Need for greater certainty in freight transport

04 May 2010

The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has welcomed the release of the report of the Australia's Future Tax System Review (the Henry Review) and has called on the Government to guarantee no net increase in the tax burden on the Australian freight Transport & Logistics (T&L) industry.

Australia’s freight task will triple by 2050 – from 503 billion tonne kilometres to 1,540 billion tonne kilometres, with local demand for total freight movements increasing by as much as 60% by 2020.

“Given 2010 is the year of freight transport, ALC is disappointed by the Government’s lack of certainty offered on sensitive freight pricing issues”, said ALC Chief Executive Michael Kilgariff.

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