national transport

Bruce Baird will be the chairman of the new National Heavy Vehicle Regulator Board.

The appointment was agreed to by Transport Ministers at the inaugural Standing Council on Transport and Infrastructure in Canberra.

Mr Baird has extensive knowledge of the transport industry and brings high-level leadership qualities to this important role.

The ministers also agreed to undertake an international search for a chief executive officer for the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator and for the position of National Rail Regulator.

The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has released its policy on National Transport Legislation, which calls for the national transport regulators commencing in January 2013 to be national in both practice and name.

“ALC supported the decision by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) on 19 August 2011 to sign the Intergovernmental Agreements on national regulators for heavy vehicles, rail safety and maritime safety,” said ALC CEO Michael Kilgariff.