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The Mental Health Debt Building Across Australia’s Supply Chains
Australia’s transport, postal and warehousing sector leads on physical safety. Incidents are tracked, hazards are controlled, and near-miss reporting is embedded across the industry. That culture has taken decades to build and the sector is right to be proud of it. On workplace mental health and wellbeing, the sector ranks last out of 19 Australian…
Read MoreBig Boxes, Thin Margins — Inside the Collapse of ACFS Port Logistics
By Steven Ballerini | CEO of Australasian Supply Chain & Logistics Association (ASCLA) Every so often a name falls that stops the sector mid-sentence. This month it was ACFS Port Logistics — the country’s largest privately owned container logistics operator, a business built over two decades to a half billion-dollar scale — placed into administration…
Read MoreSmaller Baskets, Bigger Task — Inside the $21.9 Billion eCommerce Quarter
By Steven Ballerini | CEO of Australasian Supply Chain & Logistics Association (ASCLA) Another quarter, another record. Australians spent $21.9 billion online in the final three months of the financial year, up 14 per cent on the same period a year ago, and the coverage has dutifully reported the growth. For most readers that is…
Read MoreThe Industry’s Biggest Night Comes to Brisbane — and Why You Can’t Miss It
By Steven Ballerini | CEO of Australasian Supply Chain & Logistics Association (ASCLA) Supply chain is the most important job most people never think about. When it works, nobody notices. The shelves are stocked, the freight moves, the order lands on the doorstep, and the country goes about its day with no idea of the…
Read MoreSixteen Cents: What the 3 August Fuel Reset Means for Supply Chains
By Steven Ballerini | CEO of Australasian Supply Chain & Logistics Association (ASCLA) On Monday 3 August, the emergency fuel settings that have carried the freight task through the past five months come to an end. Fuel excise returns from 36.6 cents per litre to 52.6 cents. The Heavy Vehicle Road User Charge returns from…
Read MoreASCLA Partners with Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds to Support Mental Health Across the Supply Chain
Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds (Healthy Heads) and the Australasian Supply Chain & Logistics Association (ASCLA) have formalised a new partnership aimed at improving mental health and wellbeing outcomes across Australia’s supply chain and logistics workforce. The partnership brings together ASCLA’s extensive network of supply chain and logistics professionals with Healthy Heads’ expertise in…
Read MoreASCLA Mag June 2026
The June 2026 edition of ASCLA Mag explores how technology, resilience, and leadership are reshaping supply chain and logistics across Australasia. As businesses navigate economic uncertainty, geopolitical pressures, and rising customer expectations, this edition focuses on the practical strategies helping organisations build safer, smarter, and more resilient operations.
Read MoreWebinar – From Implementation to Impact, Making SAP EWM Deliver
Many invest in SAP EWM with the expectation of unlocking instant improvements in warehouse productivity and visibility. Yet in reality… implementations may not deliver the full value anticipated. In this webinar, NEOS by Argon & Co will explore what it really takes to move the needle from implementation to impact, including: • Common pitfalls in…
Read MoreCleared for Take-Off: What Western Sydney Airport Means for Freight
By Steven Ballerini | CEO of Australasian Supply Chain & Logistics Association (ASCLA) After fifteen years of planning and seven years of construction, Australia’s first major new airport in more than half a century is about to open its doors. Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport, built on Commonwealth land at Badgerys Creek and Luddenham…
Read MoreRunning out of Road: The Great Logistics Shakeout
By Steven Ballerini | CEO of Australasian Supply Chain & Logistics Association (ASCLA) The Australian logistics sector has spent the past three years talking about resilience. The conversation has fixed on disruption, labour shortages, geopolitical risk and the growing complexity of global trade. Beneath all of it sits a simpler and more uncomfortable reality. Too…
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