26/03/2026
🚛 Right now, the trucking industry is hurting… AND BADLY.
And it’s beyond disappointing… it’s disgraceful that immediate relief is still nowhere to be seen when we have been battling these skyrocketing fuel prices for nearly a month.
Behind every truck on the road is a business fighting to stay afloat.
Fuel prices have surged, and for a mid-sized fleet of around 50 trucks, that’s an extra $30,000 PER DAY just to keep moving.
That’s roughly $600,000 a month in additional fuel costs….money that simply doesn’t exist in an industry already running on razor-thin margins.
Yet operators are expected to carry that burden while waiting 30–90 days for fuel levy adjustments to catch up. Fuel levies and fuel adjustments do not cover this cost but they do help. It does not help cash flow though when businesses are paying fuel bills daily or weekly to keep fuel limits down and waiting up to 90 days for payment.
How is that sustainable?
At the same time, the government continues to benefit, collecting increased GST revenue and fuel excise off the back of rising prices. This is the real kicker!!
Once again, our industry is treated like the bottom of the barrel…
Not the backbone that keeps this country fed, housed, and supplied with critical goods and medical equipment.
And for those who say, “just park the trucks up” — that’s not reality.
Because the moment a compliant operator steps back, a non-compliant operator fills the gap.
Cheaper rates. Lower standards. More risk.
That doesn’t fix the problem, it makes it worse.
It drives down the industry, damages long-term sustainability, and punishes those doing the right thing.
📉 Transport operators aren’t profiteering, we’re absorbing, surviving, and in many cases, sinking.
⚠️ This is not sustainable.
⚠️ This is not fair.
⚠️ And this cannot continue.
We are not asking for handouts, we are asking for urgent, practical relief…. not next month, not next quarter… like last week.
Because if compliant operators disappear…
Everyone will feel it.
We will continue talking about this issue daily until something is done. This issue just doesn’t affect us but every Australian owned trucking business whether they have 1 truck or 100 trucks.
We are proud of the fleet we have and the business we have created over the last 50 years but right now and the last 12 months has been the biggest uphill climb and it’s just blow after blow that we are expected to absorb.
Anthony Albanese Australian Labor Party it’s time to do something positive and constructive for this country and our businesses. Not one business hasn’t been struggling since you came into power. You’re doing NOTHING positive or productive.
Liberal Party of AustraliaPauline Hanson's One Nation Party Australian Trucking AssociationNatRoad AustraliaRoad Freight NSWNational Road Freighters Association Inc.
