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The Australian Logistics Council’s submission to the Productivity Commission’s Interim Report: Investing in Cheaper, Cleaner Energy and the Net Zero Transformation highlights the critical role of freight and logistics in achieving Australia’s net zero goals. It urges the Commission to embed freight-specific needs across energy, decarbonisation, and resilience reforms—emphasising competitive neutrality between modes, early investment in charging and refuelling corridors, targeted incentives for heavy vehicles, and inclusion of...

The Australian Logistics Council lodged a submission to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into building a skilled and adaptable workforce, highlighting the critical omission of the freight, logistics, and supply chain sector from the Interim Report despite its $150 billion contribution to GDP and severe workforce shortages. Building on ALC’s June 2025 workforce submission, the updated paper calls for freight and logistics to be explicitly prioritised in the final report through a coordinated National Workforce Strategy, a National Logistics...

The Australian Logistics Council has responded to the Productivity Commission’s Interim Report on National Competition Policy 2025, welcoming its focus on regulatory consistency but highlighting key gaps. The submission warns that the omission of freight-specific operational and digital standards from the Commission’s modelling, the exclusion of heavy vehicle driver licensing from occupational licensing reform, and the absence of freight and logistics from the workforce inquiry represent missed opportunities to strengthen a sector vital to the...

This submission from the Australian Logistics Council to the Victorian Legislative Assembly Economy and Infrastructure Committee’s Inquiry into Student Pathways to In-Demand Industries highlights critical workforce challenges facing the supply chain, freight, and logistics sector. It calls for urgent reforms to better align education and training systems with industry requirements, enhance career visibility, and expand participation among underrepresented groups. The submission identifies key barriers, including the decline in logistics...

The Australian Logistics Council’s submission to Treasury outlines priority reforms to position logistics and end-to-end supply chains as a key national productivity and resilience driver. As part of the Productivity Roundtable process, ALC urges the immediate release and implementation of the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy, regulatory reforms to support a flexible 24-hour freight economy, modernisation of heavy vehicle licensing, and structural reforms to enable a modal shift to more sustainable freight modes such as rail and coastal...

The Australian Logistics Council’s submission to the Productivity Commission calls for a modern, nationally consistent regulatory framework to strengthen supply chain resilience and unlock the full economic potential of Australia’s freight sector. It outlines how fragmented regulation, fuel insecurity, and outdated planning and infrastructure approvals undermine both economic dynamism and the freight sector’s capacity to respond to disruption. The submission advocates for harmonised vehicle and emissions standards, accelerated deployment of...

The Australian Logistics Council’s submission to the Productivity Commission highlights the urgent need for nationally coordinated action to build a skilled and adaptable freight and logistics workforce—an essential foundation for Australia’s economic resilience, productivity, and net zero transition. With vacancy rates growing nearly 50 per cent in five years and more than 26,000 truck driver roles unfilled, the submission calls for modernised, industry-aligned training models; a National Logistics Skills Hub; expanded apprenticeships; and...

The Australian Logistics Council’s submission to the Productivity Commission underscores the urgent need for nationally coordinated policy, investment, and regulatory alignment to support the decarbonisation of Australia’s freight sector—one of the most emissions-intensive and fuel-dependent parts of the economy. With over 90 per cent of transport fuels imported and energy infrastructure fragmented across jurisdictions, the submission calls for a national freight decarbonisation framework that aligns energy, transport, and planning policy to...

The Australian Logistics Council’s submission to the Productivity Commission’s 2025 National Competition Policy Analysis calls for urgent national action to address persistent inefficiencies in freight operations. It identifies three priority areas: the need for a nationally consistent, competency-based licensing system for heavy vehicle drivers; alignment of vehicle access and design standards with international benchmarks; and a unified, globally recognised emissions reporting framework. The submission emphasises that inconsistent regulations...

The Australian Logistics Council welcomes the opportunity to respond to the National Transport Commission’s discussion paper on improving health screening for commercial vehicle drivers. ALC supports the development of a nationally consistent approach to periodic health assessments, with clear and equitable requirements applied across jurisdictions and license classes, and without increasing compliance costs for operators. We highlight the critical role of trusted, non-regulatory initiatives—such as the Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds...