ALC welcomes the August 2026 consultation draft for OSCA 2027. The draft responds to several issues ALC raised with ABS in April, particularly around occupational visibility, skill levels and the need to better reflect how work is performed across the supply chain logistics and freight transport...
ALC supports Airservices Australia's development of FIMS and the move towards safer and more automated access to controlled airspace. Our interest in the pricing model is straightforward. It needs to recover the reasonable costs of running the system without making useful commercial applications unnecessarily expensive or difficult to...
ALC welcomes DCCEEW's 2026-27 review of the Safeguard Mechanism. We support Australia's emissions targets and a stable scheme beyond 2030. The supply chain logistics and freight transport industry needs clear settings for long-term...
ALC supports the Australian Government's plan to strengthen fuel security and resilience. The proposed package can improve Australia's resilience. It includes the Fuel Security Reserve, higher stockholding obligations and refinery support. But these measures must work during real...
ALC supports building a commercially viable Australian low carbon liquid fuels (LCLF) industry. Australia will continue to rely on liquid fuels for a significant share of the transport task while other technologies mature. The consultation paper recognises the same challenge across aviation, heavy road transport, maritime, mining, agriculture, industry and...
ALC supports updating the freight provisions of the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (the Act), however, the current definitions do not fully reflect how modern supply chains operate. Some intermodal nodes rely on shared operational technology. A failure in one privately controlled system can disrupt several supply chains, even if that system falls outside the current Act.ALC welcomes the Department of Home Affairs' focus on removing duplication, clarifying asset boundaries and testing whether controls work in...
The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) supports the application for substantive authorisation for a period of 12 months, subject to clear competition safeguards and practical oversight. The proposed conduct is capable of delivering a substantial public benefit by helping supermarkets and their supply chain partners maintain the availability of essential retail products during fuel-related disruption. The authorisation should enable rapid operational coordination. It should not permit coordination on price, weaken supplier protections or...
The Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, and Regional Development Communications, Sport and the Arts sought industry feedback on a proposed amendment to the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard that would bring certain passenger-substitute vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tonnes into the scheme. ALC supported the intent in principle but argued that the Government had not adequately quantified which vehicles would be affected, the likely commercial impacts or the emissions benefits. The submission called for real-world...
The Australian Logistics Council lodged this submission with the National Transport Commission in response to the Forward-Looking Cost Base for Heavy Vehicle Charges Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement. The submission noted that the current PAYGO framework, developed in 2007, no longer reflects the way Australia’s freight task operates, including changing vehicle technologies, more efficient fleets, emerging zero-emission heavy vehicles and increasing pressure on road infrastructure. It identified fairness, transparency, productivity,...
The Australian Logistics Council lodged this submission with the National Transport Commission in response to the Rail Safety National Law (RSNL) Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement. ALC supported the intent of the reform program to improve national consistency, safety and interoperability across Australia’s freight rail network, while cautioning against regulatory expansion that could increase complexity without delivering proportional system benefits. ALC recommended preserving the existing duties-based, Work Health and Safety-aligned...