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cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-8" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">2024/25 QTA Board Announced</span></h1></td> </tr></table><table class="text_block block-9" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:21px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">The 48th QTA Annual General Meeting was held on Tueday 30 April and 23 member companies were in attendance.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">After four years in the President's role, Paul Kahlert (CEO, All Purpose Transport) stepped down and presented his last President's report. Paul handed over the reigns to newly elected President Michael Mahon (Managing Director, MJ Mahon). Bryan Smith (formerly from Rocky's Own) also stepped down and did not seek renomination. The newly elected Vice-President is Sam Mackie (nee Clayton), Managing Director of Barnes Auto Co.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px">The QTA is proud to have a diverse board representing small, medium and large businesses from around Queensland in many different sectors of the industry. There are now 12 Board of Directors with a strong gender balance including 59% male and 41% female representation. </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px">We extend a welcome to Ross Longmire (Chief Operating Officer, Followmont Transport) who was newly elected to the Board of Directors. Congratulations to all the Directors who will form the 2024/25 QTA Board of Directors.</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><strong>The full list of <a href="https://www.qta.com.au/our-board" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;" rel="noopener">QTA Board of Directors for 2024/25 includes</a>:</strong></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-3" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="50%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#000;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:13px;"><strong>President:</strong> Michael Mahon, MJ Mahon</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:13px;"><strong>Treasurer:</strong> Andrew Tompkins, IOR</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong><span style="font-size:13px;">Directors:</span></strong></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Ben Colvin, Prochem Industries - Mackay</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Cheryl Connor, Exodas - Yatala</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">Ross Longmire, Followmont Transport - Eagle Farm</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:13px;">David Simon, Simon National Carriers - Toowoomba</span></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="50%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#000;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:13px;"><strong>Vice President</strong>: Sam Mackie, Barnes Auto Co</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:13px;"><strong>Imm. Past President:</strong> Paul Kahlert, All Purpose Transport</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Tayla Connelly, Oakdare Industries - Townsville</span></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:15.6px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Tracie Dickenson, Daryl Dickenson Transport - Carole Park</span></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:15.6px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">Julie Russell, Russell Transport -Eagle Farm</span></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:15.6px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Brian Smith, D&B Smith Brothers - Mt Garnett</span> </p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-4" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="50%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:326px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/wyxa/2j2p20yg/ui6/zpp/t58/Michael%20Mahon.JPEG" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="326" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table></td> <td class="column column-2" width="50%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:326px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/wyxa/2j2p20yg/fdk/vm1/1z2/Sam%20Clayton.JPEG" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="326" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-5" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="50%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#000;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:13px;"><strong>Michael Mahon, MJ Mahon - QTA President</strong></span> </p></div></div></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="50%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#000;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong><span style="font-size:13px;">Samantha Mackie, Barnes Auto Co Australia</span></strong></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong><span style="font-size:13px;">- QTA Vice President</span></strong></p></div> </div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-6" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="50%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:21px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Director Profile:</span></p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">Michael started MJ Mahon transport straight after High School with one small truck, completing courier deliveries. He eventually upgraded the business by selling his single vehicle to buy two 12-tonne trucks. Since then, his business has gone from strength to strength and gradually grown to the successful business with over 30 trucks.</span></p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">With over 20 years of experience, Michael has developed strong business management skills including customer service, employee relations, business and cash flow analysis and forecasting experience. </span></p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">Michael is continuing to expand his knowledge and share his experience by joining our Board of Directors and now taking on the role of QTA President.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:13px;">Aside from his love of trucks, Michael has a keen interest in classic cars, country music and taking the family camping and 4WDing.</span></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="50%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:21px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Director Profile:</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">Samantha grew up in her family towing business on the Sunshine Coast and has had a passion for transport since she was a kid. With degrees in Business and Accounting Sam gained experience in finance and advisory services and is now a Director at Barnes Auto Co Australia.