Victorian Minister for Roads & Road Safety and Ports & Freight, Melissa Horne, will officially open the VTA State Conference 2023 on 20 March.
State Conference 2023 is being held from Sunday 19 – Tuesday 21 March at Silverwater Resort, Phillip Island, under the theme of ‘People First – Managing Transport’s Greatest Asset’.
“Minister Horne has been a fervent supporter of the VTA and the freight and logistics sector since she was first elected to parliament at the 2018 Victorian election and immediately appointed to Cabinet and allocated the Ports & Freight portfolio,” said VTA CEO, Peter Anderson.
“Over her first term as minister she worked hard to understand the challenges facing our sector, taking every opportunity to meet with the VTA and our membership.”
Anderson said Horne’s re-election to the seat of Williamstown last November saw her allocated the Roads & Road Safety portfolios in addition to Ports & Freight, making her office a ‘one-stop-shop for the freight industry’.
“This means there are tremendous opportunities to align and get real reform on the issues that matter most to operators, particularly from an infrastructure, safety, licensing, and regulatory perspective,” he said.
“We look forward to hearing from Minister Horne about the transport priorities of the returned Andrews Labor Government at the conference.”
Information on the Conference packages and price points the VTA is offering can be viewed here.
Participants interested can register online here.
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