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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...

ALC made a submission to the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure regarding the planning proposal for land at 251, 278 and 280–282 Captain Cook Drive, Kurnell, NSW. ALC did not support the proposal, which sought to introduce approximately 4,300 dwellings and around 13,000 residents into a key freight, industrial and aviation interface precinct within the southern Sydney corridor, integrated with Port Botany, freight networks, and Sydney Airport flight paths. The proposal was considered to present significant reverse sensitivity...

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...

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 provided a submission to the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure on the Draft Statewide Policy for Industrial Lands. The submission supports the development of a statewide industrial land framework but highlights that industrial precincts function as critical freight infrastructure underpinning port operations, rail freight, fuel supply chains and last-mile distribution. ALC notes that industrial land supply across metropolitan Sydney remains highly constrained, with limited serviced and...

The Australian Logistics Council provided a submission to the Queensland Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning on the Draft South East Queensland Regional Industrial Lands Strategy. The submission supports the Strategy’s objective of securing long-term industrial land supply but emphasises that freight outcomes rely on serviced land, infrastructure sequencing, and network integration—not zoning alone. ALC highlights that only around 20 per cent of zoned industrial land is development-ready, with freight-suitable supply...