National rural trucking body pleads for government border coordination

Sally Gall
Updated August 11 2020 - 10:29am, first published August 8 2020 - 2:30pm
Filling up: The livestock transport industry hasn't been as affected by announcements of closures to COVID-19 hotspots as the freight industry, to date. Picture: Sally Gall.
Filling up: The livestock transport industry hasn't been as affected by announcements of closures to COVID-19 hotspots as the freight industry, to date. Picture: Sally Gall.

Prior consultation and a cohesive national plan for the management of border closures may be hard to achieve but that's what the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association would like to see happen before any more abrupt announcements are made.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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