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  • Map showing a highlighted road route from Calais, France, across Europe and Russia to Vladivostok, labelled 11,815 kilometres and 145 hours’ driving time.

    Why are Aussie truckies driving from Calais to Vladivostok

    October 14, 2026

    WATIA CEO Cam Dumesny speaks with The Rural News about how additional sealed road connections into northern Australia could shorten freight journeys and support farmers, communities and disaster recovery.

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  • Jan Cooper, WATIA General Manager

    Jan Cooper joins WATIA as General Manager

    October 14, 2026October 14, 2026

    Rural transport advocate to lead WATIA’s productivity and labour relations policy work The Western Australian Transport Industry Association (WATIA) has appointed Jan Cooper as General Manager, effective today. Ms Cooper joins from the Livestock and Rural Transport Association of WA (LRTAWA), where she was Chief Executive Officer. In her new role, Ms Cooper will focus…

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  • Australian freight truck travelling past golden paddocks and grain silos in a rural landscape.

    WA transport industry offers practical measures to ease cost-of-living pressures.

    October 7, 2026

    WATIA is proposing practical, low-cost measures to reduce freight delays, improve transport efficiency and help ease cost-of-living pressures for WA businesses and households, working in partnership with the State Government.

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  • Freight Bodies back action on Sham Contracting

    Freight Bodies back action on Sham Contracting

    September 9, 2026September 9, 2026

    WATIA and Road Freight NSW have backed Fair Work Commission action addressing sham contracting while calling for a practical outcome that protects genuine owner-drivers.

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