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Sixteen groups. Pick your door.

Split by topic, and every one of them free to join.

The main room

The Drivers Advocate

The main room. Anything that hasn't got a group of its own.

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News

Trucking News

What's happening in the industry, and what it means for you.

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The industry

Promoting Australian Transport

Flying the flag for the industry and the people in it.

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Legal

Legal Matters

Notices, rules, and working out where you actually stand.

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Health

Health & Welfare

Medicals, long days, and the things nobody talks about.

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On the road

On The Road Dash Cam

Footage from the road - the near misses and the proof.

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On the road

Bro, Let's Share The Road

Sharing the road with everyone else on it.

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Money

Taxation, Income & Expenditure

Deductions, record keeping, and what you can actually claim.

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Compliance

Work Diaries & EWD

Counting time, rest breaks, and electronic work diaries.

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Compliance

Loading & Load Restraint

Getting it on, getting it secure, and keeping it legal.

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Compliance

Compliance & Induction

Inductions, audits, and the paperwork side of the job.

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What's on

Truck Shows & Events

What's on, where, and who's going.

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Work

Employment

Jobs, operators, pay and conditions.

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Work

Employ A Worker

For operators looking for drivers.

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Straight talk

Winners, Losers & The Good Ones

Credit where it's due, and a word where it isn't.

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Our people

Not Well or Passed On

Drivers doing it tough, and the ones we've lost.

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Australian road transport

You shouldn't have to
sort it out alone.

Run by drivers who are still behind the wheel. Bringing the pride back to the Australian truck driver — and to the industry that runs on them.

Heads up: the fit to drive rules changed on 1 August and now cover every heavy vehicle over 4.5 tonnes.

By the numbers

Gathered by hand and updated monthly — we'd rather give you a real number late than a made-up one on time. Last updated: —

The Drivers Advocate reach by period
  This month Last month Last 6 months Last 12 months Year to date1 Jan – 31 Dec
GroupsSplit by topic 1616161616
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Podcast listensTDA Truck Talk —————
Website visitorstdaau.com —————