<br /><br /> Samantha has experience with the full spectrum of transport operations and implemented various new systems ensuring efficient and profitable processes. An innovative thinker, she is always looking for better ways to get the job done <br /><br />Outside of work Samantha enjoys being a mum and also contributes her time through working with not-for-profit organisations and volunteering for At Risk Youth in regional QLD. She is also a self-confessed adrenaline junkie.</span></p></div></div></td> </tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-7" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="divider_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">2023 QTA Presidents Report</span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:21px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Report presented Paul Kahlert at the 48th QTA Annual General Meeting, 30/4/24</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">This my final AGM as President of the QTA which has been a fantastic experience for me at both a personal and professional level. It’s great to be involved in an organisation where people are the greatest asset. I would like to thank the Board and the Team at QTA for your support for the past 3 years. I would also like to thank the Members and our Sponsors for their ongoing support.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">The President’s role for me started right in the middle of the COVID pandemic during very challenging times for everyone’s business. Many of us were unsure whether we would still have a company as this was a time of rapid change and uncertainty.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">During this unsettling period, the QTA was the communication oracle for its members.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">On a daily basis the QTA was able to provide us with important information that allowed us to pivot our business to keep the freight moving. </span><span style="font-size:13px;">I remember finding it quite amusing when I watched a news report from the Victorian border where I saw their Police service using a QTA newsletter.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">As we transitioned out of COVID the QTA shifted its focus back to its key function of advocating the cause for its members. Importantly the QTA often gets involved in national issues for its members so therefore is not limited to the just the QLD state border.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">The has meant that the IP developed by the QTA team is not QLD centric but a national view offering their members a “one-stop” help shop when they have a challenge on the roads.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">Through Gary and his team’s hard work we are now getting “a seat at the table” at the invitation of State and Federal governments to be part of the conversation around changes that effect industry.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">Testimony to this has been in the past 12 months the QTA has been a significant part of two key events. Firstly the “Closing the Loopholes” amendment by Fairwork Australia – QTA along with the ARTIO have been involved from the outset while the legislation was being generated. This ensured that its members’ interests were kept at the forefront of the key decision makers’ conversations and reinforced their key role of advocacy at the highest level.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://qta.com.au/news/qta-presidents-2023-report" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;" rel="noopener"><span style="font-size:13px;">Read the Full Report and view Presentation here</span></a></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-4" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" 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style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:18px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><ul style="line-height:1.5;mso-line-height-alt:18px;font-size:13px"><li><a href="https://primemovermag.com.au/rising-to-the-occasion/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;" rel="noopener">Viva Energy's Mairead Hayes - Rising to the occasion</a> (Prime Mover)</li><li> <a href="https://primemovermag.com.au/martins-stock-haulage-unveils-latest-130-tonne-rated-super-liner/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;" rel="noopener">Martin's Stock Haulage unveils latest 130-tonne Mack Superliner</a> (Prime Mover)</li><li><a href="https://bigrigs.com.au/2024/05/01/ron-finemore-md-to-take-on-role-as-new-ata-chair/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;" rel="noopener">Ron Finemore Transport MD takes on role of ATA Chair</a> (Big Rigs)</li><li> <a href="https://primemovermag.com.au/qube-employees-commemorate-anzac-day/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;" rel="noopener">Qube employee commemorate Anzac Day</a> (Prime Mover)</li></ul></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-7" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-8" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="left" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:815px"><a href="https://www.qta.com.au/events" target="_blank" style="outline:none" tabindex="-1"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/a094431a-3703-47bd-bc1b-c32d6c8901d6/me_qta/Road%20Freight%20Forums%20-Newsletter%20heading.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="815" height="auto" /></a></div></div></td></tr> </table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-8" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="33.333333333333336%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="button_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><!--[if mso]> <v:roundrect xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" href="https://www.qta.com.au/events/road-freight-forum-rockhampton" style="height:49px;width:154px;v-text-anchor:middle;" arcsize="9%" stroke="false" fillcolor="#e0a33a"> <w:anchorlock/> <v:textbox inset="0px,0px,0px,0px"> <center style="color:#ffffff; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:13px"> <![endif]--> <a href="https://www.qta.com.au/events/road-freight-forum-rockhampton" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;display:inline-block;color:#ffffff;background-color:#e0a33a;border-radius:4px;width:auto;border-top:0px solid transparent;font-weight:400;border-right:0px solid transparent;border-bottom:0px solid transparent;border-left:0px solid transparent;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:center;mso-border-alt:none;word-break:keep-all;"><span style="padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;letter-spacing:normal;"><span style="word-break: break-word; line-height: 19.5px;"><strong>ROCKHAMPTON</strong></span><span style="word-break: break-word; line-height: 19.5px;"> <br /><strong>Thurs, 16 May</strong></span></span></a><!