The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has welcomed the Federal Government’s renewed focus on freight rail, highlighting major investment in network upgrades and a shift toward improving overall system performance. The announcement signals a stronger, more coordinated approach to moving freight across Australia, with an emphasis on efficiency, resilience, and long-term national...
The Australian Logistics Council submission to the NSW State Significant Development assessment for the Mamre Road Data Centre Campus argues the proposal is incompatible with the precinct’s designated freight and logistics role within the Western Sydney Employment Area. The site forms part of a strategically planned industrial corridor intended to support the future Western Sydney Intermodal Terminal and Freight Line, both critical to improving rail freight capacity and supply chain efficiency. ALC highlights that the development would...
The Australian Logistics Council submission to the Select Committee on Productivity in Australia positions freight and logistics as a core driver of national productivity, with performance outcomes shaped predominantly by system design rather than industry capability. It draws on ALC’s broader policy work to argue that Australia’s freight sector is efficient and increasingly advanced, but constrained by fragmented regulation, misaligned infrastructure and land use planning, inconsistent workforce and licensing frameworks, and limited end-to-end...
The Australian Logistics Council provided a submission to Industry Skills Australia in response to the Draft 2026 Workforce Planning Update. The paper highlights that workforce shortages in freight transport and logistics are now a binding constraint on national productivity, supply chain performance, and cost-of-living outcomes. ALC supports the direction of the Update but identifies a growing misalignment between projected freight demand and workforce capacity. With Australia’s freight task expected to grow significantly to 2050, the...
This paper outlines the Australian Logistics Council’s position that Australia’s current diesel fuel prioritisation framework, while effective in identifying essential users, fails to account for the critical role of distribution systems in actually delivering fuel during disruptions. It argues that diesel underpins nearly all supply chains and economic activity, yet the system that moves it is tightly constrained, diesel-dependent, and vulnerable to disruption—meaning supply can exist without reaching end users. Drawing on real-world...
The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has made a submission to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on the Occupation Standard Classification for Australia (OSCA) 2027 update, calling for improved recognition of the operational complexity, skill intensity and emerging roles across Australia’s supply chain and freight logistics sector. The submission highlights gaps in current classifications, including the underrepresentation of critical occupations and the absence of emerging roles in areas such as automation, digital logistics,...
The Australian Logistics Council provided input to the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water on the treatment of energy crops within the Product Guarantee of Origin (PGO) scheme. ALC supports a transparent, non-prescriptive certification framework to underpin investment in low-emissions fuels for hard-to-abate freight and logistics sectors. ALC recommends maintaining flexibility in feedstock eligibility, adopting a staged approach to incorporating broader lifecycle emissions (beyond farm gate), and implementing...
The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has welcomed the Australian Government’s move to strengthen domestic fuel security, highlighting the importance of maintaining local refining capability amid ongoing global supply chain pressures. The changes to the Fuel Security Services Payment are expected to provide greater certainty for refiners and support continued domestic production, helping ensure fuel availability in the near term. ALC emphasises that fuel security must be addressed across the entire supply chain—from production through to...