Oly spoke to Cam Dumesney, CEO Of Western Roads Federation to discuss the ongoing rail disruptions caused by the NSW floods and issues with airfreight capacity have combined to prompt the surcharge.

Mr Dumesney told Oly that they received the news at the same time as everybody else, catching them off guard too.

"There has been a disruption two or three weeks ago with flooding in NSW that cut the Sydney to Perth freight line and then a derailment in Victoria which cut the Melbourne to Perth rail line," he told Oly.

"But the blunt reality is we do not have enough truck drivers and we don't have enough equipment. We have a strong mining industry, we've got a bumper harvest going on, we got big civil construction projects but simply not enough trucks around. Our diesel prices are up every year and I feel for those small business owners."

Oly spoke to Cam Dumesney, CEO Of Western Roads Federation to discuss the ongoing rail disruptions caused by the NSW floods and issues with airfreight capacity have combined to prompt the surcharge.
Mr Dumesney told Oly that they received the news at the same time as everybody else, catching them off guard too.
"There has been a disruption two or three weeks ago with flooding in NSW that cut the Sydney to Perth freight line and then a derailment in Victoria which cut the Melbourne to Perth rail line," he told Oly.
"But the blunt reality is we do not have enough truck drivers and we don't have enough equipment. We have a strong mining industry, we've got a bumper harvest going on, we got big civil construction projects but simply not enough trucks around. Our diesel prices are up every year and I feel for those small business owners."

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