Registration and Licensing

In 2022 Austroads encouraged drivers, employers and trainers to have their say on proposed changes to heavy vehicle driver licensing in Australia.

The changes are documented in a Consultation Regulation Impact Statement (C-RIS) which sought feedback on proposed changes to the National Heavy Vehicle Driver Competency Framework.

The Framework was endorsed by ministers in 2011 but has only been implemented in four states and territories. At the request of transport ministers, Austroads has been undertaking an extensive program of work to review and improve the NHVDCF.

Austroads’ review aims to deliver a harmonised Australian licence training and assessment framework that produces safe and competent heavy vehicle drivers and reflects the current and future needs of heavy vehicle operators and the future freight task.