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Compulsory NAAS telematics is coming — but part of the certified market does not yet exist
Queensland has priced a small operator’s NAAS telematics at $47,260, but WWTG has established that a critical part of the certified Smart OBM market for specialised heavy haul does not yet exist.
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When one freight carrier stops, who keeps remote Queensland supplied?
The Hawkins shutdown exposed a wider question for remote Queensland: when commercial freight capacity suddenly disappears, who is responsible for making sure essential supplies keep moving?
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WA’s freight rail buyback Bill: what it could mean for trucking
WA’s proposed freight-rail buyback creates a framework for a deal—not a ban on trucks. Here is what Bill 85 enables, who it affects and the questions still unanswered.
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Rail operators put a price on freight shift: how TRACK will test taxpayer value per TEU
Rail operators will nominate the subsidy they need for additional freight under the Commonwealth’s $26 million TRACK round. WWTG examines the harder question: what will taxpayers actually buy for each TEU shifted and litre of diesel saved?
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$26m to take freight off the road: how Australia’s new rail freight subsidy works
The Commonwealth is offering rail operators up to $26 million to shift existing road freight onto rail. The scheme is also testing something bigger: whether per-container incentive payments can rapidly change how Australian freight moves.
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NHVR says the Euro VI mass drafting problem is fixed — but the operational explanation is still missing
The NHVR says recent Heavy Vehicle National Law amendments have resolved a drafting issue affecting the Euro VI mass exception. It did not explain what was wrong, whether operators were affected or how the interim position was enforced.
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Three Mainfreight companies filed up to 355 days late. ASIC says the problem was the deadline, not the accounts
Three Australian Mainfreight group companies each paid a $198,000 infringement notice over alleged late FY2025 financial reporting. ASIC says all three reports are now lodged and it found no content deficiency through this enforcement action.
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The warehouse drone that works at minus 29 degrees — so people don’t have to
Corvus Robotics has built an autonomous inventory drone rated to live and work in freezers down to minus 29°C. The bigger logistics story is what happens when routine stock counting no longer requires a person in the aisle.
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Forget programming the robot. This Sydney-linked startup wants workers to teach it on the job
A robotics company built in London and Sydney says line workers can teach machines by demonstration and correction. If that model scales, the next warehouse automation skill may look less like coding and more like showing a new worker the job.
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500 Tesla Semis are going into one freight network. The hard part is everything around the truck
Einride plans to deploy 500 Tesla Semis for Amazon and other customers across North America. The headline is electric trucks; the more important freight story is the software, charging and utilisation system needed to make hundreds of them work.