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Our members are from a diverse range of backgrounds and cover all modes of transport – road, rail, maritime and air. All members are eligible to apply for the Driving the Difference Scholarships and Creating Connections Mentoring Program
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Join NowMembers & Awards
OCTOBER 2024
Bridget is the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, and the Leader of the Nationals in the Senate. She is a former Cabinet Minister, and the first federal female Agriculture Minister and has held a number of portfolios including emergency management, national recovery and resilience, sport, regional communications, education and health. Bridget was elected Senator for Victoria in 2010. She holds a Bachelor or Applied Science and Education, specializing in mathematics and physical education. She lectured at Monash University. Bridget is the author of a biography of former Country Party Prime Minister: John McEwen – Right Man, Right Place, Right Time.
SEPTEMBER 2024
Introducing our Member Spotlight for September....... KYLIE JOHNSON!🥁🥁🥁🥁 Kylie Johnson is the first to say she’s not a trucking expert and nor is she a zero emissions expert. What she does know about is communication. Kylie is a former journalist for 2GB, Channel Seven and the ABC. She’s worked in the federal parliamentary press gallery and has been a newsreader, executive producer and news editor. She’s also an accomplished podcaster. In 2007, she created a podcast for CSIRO which became Australia’s number one science podcast at the time. So how did she end up winning a Churchill Fellowship to research the communication of zero emission heavy vehicles? Kylie first got a taste for the heavy vehicle industry when she ran the AdBlue campaign for the Australian Trucking Association (ATA). The campaign resulted in the federal government ensuring the local supply of AdBlue. Kylie also ran media campaigns highlighting supply chain issues during COVID as well as industry’s incredible efforts during natural disasters like the floods and bushfires in Western Australia. While at the ATA, she became very interested in zero emission trucks and how the industry was responding to the looming disruption they posed. Kylie formed her own business, Bright Sparks Consulting, and decided to apply for a Churchill Fellowship to explore how other countries were communicating to industry. ‘I was stunned when I won the Churchill Fellowship. The Churchill Trust only accepts just over 100 people every year. And trucking is a pretty rare subject, especially for a woman. So I feel very privileged to represent women in the heavy vehicle industry. ‘I’ve just returned from my travels and went everywhere from the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo in Las Vegas, through to the United Nations Climate Change conference, COP28 in Dubai and the Volvo Experience Centre in Sweden’. ‘I especially loved flying the flag for Transport Women Australia at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo which was full of women from all around the world. ‘What I learned on my research trip proved to me that change is coming for Australia and it’s vital industry is ready for it. It also confirmed my belief that we need a roadmap to ease industry confusion and strong leadership from government. ‘My Churchill Fellowship research shows very clearly that a considered, well executed communication campaign is the key to ensuring government and industry work together to navigate the road ahead.’
Members & Awards
(Deceased)
Steve Post WA
2022
Denis Robertson NSW
2022
Pam McMillian NSW
2024
Frances Ross
New South Wales
2023
Sharon Middleton AM
South Australia
2022
Merry Manton
Queensland
2021
Hazel Whitemore
Victoria
2020
Phylis Jones OAM
New South Wales
2019
Pam McMillian
Victoria
2024
Di Caldwell-Smith
RFNSW Transport Woman of the Year
2024
Ainsleigh Thomas
TWAL Young Gunnette Award
2024
Denis Robertson
ATA Don Watson Memorial Award
2024
Joshua Ulbrich
ATA National Professional Driver of the Year
2024
Jenny Fellows
ATA National Trucking Industry Woman of the Year
2023
Jay Reed
QTA Professional Driver of the Year
2023
Katharina Zink Attana
AFIA Female Leadership Award
2023
Coralie Chapman
Women in Industry Excellence in Transport Award
2023
Jacquelene Brotherton
ATA Outstanding Contribution to the Trucking Industry
2023
Ronald Finemore
ATA Don Watson Memorial Award
2023
Sally-ann Eather
RFNSW Transport Woman of the Year
2023
Caitlin Barlow
RFNSW Best Industry Newcomer
2022
Frances Ross
Women in Industry Excellence in Transport Award
2022
Alex Fraser Group/Hanson Austra
AFIA Female Leadership Award
2022
Rebecca Nielsen
RFNSW Outstanding Contribution to the NSW trucking industry
2022
Sally Tipping
RFNSW Woman of The Year
2022
David Muir
RFNSW Best Professional Driver of the Year
2021
Hazel Whitmore
Trish Pickering Memorial Award
2021
Annastasia Denigan
QTA Woman of the Year
2020
Phyllis Jones OAM
Trish Pickering Memorial Award
2020
Annastasia Denigan
Young Achiever Award - Australian Freight Industry Awards
2020
Melissa Strong
Women in Industry Excellence in Transport Award
2019
Pam McMillan
Trish Pickering Memorial Awawrd
2019
Rex Chapman
QTA Excellence in Industry Award
2019
Sharon Middleton
Icon of the Industry at the Road Transport Hall of Fame
2019
Leigh Smart
ATA Outstanding Contribution Award
2019
Coralie Chapman
ATA Woman of the Year
2019
Sondra Kremerskothen
Excellence in Transport Award
2019
Phyllis Jones
Award Medal of the Order of Australia
2019
Sharon Middleton
Awarded Member of the Order of Australia
2018
Kerri Connors
TTA Truck Driver of the Year
2018
Roslyn Anderson
RFNSW Woman of the Year
2018
Jacquelene Brotherton
AFIA Female Leadership in Transport Award
2018
Jacquelene Brotherton
Excellence in Road Transport Award
2017
Pam McMillian
Excellence in Road Transport Award
2017
Tracie Dickenson
ATA Woman of the Year
2015
Julie Russell
ATA Woman of the Year
2013
Sharon Middleton
ATA Woman of the Year
2012
Nola Bransgrove
Awarded Medal of the Order of Australia
2012
Rosalind (Roz) Shaw
ATA Woman of the Year
2010
Jan Pattison
ATA Woman of the Year
2009
Carol Single
ATA Woman of the Year
2008
Helen Savage
ATA Woman of the Year
2007
Elizabeth Martin
Award Medal of the Order of Australia
2007
Melissa Strong
ATA Woman of the Year
2006
Liz Schmidt
ATA Woman of the Year
2005
Marilyn Hams
ATA Woman of the Year
2004
Liz Martin
ATA Woman of the Year
2003
Merry Manton
ATA Woman of the Year
2001
Phyllis Jones
ATA Woman of the Year
2000
Heather Burdon
ATA Woman of the Year
1999
Pam McMillan
ATA Woman of the Year
1997
Nola Bransgrove
ATA Woman of the Year