Mid-November is the second anniversary of the Quinlan/Wright report, Remuneration and safety in the Australian Heavy Vehicle Industry: A Review Undertaken for the National Transport Commission, which found a direct relationship between rates of pay and safety in road transport.

Cootamundra was the first stop in the candlelight tour

Since the release of the report, more than 300 people have been killed in heavy-vehicle crashes.
 
The TWU is commemorating the anniversary and continuing the Safe Rates campaign with candlelight vigils across the country. Details of the Sydney and Canberra events are below.
 
CANBERRA
Monday, 18 October
Federation Mall, