Straight talk from the driver's seat.
Every week, we sit down with the people who keep Australia moving — talking pay, fatigue, rego, rest stops, and everything else the industry doesn't say out loud.
What we get into
Conversations for people who actually drive for a living — not a lifestyle brand, and not head office spin.
Life behind the wheel
Fatigue management, rest breaks, and what long-haul actually does to a body and a family over the years.
Pay & conditions
Rates, contracts, and the gap between what owner-drivers are promised and what lands in the account.
Safety & regulation
Chain of responsibility, compliance changes, and the near-misses nobody reports until someone asks.
Industry news
Fuel prices, freight rates, and the policy decisions made in Canberra that show up at the servo.
Mental health on the road
Isolation, sleep, and the toll of the job — and the people finally willing to talk about it on air.
Listener call-ins
Your stories, your questions, and the odd argument settled live between two exits.
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On The Road Podcast started as a way to talk about the transport industry the way it actually gets talked about — at the servo, over the CB, in the queue at the depot. No head-office polish, just people who've done the miles.
What began as a twice-a-week show is now a weekly hour, built around the issues that matter to drivers: pay, safety, fatigue, and an industry that's changing faster than the rules keeping up with it.