The road freight industry is usually measured in terms of the services it sells, the direct economic activity generated moving freight across Australia each year.
Yet that figure only tells a small part of the story.
Because while the Australian road freight industry generates billions every year, the freight task it performs underpins industries worth trillions.
Together these sectors represent the lion’s share of Australia’s $2.5-trillion economy; and every one of them depends on trucks moving goods every day.
It’s a system that operates so reliably that most Australians barely notice it.
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