Demi Hiriaki was our 2019 Frank Vale Award Winner and very recently, competed virtually to be part of the International Next Gen Award held with the IARW in the USA.

Demi works with GRT, Iceland Cold Storage’s transport division, a company that has been active in the refrigerated transport service industry for over 10 years. Demi tells us of her quick progression through the company from being part of the Transport Team to now as the Chief Operations Officer.

Take a couple of minutes to hear from Demi’s perspective how the Frank Vale Award influenced her personally and in her career to where she is today!

The program for the 79th RWTA Conference & Exhibition 2021 has been released.

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Craig Adams is the General Manager, National Operations and Customer Experience at Primary Connect, part of the Woolworths Group.

Craig was also the RWTA Frank Vale Winner in the year 2000. He was then working in SA Cold Stores in South Australia.

A stellar career starts somewhere and no better person to talk about that journey than Craig.

Please take a few minutes to listen to what Craig has to say about the RWTA Frank Vale Award, what benefits he sees in hindsight and why he recommends all budding future leaders to be part of this incredible opportunity.

Please read this one pager, an update from the Victorian State Government, Department of Transport.

We are seeking financial support to provide the most food to the most Queenslanders in need in the most efficient ways through our bulk purchasing programs

This is a release from the Australian Government, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications through The Office of the Hon Scott Buchholz MP Assistant Minister for Road Safety and Freight Transport.

The RWTA has been called this morning by State and Federal Departments and their Ministers to comment on the effects of imposed restrictions on the cold chain and associated logistics in Australia leading up to what has been an extension to Sunday midnight.

Below is a collation of the information sent to the Minister for Public Transport, Minister for Roads and Road Safety, the Hon. Ben Carroll.

Under Stage 4 'Stay at Home' Restrictions the default is that workplaces in metropolitan Melbourne are closed unless the workplace is part of a permitted industry as set out below. All Victorians are required to work from home, except where this is not practicable.

The National Cabinet met Friday the 26th June, 2020 to further discuss Australia’s current COVID-19 response, easing restrictions in the coming months, helping Australians prepare to go back to work in a COVID-safe environment and getting the economy moving again.