Following industry consultation and research, Australian Industry Standards (AIS) have released Industry Outlooks for 2021 for the following sectors:

• Aviation
• Maritime
• Rail
• Transport & Logistics

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has partnered with Coles and its supply chain partners Toll and Linfox, to educate road users about sharing the road safely with heavy vehicles. This will include a range of educational resources that will roll out through driver education programs across the country.
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Read the full media release here. To view the campaign and resources visit www.weneedspace.com.au

​Austroads has published a set of curated lessons learned from Connected Vehicle, Automated Vehicle and Low Emission Vehicle trial projects. 

The extension of temporary full expensing to 30 June 2023 has been welcomed by industry. 

​The Australian Industry Skills Committee (AISC) has recently released Cases for Change for Rail, Aviation, Transport and Logistics, Maritime, and Defence sectors. ​​This work is aimed at ensuring qualifications, Skill Sets and Units of Competency reflect current technologies, industry practices, and regulations and requires industry feedback required by Tuesday, 11 May 2021 for all sectors. 
 
As always, if you are providing comment, please send a copy of your feedback to the LDSC so that we can ensure feedback from WA Stakeholders has been taken into account during the consultation process.

A series of load restraint safety videos has been launched as part of a new project that aims to reduce the number of dangerously loaded trucks on regional roads. ​

​The Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) agreed in December 2020 to the immediate deletion of a number of training products (i.e. qualifications) from the national vocational education and training (VET) register. 

The State Government's $6.1 million Heavy Vehicle Driving Operations Skill Set is underway, with 12 students currently enrolled in the pilot course. re to edit.