--[if mso]></center></v:textbox></v:roundrect><![endif]--></div></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="33.333333333333336%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="button_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><!--[if mso]> <v:roundrect xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" href="https://www.qta.com.au/events/road-freight-forum-toowoomba" style="height:49px;width:140px;v-text-anchor:middle;" arcsize="9%" stroke="false" fillcolor="#0a2446"> <w:anchorlock/> <v:textbox inset="0px,0px,0px,0px"> <center style="color:#ffffff; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:13px"> <![endif]--> <a href="https://www.qta.com.au/events/road-freight-forum-toowoomba" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;display:inline-block;color:#ffffff;background-color:#0a2446;border-radius:4px;width:auto;border-top:0px solid transparent;font-weight:400;border-right:0px solid transparent;border-bottom:0px solid transparent;border-left:0px solid transparent;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:center;mso-border-alt:none;word-break:keep-all;"><span style="padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;letter-spacing:normal;"><span style="word-break: break-word; line-height: 19.5px;"><strong>TOOWOOMBA</strong></span><span style="word-break: break-word; line-height: 19.5px;"> <br /><strong>Wed, 3 July</strong></span></span></a><!--[if mso]></center></v:textbox></v:roundrect><![endif]--></div></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-3" width="33.333333333333336%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="button_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><!--[if mso]> <v:roundrect xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" href="https://www.qta.com.au/events/road-freight-forum-emerald" style="height:49px;width:143px;v-text-anchor:middle;" arcsize="9%" stroke="false" fillcolor="#0a2446"> <w:anchorlock/> <v:textbox inset="0px,0px,0px,0px"> <center style="color:#ffffff; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:13px"> <![endif]--> <a href="https://www.qta.com.au/events/road-freight-forum-emerald" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;display:inline-block;color:#ffffff;background-color:#0a2446;border-radius:4px;width:auto;border-top:0px solid transparent;font-weight:400;border-right:0px solid transparent;border-bottom:0px solid transparent;border-left:0px solid transparent;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:center;mso-border-alt:none;word-break:keep-all;"><span style="padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;letter-spacing:normal;"><span style="word-break: break-word; line-height: 19.5px;"><strong>EMERALD</strong></span><span style="word-break: break-word; line-height: 19.5px;"> <br /><strong>Thurs, 25 July</strong></span></span></a><!--[if mso]></center></v:textbox></v:roundrect><![endif]--></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-9" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="33.333333333333336%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="button_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><!--[if mso]> <v:roundrect xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" href="https://www.qta.com.au/events/road-freight-forum-roma" style="height:49px;width:155px;v-text-anchor:middle;" arcsize="9%" stroke="false" fillcolor="#0a2446"> <w:anchorlock/> <v:textbox inset="0px,0px,0px,0px"> <center style="color:#ffffff; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:13px"> <![endif]--> <a href="https://www.qta.com.au/events/road-freight-forum-roma" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;display:inline-block;color:#ffffff;background-color:#0a2446;border-radius:4px;width:auto;border-top:0px solid transparent;font-weight:400;border-right:0px solid transparent;border-bottom:0px solid transparent;border-left:0px solid transparent;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:center;mso-border-alt:none;word-break:keep-all;"><span style="padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;letter-spacing:normal;"><span style="word-break: break-word; line-height: 19.5px;"><strong>ROMA</strong></span><span style="word-break: break-word; line-height: 19.5px;"> <br /><strong>Thurs, 8 August</strong></span></span></a><!--[if mso]></center></v:textbox></v:roundrect><![endif]--></div></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="33.333333333333336%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="empty_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div></div></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-3" width="33.333333333333336%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="button_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><!--[if mso]> <v:roundrect xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" href="https://www.qta.com.au/events/road-freight-forum-toowoomba" style="height:49px;width:164px;v-text-anchor:middle;" arcsize="9%" stroke="false" fillcolor="#0a2446"> <w:anchorlock/> <v:textbox inset="0px,0px,0px,0px"> <center style="color:#ffffff; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:13px"> <![endif]--> <a href="https://www.qta.com.au/events/road-freight-forum-toowoomba" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;display:inline-block;color:#ffffff;background-color:#0a2446;border-radius:4px;width:auto;border-top:0px solid transparent;font-weight:400;border-right:0px solid transparent;border-bottom:0px solid transparent;border-left:0px solid transparent;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:center;mso-border-alt:none;word-break:keep-all;"><span style="padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;letter-spacing:normal;"><span style="word-break: break-word; line-height: 19.5px;"><strong>TOWNSVILLE</strong></span><span style="word-break: break-word; line-height: 19.5px;"> <br /><strong>Thurs, 22 August</strong></span></span></a><!--[if mso]></center></v:textbox></v:roundrect><![endif]--></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-10" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="divider_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"> <span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><strong>Member Feature Photos - honouring Anzac Day</strong></span></h1></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-11" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#000;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">This striking combination owned by Ozwide Freight features an amazing montage to recognise Anzac Day.