The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) should stop trying to blame trains for the failure of truck drivers to abide by road rules.

Adelaide Metro passenger rail workers will commence stop work actions tomorrow following an escalation in their dispute with private operator Keolis Downer Adelaide (KDA) over pay and conditions.

The Melbourne Magistrates Court yesterday issued fines of $375,000 to the Australian Rail Track Corporation and $150,000 to NSW Trains over the fatal derailment of an XPT service at Wallan in February 2020.

The March 23 Tasmanian election will be unusual in many ways – not just the likelihood of a minority government reliant on the support of a disparate cross-bench.

This week’s Level Crossing Safety Roundtable in Brisbane saw the transport industry and governments agree to a trial of level crossing safety camera technology.

The Labor Party’s commitment to improving the pay and conditions of Metro Tasmania workers, recruiting more drivers, and criminalising the abuse of public transport workers will create a stronger public transport network for all Tasmanians.

Rail workers will be seeking mandatory safety cameras at level crossings, and increased penalties for drivers who cross in front of a train at next week’s national level crossing safety summit.

All candidates standing in the Tasmanian state election are being asked to commit to fixing Tasmania’s government-owned bus operator, Metro Tasmania.

Rail Tram and Bus Union Tasmanian Secretary Byron Cubit today called on all sides of politics to fully explain how they will fix Tasmania’s public transport system.

Tasmanians are being short-changed on public transport, and more funding is needed to bring the state’s public transport services up to scratch.