Brisbane Truck Show Set To Celebrate 60th Anniversary
As the Brisbane Truck Show gears up to celebrate its landmark 60th anniversary in 2027, join us as we go back in time to the very first event…
On a sunny Autumn morning in May of 1968, a consortium of transport industry movers and shakers converged at the Haulmark Trailers yard in Rocklea, heralding the beginning of a tradition that would alter the industry forever.
The deadline to nominate for the prestigious 2026 HVIA National Awards has been extended until the end of this week. Nominations are open here and will now close at 5:00pm (AEST) on Friday, August 14, 2026.
HVIA is urging members to put forward the people, teams, projects and initiatives in their businesses that deserve national recognition across the categories of Production Innovation, Safety Innovation, Sustainability, Community Leadership, Industry Workforce Champion,Industry Leadership In Workforce Development, and multiple apprentice types, including the Heavy Vehicle Apprentice of the Year.
HVIA is working with the Department of Transport and Planning to clarify VIN marking policy in Victoria, holding aproductive meeting with Department staff at their offices in Ringwood, Victoria, on Friday, August 7.
They explained that while they were still investigating the issue, it appeared that a 2024 policy intended to apply to low-volume light vehicles under the Specialist and Enthusiast Vehicles scheme had been, in a small number of cases, mistakenly applied to heavy trailers.
HVIA has continued its strong growth in membership this year, with four new members joining the national industry association in recent weeks: Sloanebuilt Trailers, Netcorp, eLumina Global and Goose.
Headquartered in Brisbane, the national member-based industry association has expanded membership to a record 320+ heavy vehicle industry suppliers, including all of Australia’s truck OEMs and importers, almost all trailer makers and suppliers, and most parts and accessories manufacturers and distributors.
When a group of Monash Uni Art, Design and Architecture students climbed into the cab of a Toll Group truck last week, they weren’t just ticking off a field trip. They were stepping into the first stage of a brief that asks them to do something genuinely difficult: redesign how Australia sees the people who drive its trucks.
Coordinated through the National Road Safety Partnership Program, Toll Group brought a one-month-old prime mover to Monash’s Clayton campus, bringing students face-to-face with the industry at the centre of their upcoming project — an identity design challenge built around humanising truck drivers, reframing the transport sector as high-tech and safety-led, and repositioning trucking as a genuine career choice for the next generation.
HVIA has had a mixed response to its strong advocacy on the Victorian Government’s review of the Professional Engineers Registration Act, which commenced almost 12 months ago.
At the time, HVIA consulted with members and submitted a response that heavily criticised the scheme’s broad application to heavy vehicles and engineers working in the heavy vehicle sector.
Some 739 students from 19 schools got up close with the heavy vehicle industry at CSIRO’s #WithSTEMYouCan Careers Expo in Western Sydney on August 5, with HVIA members Team Global Express, Daimler Truck and Air Brake Corporation on hand to showcase the sector’s STEM credentials.
A standout moment came each time Daimler Truck Australia Pacific’s Kevin Youngman tilted the cab of an all-electric Fuso – part of Team Global Express’s world-first ARENA funded 60-truck electric fleet rollout, drawing gasps from a crowd getting their first real exposure to the industry that keeps Australia moving.
The United Kingdom Government has announced it will require a range of advanced safety technologies to be fitted to new mass-produced vehicles entering the Great Britain market in a bid to reduce crashes and improving protection for vehicle occupants and vulnerable road users.
The new requirements will apply to vehicles seeking GB type approval and will cover 18 safety technologies, including advanced emergency braking, blind spot information systems, driver drowsiness and distraction warnings, emergency lane keeping systems, intelligent speed assistance, reversing detection technologies and event data recorders.