</p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:815px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/wyxa/2j2p20yg/3vo/69f/e03/Ozwide%207.jpg" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="815" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#000;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> JR Stephens and Co have a couple of trucks on the road with custom colours honouring our service men and women. Pictured is 'Salute' and 'Digg3er. </p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-12" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:815px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/wyxa/2j2p20yg/8m5/1m6/qea/Jr%20Stephens%204.jpg" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="815" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-13" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="50%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:407.5px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/wyxa/2j2p20yg/moy/q9d/23k/Jr%20Stephens%203.jpg" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="407.5" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="50%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:407.5px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/wyxa/2j2p20yg/blf/8bh/xpd/Jr%20Stephens%202.jpg" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="407.5" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody> </table><table class="row row-14" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="divider_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><strong>Who will you nominate for the QTA Road Freight Industry Awards?</strong></span></h1></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-15" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:21px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">The <strong>2024 QTA Road Freight Industry Awards</strong> will be held on 21 September 2024 and the nominations will open in the next few weeks for our Awards. We encourage you to start thinking about nominating this year.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Award Categories include:</span></p><ul style="line-height:1.5;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px;font-size:13px"><li style="text-align:justify">Industry Contribution Award</li><li style="text-align:justify">Professional Driver of the Year Award</li><li style="text-align:justify">Trucking Woman of the Year Award</li><li style="text-align:justify">Health and Wellbeing Award - NEW</li><li style="text-align:justify">Training and Skilling Excellence Award</li><li style="text-align:justify">Safety and Innovation Award</li><li style="text-align:justify">Young Achiever Award</li></ul><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">Contact <a href="mailto:lisa@qta.com.au?subject=2024 QTA RFIA Awards" target="_blank" title="lisa@qta.com.au" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;" rel="noopener">Lisa Fraser</a> if you wish to talk about nominating this year. </span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"> <div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">May is Small Business Month</span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-4" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:18px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">Each May Queensland Small Business Month (QSBM) sets out to highlight, celebrate and support the thousands of small businesses operating across the state year-round.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:18px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">Queensland is home to more than 482,000 small businesses — 97% of all businesses — that contribute around $117 billion to the state economy each year.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:18px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> There are Events planned around Queensland during May - <a href="https://www.business.qld.gov.au/running-business/support-assistance/events?query=qsbm2024&meta_EventRegion=&meta_EventStartDateFriendly=&meta_Topic=&meta_EventType=&meta_HostType=&meta_EventCost=#" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;" rel="noopener">click here for more information</a>.</p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-5" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:815px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/wyxa/2j2p20yg/jh8/bcr/w0c/ESG.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="815" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-7" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">ESG Webinar - Recording & Slides now available</span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-8" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:21px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">The first ESG Webinar - Understanding ESB was held this week and the recording and presentation slides have now been uploaded onto the new ESG Resource Hub on the website. To access the resources, login via the Member Portal login page. </span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <a href="https://www.qta.com.au/environmental-social-and-governance" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;" rel="noopener">View the On Demand Webinar Recording and Presentation Slides here</a></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">If you haven't logged in for a while and forgotten your password, just click the 'forgot password' button to reset your password.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Thanks to TWUSUPER for sponsoring the Webinar and Seminar Series.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">If you have any issues, let us know by emailing <a href="mailto:admin@qta.com.au" target="_blank" title="admin@qta.com.au" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;" rel="noopener">admin@qta.com.au</a></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-9" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-10" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:815px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/wyxa/2j2p20yg/eso/h4c/xtr/Safety_2.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="815" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-11" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"> <span class="tinyMce-placeholder">OHS Alert-Worker fined in first case with WHS and Crimes Act overlap</span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-12" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:18px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px">(Article from OHS Alert 3/5/24)</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:18px"> </p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">A worker who was charged with the manslaughter of another worker, in a runaway-forklift incident, has been convicted and fined for a section-28 contravention of WHS laws, in a first-of-its-kind case highlighting the potential multifaceted consequences of safety failings.