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Politics
Esther Linder

Tolling tale of truck crashes in the spotlight

Labor Senator Tony Sheldon has laid out hi-vis vests to honour those killed in truck crashes. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

More deaths on Australian roads could be avoided if federal parliament passed crucial legislation to ensure minimum standards in the road transport industry. 

Truck drivers, gig workers and union officials held a vigil outside parliament in Canberra on Tuesday to remember the 235 people who have died in truck crashes in the last 12 months. 

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