Push to make trucks pay  ( From the Stock and Land )
ANDREW WEST AND LOUISE HALL
07 Jan, 2010 09:11 AM
THE long-haul trucking industry is facing renewed calls to pay its way, as pressure mounts to get heavy vehicles carrying dangerous goods off the roads after a spate of fatal accidents.

The Australasian Railway Association is increasingly confident that the review of the tax system by the Treasury Secretary, Ken Henry, will recommend road-user charges that will recover from the trucking indus...


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