</span></p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:18px"> </p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">The case also demonstrated the regulatory expectations around operating and parking forklifts and leaving the vehicles unattended.</span></p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:18px"> </p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">In February 2021, a 40-year-old owner-driver who provided truck driving services to John Cook & Sons Pty Ltd was fatally crushed between a runaway forklift and the tray of his truck at John Cook's timber distribution premises in St Marys, NSW.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:18px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <a href="https://www.qta.com.au/resources/ohs-alertworker-fined-first-case-whs-and-crimes-act-overlap" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-13" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">NSW-Important Update - PBS and Telematics</span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-14" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:21px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">In December 2023, Transport for NSW advised the freight industry that telematics requirements would be updated for some vehicles to better support consistency and safety on our roads. It was advised the updated requirements would come into effect in May 2024.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">Today, the National Class 2 PBS Level 1 and 2A Truck and Dog Trailer Mass and Dimension Notice 2022 and the National Class 3 20 m Long 3-axle Truck and 4-axle Dog Trailer Mass and Dimension Exemption Notice 2022 have been updated to include Road Infrastructure Management (RIM) as a condition of access at General Mass Limits (GML) and Concessional Mass Limits (CML). Enrolment in higher assurance telematics applications, such as Telematics Monitoring Application (TMA) or Intelligent Access Program (IAP), are also acceptable alternatives to RIM.</span> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://www.qta.com.au/news/nswimportant-update-pbs-and-telematics" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;" rel="noopener">Read full information here</a></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-15" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"> <span class="tinyMce-placeholder">New safety laws for quad bikes</span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-16" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:18px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">(I</span><span style="font-size:13px;">nfo from WHSQ) - Important for anyone that have quad bikes on properties or depots.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:18px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">New laws to protect the health and safety of workers while operating or being a passenger on a quad bike in a workplace have commenced in Queensland.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:18px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">The Work Health and Safety (Quad Bikes) Amendment Regulation 2024 sees the introduction of a<strong>ge restrictions, passenger restrictions and mandates helmets for quad bikes used in workplaces.</strong></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/news-and-events/news/2024/new-safety-laws-for-quad-bikes" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;" rel="noopener"><span style="font-size:13px;">Read more about the new laws</span></a></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-17" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-18" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"> <span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><strong>BP Plus and Qantas Business Rewards 3x Points Multiplier</strong><strong> </strong><strong>+ 150k bonus Qantas Points</strong></span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-19" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:815px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/a094431a-3703-47bd-bc1b-c32d6c8901d6/me_qta/BPOGHO0046_BP%20Plus%20Association%20eDM%20Header_1920x1080pxH_QTA.jpg" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="815" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-20" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#000;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:15.6px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Looking for ways to give your business a boost?</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:15.6px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">Now is a great time to fuel your business with a BP Plus Fuel card.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:15.6px"><span style="font-size:13px;">bp is pleased to offer all QTA members 7.5c per litre off Ultimate Diesel at over 270 bp National Diesel Offer sites#</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:15.6px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Sign up for a BP Plus fuel card and as a Qantas Business Rewards member you’ll earn 20,000 bonus Qantas Points, plus triple Qantas Points for 6 months. </span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:15.6px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">Want more? 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It really is, business, the clever way.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:15.6px"> <span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/country-sites/en_au/australia/home/products-services/bp-plus/bp-plus-and-qantas-business-rewards-3x-points-multiplier-bonus-points-participating-association-members.pdf" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;">*</a><a href="https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/country-sites/en_au/australia/home/products-services/bp-plus/bp-plus-and-qantas-business-rewards-3x-points-multiplier-bonus-points-participating-association-members.pdf" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;">T&Cs apply </a>Use promo code: QTA</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:15.6px"> <span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://www.bpplus.com.au/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;">Sign up now</a></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-21" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-22" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:815px"><a href="mailto:ebony@qta.com.au?subject=Waitlist%20for%20Golf%20Day" target="_blank" style="outline:none" tabindex="-1"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/wyxa/2j2p20yg/635/hx4/eis/Banner%20%2812%29.