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Long distance truck driver. Former Truckin' Life Magazine editor
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275. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests. This week on the show Trev and Mike start talking about Chain Of Responsibility and end up in the weeds talking about how long it takes to get a road approved, funded and constructed. you will be blown away by how long some of our road projects have been in the works for! Mikes weekly bit with Chris Smith on 2SM talking about how fast we should be going on our roads, EV's and how they should pay their way etc. Dougie in with the news plus a really thought provoking STTA.
274. Mike gets into the weeds this week with Rob Free. The NHVR has kicked off a new podcast called 'Whats Your 20" Rob Co-hosts the show with another experienced driver Sarah as they do interviews and present information to the Australian road transport industry.
273. *SPECIAL* Mike with Guest Fiona Booth. This is a conversation recorded on Sunday 23rd November 2025. I don't often break from convention and throw in an extra show but this one is important because it's time sensitive. We only have a short time to put in submissions to the NTC about reforms to the NHVAS and I'm amazed we've got to this point without widespread outrage. Please have a listen and put in a quick submission. It's not that hard to do.
272. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests. This wee Mike talked with Chris Smith on radio 2SM about the issues with Australia's fuel stockpile and the consequences of running out of fuel. plus a bit about "Moolies" (WTF). Trev comes int to chew the fat on some trucking issues and Caleb joins in with Mike for the news.
271. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests. This week we get in the weeds with Trev talking about the proposed Master Code and what that means for drivers.
270. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests.
268. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests. Sorry for the lac of news content over the last two weeks. I'm sure you all understand it's not ideal trying to put together a show while I'm on the road. We'll be back to normal news etc on next Saturday's show. in the interim you're stuck with Trev and I talking about "stuff"
267. Australian Trucking In the weeds with Jerry Browne-Sarre. This week the conversation Mike had with Jerry Browne-Sarre, a bloke who has participated in some of the big events n the history of trucking in Australia. He's been an owner driver, employer and now semi retired in Victoria. He still chimes in on Social media with sometimes pointed and pragmatic views that strike a chord with many. I thank him for his time.
266. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests. I'm off having a bit of fun with the grandchildren so no news this week. Mick D with Something to Talk About and I had a chat with Trev Warner about the low level of the fuel stockpile here at home in Australia.
265. In The Weeds with Rob Grieves. The discussion this week is all about FSD (Full Self Driving (Supervised)). That is Tesla FSD. What it is, How it works and what it means for driving down the track. Rob Grieves owns and drives a Tesla with FSD. I always love to talk with people with first hand experience. We also discuss what can only be described as a 'hit piece' by 60 minutes on FSD.
264. Australian Trucking News and Opinion With Mike Williams and Trev Warner. this week Trev and I get stuck right into one news piece. Truckies flouting the law and running hot! Well slap my arse and call me Sally! Who knew we had operators who will have a crack and bend the rules!
Also, The memorial service was held today at Tarcutta there was a great long list of names added to the wall this year. This industry does have a butchers bill. One of the names added to the wall was my mate Barry "Sleepy" Grimson. Barry is on the remembrance wall, he didn't actually lose his life on the road. He did spend his life on the road and contributed to the industry not least of which was his role at Razorback. Barrys story is on the Copy Southbound Podcast feed an of course the razorback story is available for free on this feed.
263. In the weeds with Mike and Trev Warner.This week (as boring as it is) Trev and i get stuck into the HVNL review bill. come on the journey into the weeds with us if you brave enough! link below to the bill if you need a hand to get to sleep
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262. Australian Trucking News and Opinion With Mike Williams and Guests. I have a bit of a say on whether the Australian trucking representative bodies really care about drivers or if they just pay lip service to the idea. Some of you will know I do a spot on 2SM in Sydney each week, this week Chris and I talked about the proposal to reduce speed limits on rural roads amongst other things so I've included that for you. Jason Scott is in for the news and something to talk about and finally Andrea Hamilton Vaughan joins in with some powernap stuff and a forum she's put together for November 12th go to orange.nsw.gov.au/safetyforum to have a look at that. You can attend in person at the Orange Civic Center or via teams on you computer. Finally this is the link to the SE freeway hill decent video i was talking about with Jason https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE-cS9_0CRA
261. Australian Trucking. In the Weeds with Rod Hannifey. It's Wednesday evening and you get to listen to a conversation with a guest. No subject off limits. This week Mike has trucking identity, road safety advocate, former National Road Freighters Association President, professional driver and good friend on for his take on a few things. Hope you get something from it.
260. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests. Just ask us what we really think and we'll tell you. But, be warned, you might not like the answer!
259. Wednesday Extra with Mike Williams and Trev Warner. Lets talk about some serious stuff and get into the weeds on things we all think but no-one will say.
258. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests.This week on the show Dougie chimes in on the News, Caleb has Something To Talk About and Marcus Cosgrove and I have a chat about the review of the NHVL and what we're not getting after years of talkfests. Marcus attended the QLD Parliament to make a presentation on behalf of the College of Road Safety. we also get into the weeds on a bit of other stuff as well. shortcuts to the stuff we were on about appear below.
https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-Committees/Committees/Committee-Details?cid=272&id=4548
https://www.nhvr.gov.au/files/media/document/515/202412-1546-heavy-vehicle-productivity-plan-2025-2030.pdf
257. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests. This week we introduce Jason Scott to the team with the news, we have a double barrel something to talk about and Trev joins in to learn my latest news. It seem we're all just cogs in the machine, myself included.
Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests. Caleb with Something To Talk About, Dougie joins me for the news. Trev and i get into the weeds on all sorts of stuff and a comment fro Gord McGill in the US about trucking recruitment and driver facing cameras. It's a bit spicy!!
255. Australian Trucking News and Opinion with Mike Williams and Guests. We're back from Alice and getting into it. I want to welcome Caleb and Dougie to the show. They have volunteered to contribute and offer their voice to the conversation. After the news I have a chat with Anita Donlon fro Lets Get Rural about what shes been up to and their awesome motorbike fund raiser. this is the link to get some tickets.
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