Tassie Health wins greenest fleet award

By Paul Hemsley The Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) car fleet might have been one of the state’s biggest carbon emitters, but that hasn’t stopped the agency walking away with the top environmental award from the Australian Fleet Management Association (AfMA) for its work in cutting greenhouse gas emissions through better procurement […]

Fleet managers warn of safety risks in FBT changes

By Julian Bajkowski The Australian Fleet Management Association (AFMA) has intensified its campaign against Canberra’s removal of longstanding concessions for new car buyers under the Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) regime, warning the changes could undermine both fleet and road safety. The national group, which represents both fleet buyers and sellers, says surveys it conducted during […]

NSW consigns FleetWise to scrap heap

By Paul Hemsley New South Wales Premier Barry O’Farrell’s campaign against so-called green-tape has resulted in the state government’s FleetWise program being junked on the basis it duplicates a similar federal program that is already operating. Funded by the state government through the Environment Trust, the FleetWise program had been a source of information, tools […]

Australia broken up over clean fleets

By Paul Hemsley Driving Australia’s clean fleet initiative has been an objective up for grabs by governments and private enterprise, but they are each taking the challenge without any centralised federal management. The federal government has a task group on energy efficiency, which considers the introduction of a mandatory light vehicle carbon dioxide (CO2) standard. […]

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