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="815" height="auto" /></a></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-23" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:815px"><a href="mailto:ebony@qta.com.au?subject=Golf%20Day%20Sponsorship" target="_blank" style="outline:none" tabindex="-1"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/a094431a-3703-47bd-bc1b-c32d6c8901d6/me_qta/Sponsorship_1.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="815" height="auto" /></a></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-24" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#000;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"><span style="font-size:14px;">Contact Ebony for information on the sponsorship <a href="mailto:ebony@qta.com.au?subject=Golf Day Sponsorship" target="_blank" title="ebony@qta.com.au" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;" rel="noopener">ebony@qta.com.au</a></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-25" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-26" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:815px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/a094431a-3703-47bd-bc1b-c32d6c8901d6/me_qta/Gold%20Partner_2.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="815" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table> <table class="divider_block block-27" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr> </table><table class="image_block block-28" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:815px"><a href="mailto:jim@qta.com.au?subject=" target="_blank" style="outline:none" tabindex="-1"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/wyxa/2j2p20yg/oin/9hz/ufd/MH%26WB.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="815" height="auto" /></a></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-29" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:21px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Visit the Health and Wellbeing Resource Hub for information on the QTA Webpage for tips and support in all areas of heatlh, mental health and wellbeing. Info will be updated regularly to support you, your employees and business.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Recent updates include:</span></p><ul style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.5;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px;font-size:14px"><li><strong><span style="font-size:13px;">How can I improve my mental wellbeing?</span></strong></li><li><span style="font-size:13px;"><strong>Mental Health Support Lines for T & L </strong></span></li><li> <span style="font-size:13px;"><strong>Create a Workplace Wellbeing Plan</strong></span></li></ul><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;"><strong><a href="https://www.qta.com.au/health-wellbeing-resources" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;" rel="noopener"><strong>View the Resource Hub here</strong></a></strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-30" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-31" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:815px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/wyxa/2j2p20yg/aiz/igl/1xa/ER.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="815" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-32" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">HR Alert-Digital harassment seen as "less serious" than physical forms</span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-33" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:18px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Article from HR Daily 01/05/2024</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:18px"> </p> <p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Online sexual harassment can have a "chilling effect" on women, but employers are perceived as minimising its impact or viewing it as less serious than physical forms, research has found.</span></p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:18px"> </p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">In a <a href="https://www.anrows.org.au/publication/workplace-technology-facilitated-sexual-harassment-perpetration-responses-and-prevention/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;">new report</a>, Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS) defines workplace technology-facilitated sexual harassment (WTFSH) as involving unwelcome and/or threatening sexual conduct using mobile, online and other digital technologies in a workplace context.</span></p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:18px"> </p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">It says that while much is known about the extent of sexual harassment victimisation, there has been little research on WTFSH specifically. The limited available literature indicates that WTFSH is prevalent and growing, with young people and women particularly at risk.</span></p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:18px"> </p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">The research, which involved in-depth interviews, focus groups and a survey of 3,345 Australian workers, identified that employers had a "lack of foresight" regarding how working out of the office could facilitate or make it easier for employees to "step over the line", due to less formal communication channels.</span></p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:18px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://www.qta.com.au/news/hr-alertdigital-harassment-seen-less-serious-physical-forms" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;" rel="noopener">Read full article</a><a href="https://www.qta.com.au/news/hr-alertdecisionmaking-errors-rampant-among-leaders" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;" rel="noopener"></a></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-34" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Demand shifting focus beyond credentials</span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-35" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:21px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">(Article from HR Daily 30/4/24)</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">The HR profession continues to be "very invested in formal qualifications and formally gained credentials", but there are signs it's starting to recognise these "are not actually the 'be all and end all'", an experienced HR recruitment specialist says.