Submission: National Heavy Vehicle Regulator – National Vehicle Safety Initiative, Dunnies for Drivers In March, APTIA submitted Dunnies for Drivers calling for funding to address the fundamental issue of driver accessibility to facilities whilst on route, specifically urban and metro routes. Access to facilities was a key issue raised in the Recruitment and Retention Project. […]

The Round Up Well, hello! Thanks for stopping by… I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but we’ve been busy beavers here at the Secretariat over the last few months. Not only are we absolutely thrilled to welcome Varenya Mohan-Ram as the new Executive Director of the Bus Industry Confederation, if you take a peek at […]

Mohan-Ram’s first address as the new BIC leader was all about uniting the bus industry under one voice ahead of the election. The new Bus Industry Confederation (BIC) executive director has wasted no time in getting his message across to the industry, calling for unity ahead of the May 3 federal election. Speaking for the […]

Spreading the good word is, admittedly, not something that the BIC is prone to doing on a regular basis. What, with the recent Victorian deferral of bus replacement and upgrade orders, consistent regulatory skirmishes and seemingly endless clashes with transport gentry being front and centre, you can forgive anyone working in bus and coach for […]

BIC’s new executive director has decades of experience liaising with political parties and is well-known to many in the local bus industry. The Bus Industry Confederation (BIC) has announced it has officially appointed its new executive director after a fourth month leadership vacancy. Varenya Mohan-Ram has been appointed as the organisation’s new executive director, becoming […]

The appointment of Varenya Mohan-Ram as Executive Director comes after a four-month leadership vacancy within the organisation. Canberra, 27 March 2025 – The Bus Industry Confederation today announces the appointment of Varenya Mohan-Ram as its new ED. Well known to Australian bus and coach for his years of support and advocacy, he has also presented […]

There are plenty of good folk who’ve spoken good words and made good things happen: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” and “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.” The BIC Secretariat was established in Canberra in 2002 to create and provide a […]

Zero Emissions Bus Transition Dear Premier Allan, The Bus Industry Confederation and its members are writing to express our deep concern regarding the recent deferral of bus replacement and upgrade orders for up to 5 years by the Victorian Labor government. This decision, announced quietly on Christmas Eve, has significant implications for the bus industry as […]

Wage theft laws effective 1 January 2025 The Closing Loopholes Act amended the FW Act to introduce a criminal offence for intentional underpayment of employees’ wages. The offence commenced on 1 January 2025, following the declaration of the Voluntary Small Business Wage Compliance Code. An employer will commit an offence if the employer intentionally engages […]

The Round Up Well, hello! Thanks for stopping by… I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but we’ve been busy beavers here at the Secretariat over the last few months. Not only are we absolutely thrilled to welcome Varenya Mohan-Ram as the new Executive Director of the Bus Industry Confederation, if you take a peek at […]

Mohan-Ram’s first address as the new BIC leader was all about uniting the bus industry under one voice ahead of the election. The new Bus Industry Confederation (BIC) executive director has wasted no time in getting his message across to the industry, calling for unity ahead of the May 3 federal election. Speaking for the […]

Spreading the good word is, admittedly, not something that the BIC is prone to doing on a regular basis. What, with the recent Victorian deferral of bus replacement and upgrade orders, consistent regulatory skirmishes and seemingly endless clashes with transport gentry being front and centre, you can forgive anyone working in bus and coach for […]

BIC’s new executive director has decades of experience liaising with political parties and is well-known to many in the local bus industry. The Bus Industry Confederation (BIC) has announced it has officially appointed its new executive director after a fourth month leadership vacancy. Varenya Mohan-Ram has been appointed as the organisation’s new executive director, becoming […]

The appointment of Varenya Mohan-Ram as Executive Director comes after a four-month leadership vacancy within the organisation. Canberra, 27 March 2025 – The Bus Industry Confederation today announces the appointment of Varenya Mohan-Ram as its new ED. Well known to Australian bus and coach for his years of support and advocacy, he has also presented […]

There are plenty of good folk who’ve spoken good words and made good things happen: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” and “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.” The BIC Secretariat was established in Canberra in 2002 to create and provide a […]

Zero Emissions Bus Transition Dear Premier Allan, The Bus Industry Confederation and its members are writing to express our deep concern regarding the recent deferral of bus replacement and upgrade orders for up to 5 years by the Victorian Labor government. This decision, announced quietly on Christmas Eve, has significant implications for the bus industry as […]

Wage theft laws effective 1 January 2025 The Closing Loopholes Act amended the FW Act to introduce a criminal offence for intentional underpayment of employees’ wages. The offence commenced on 1 January 2025, following the declaration of the Voluntary Small Business Wage Compliance Code. An employer will commit an offence if the employer intentionally engages […]

Policies incorporated into contracts are binding The High Court of Australia (HCA) has overturned a Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal’s ruling that damages for psychiatric injury due to unfair dismissal were too remote and not recoverable under contract law. The HCA found that the employment contract did incorporate the respondent’s disciplinary policies, making […]