take a hard look at driver licensing reform and offer some solutions to the challenge!

286. What happened at Mittagong. Mike talks with Stuart Devine from RRE

285. In The Weeds Wednesday. Listen in as Trev and I fix the road transport industry in Australia. The big boys go broke, we discuss why that is. How can there be an oversupply of trucks and there's still all this crying about a driver shortage? We have look at that pearl. We discover what the operations manage who lost a truck at Mittagong has to say and the drivers son as well. you will not believe what happened!!! Super bright LED headlights and the safety issue from those plus some other bits and pieces.

284. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests

283. In The Weeds with Mike Williams and Trev Warner. As threatened we rip a few scabs of and say the quiet part out loud. Is it any wonder we didn't get a Christmas card!

282. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests. We're back for 2026 with more truth and more facts. We've go heaps to talk about.

281. Australian Trucking News and Opinion With Mike Williams and Trev Warner

280. In The Weeds with Mike. This week its a pure opinion bit. My guest didn't work out for the week so I've elected to give you basically one big Something To Talk About and you can argue amongst yourselves! I have a bit from Colin Dyne in WA and another bit from the old interstater. Both were on Facebook and both make solid points in my opinion. Take care out there and I'll catch you later.

279. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests. No fancy editing this week. I'm on the road and so I don't have all my recording and editing e=gear with me. This is as raw as it gets! Trev and I kick round a few trucking subjects and please support the Lets Get Rural Christmas raffle. https://www.raffletix.com.au/letsgetural-xmas25

278. In The Weeds with Mike and Trev. General Industry View on the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Amendment Regulation 2025The 2025 amendments to the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL), including the specific updates to mass, dimension, and loading rules under the accompanying regulations, have elicited a cautiously positive but predominantly disappointed response from the Australian trucking and road freight industry. Stakeholders, including major bodies like the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) and the National Road Transport Association (NatRoad), view the package as a modest step forward in simplifying compliance and enhancing safety, but criticize it for falling short of the "first principles" reform promised after the six-year review process that began in 2018. The changes—such as slight increases to general mass limits, easier Higher Mass Limits (HML) declarations, and more flexible loading via Safety Management Systems (SMS)—are seen as productivity boosters, yet the overall package is lambasted for lacking ambition, particularly on access reforms and fatigue management flexibility. Key Issues the Industry Has with the 2025 HVNL Amendments(Mass, Dimension & Loading + broader package)# Issue What the industry says 1 Lack of ambition / watered-down reform After 7 years of review, the final package is seen as “incremental tinkering” rather than the promised “first-principles rewrite”. Many big ideas from 2018–2024 consultations were dropped or heavily diluted. 2 Productivity gains are too small Minor mass/dimension increases are welcomed but described as “barely noticeable”. No meaningful lift in general-access limits or widespread Higher Productivity Vehicle rollout. 3 Access reform largely abandoned The original goal of eliminating 90 % of permits by 2028 is gone. Operators still face slow, inconsistent permit processes across councils and states. 4 Fatigue management flexibility removed Plans to reduce the number of work/rest options and give more genuine flexibility were scrapped late in the process, leaving the old rigid hours largely intact. 5 Accreditation & SMS changes risk more red tape The new “alternative compliance” and mandatory SMS requirements are complex and costly for small operators; many fear it will add paperwork rather than reduce it. 6 Regulations still not finalised The primary law has passed, but the detailed mass, dimension, loading and fatigue regulations are still being drafted. Industry is nervous about last-minute surprises and insufficient consultation time (some want minimum 42 days). 7 Implementation timeline too tight Mid-2026 start with staged rollout leaves only ~6–12 months for fleets to retrain drivers, update systems, and renegotiate contracts. 8 No clear accountability or KPIs No legislated forward work program or measurable targets (e.g., permit reduction, safety outcomes), so industry doubts further improvements will actually happen.

277. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests. No guest this week sorry I've been a bit time poor! I have a bit on length laws and how that affects sleeper sizes. (I know, old news right!) I've stitched in my weekly bit with Chris Smith on 2SM Sydney and Jason is in for the news and STTA. enjoy the show. BTW I do get a bit fired up during news.