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">"I am beginning to see that there's a broadening of the selection criteria, enabling the fast up-and-comers to challenge for more senior roles at a relatively earlier stage than someone like me might have seen 10 years ago," says <strong>David Owens</strong>, founder and MD of <a href="https://www.hrpartners.com.au/about-hr-partners/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;">HR Partners by Randstad</a>.</span> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">"I think candidates are better at talking about their prior achievements. I think they're better at measuring their prior achievements. And I think organisations are increasingly willing to engage with HR talent, in particular, who show that they've been able to deliver really good results," he tells HR Daily.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">"And maybe there's the beginning of a recognition that [while] there's a formal education component which continues to be very highly valued... there's a broadening of the selection criteria."</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://www.qta.com.au/news/hr-alerthr-demand-shifting-focus-beyond-credentials" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;" rel="noopener"><span style="font-size:13px;">Read full article</span></a></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-16" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody> <tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="divider_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" 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width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:815px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/a094431a-3703-47bd-bc1b-c32d6c8901d6/me_qta/Innovation_2.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="815" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-17" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="66.66666666666667%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="heading_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Register for Australian Workforce Trends Event - 22/5/24</span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"></span></h1></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="33.333333333333336%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:176.583px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/a094431a-3703-47bd-bc1b-c32d6c8901d6/me_qta/Gallagher_StackedLarge-Flat.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="176.583" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-18" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:21px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">Now in its third year, Gallagher's Workforce Trends Report: Workplace Wellbeing Index is Australia's largest and most comprehensive study into employee wellbeing and the impact on business performance outcomes. See these findings come to life in a half day professional development event, featuring industry leading experts in employee wellbeing, psychosocial risk and people experience.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Why attend?</span></p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;"><strong>Unveiling new trends: </strong>See how the Australian workforce landscape is trending and how you compare to competitors in the fight for top talent.</span> </p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;"><strong>Strategic insights: </strong>Understand the challenges and opportunities that exist when it comes to wellbeing at work and how they can drive your organisation's performance.</span></p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;"><strong>Actionable takeaways: </strong>Harness employee wellbeing to accelerate your commercial advantage.</span></p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/workforce-trends-tour-australia-tickets-876339935337" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;" rel="noopener">Register Now</a></span></p><p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Key Insurance Product Guide for SME's</span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:21px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">Working out what insurance cover you need for your small business can be challenging. It can be difficult to anticipate what risks might apply to your operation before they happen and all too easy to overlook something you're unaware of. This checklist of questions is designed to help small business owners identify the policies they may need — with some tips about how to approach getting them.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;">Some insurers offer bundled packages that include the types of cover commonly required by SMEs. These may have the flexibility to add or subtract policies to customise the package to your business needs.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;">Use the following checklist to help determine the <a href="https://www.ajg.com/au/news-and-insights/2022/feb/what-insurance-does-my-small-business-need/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;">insurance cover and protections your small business needs</a>.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:21px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://www.ajg.com/au/news-and-insights/2023/feb/key-insurance-products-for-smes-a-guide/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-4" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:815px"><a href="https://www.qta.com.au/current-qta-partners" target="_blank" style="outline:none" tabindex="-1"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/a094431a-3703-47bd-bc1b-c32d6c8901d6/me_qta/NQ%20Partners.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="815" height="auto" /></a></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-5" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><strong>Safety Alert - Bridge Height Awareness - Size Matters</strong></span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-7" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:815px"><a href="https://www.queenslandrail.com.au/inthecommunity/projects/bridge-strike-protection" target="_blank" style="outline:none" tabindex="-1"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/a094431a-3703-47bd-bc1b-c32d6c8901d6/me_qta/Size%20matters.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="815" height="auto" /></a></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-19" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"> <tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="divider_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-20" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="75%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="heading_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"> <strong>QLD Road Conditions</strong></h1></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="25%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:112.063px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/a094431a-3703-47bd-bc1b-c32d6c8901d6/me_qta/Map-Qld.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="112.063" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-21" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:18px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://www.qta.com.au/news/road-conditions-updateqldmackay-capella-due-peak-downs-hwy-closure-caval-ridge-opass" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;">CQ-Mackay-Capella Access Conditions during Peak Downs Hwy closure at Caval Ridge O'Pass</a></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://www.qta.com.au/news/road-conditons-alertfnqwangetticaptain-cook-hwyworks-15522724" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;">FNQ-Wangetti-Captain Cook Hwy-Works 15/5-22/7/24</a></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://www.qta.com.au/news/road-conditions-updateqldfnqgulf-developmental-kennedy-developmental-road-754624" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;">Updated-NIGHT WORKS ONLY-FNQ-Gulf and Kennedy Developmental Road-Bridge Work 7/5-4/6/24</a></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="OSOM Access over Cunningham's Gap extended to 13/1/25" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;">Cunnigham's Gap-OSOM access extended to 13/1/25</a></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://qta.com.au/news/road-conditions-updateqldtoowoomba-bypassgore-hiwywidth-restrictions-osom2843524" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;"></a><a href="https://www.qta.com.au/news/road-conditions-updateqldswtoowoombashort-term-road-closures-impacting-hvs-5524" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;">SWQ-Toowoomba-Short Term Road Closures impacting HV's 5/5/24</a></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://www.qta.com.au/news/road-conditons-updatefnqkuranda-rangeupcoming-closures-end-aprilearly-may" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;">FNQ-Kuranda Range-upcoming closures expected end April/early May 24</a></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://qta.com.au/news/road-conditions-updatefnqpine-creek-yarrabah-roadroad-improvements" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;">FNQ-Pine Creek-Yarrabah Road-road improvements through to July 24</a></span></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <a href="https://qta.com.au/news/qldcommunity-information-sessionplanning-bridge-over-paroo-river-eulo-16524" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #1a1ae3;">FWQ-Community Planning Session-Paroo River Bridge, Eulo 16/5/24</a></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:815px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/a094431a-3703-47bd-bc1b-c32d6c8901d6/me_qta/Silver%20Partners_5.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="815" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"> <tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-22" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="75%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="heading_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"><strong>NSW Road Conditions</strong></h1></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="25%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:112.063px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/a094431a-3703-47bd-bc1b-c32d6c8901d6/me_qta/Map-NSW.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="112.063" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-23" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr> <td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:18px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://qta.com.au/news/road-conditions-updatenswosom-load-hume-hwyalbury-central-coast-613524" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;">OSOM Movement-Hume Highway-Albury to Central Coast 6-13/5/24</a></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://qta.com.au/news/road-conditions-alertnswhume-hwy-btwn-narallen-menangle-road-overpass-bridge-552624" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;">Hume Hwy btwn Narellan & Menangle Road Overpass Bridge 5/5-2/6/24</a></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://qta.com.au/news/road-conditions-updatenswhamptonmore-closure-dates-jenolan-caves-road-aprilmay" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;">Hampton-More dates for closure of Jenolan Caves Road (April & May)</a></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://www.qta.com.au/news/nswminister-roads-publishes-industry-engagement-report-western-sydney-heavy-vehicle-rest-area" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;">Review on Western Sydney HV Rest Area</a></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"> <span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://qta.com.au/news/nswtemporary-closure-heavy-vehicle-safety-station-mt-white-and-southbound-ramp-m1-pacific-motor" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;">Mt White-Temporary closure at Heavy Vehicle Safety Station southbound off ramp on M1 Pacific Motorway towards the Safety Station 24/4-15/5/24</a></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-24" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="75%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="heading_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px"><strong>NT Road Conditions</strong></h1></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="25%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:112.063px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/a094431a-3703-47bd-bc1b-c32d6c8901d6/me_qta/Map-Northern%20Territory.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="112.063" height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-25" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:815px;margin:0 auto" width="815"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:18px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.roadreport.nt.gov.au" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0e2fe0;" rel="noopener">www.roadreport.nt.gov.au</a> continues to be the most up-to-date source for road closures and access.</span></p></div></div></td> </tr></table><table class="divider_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" 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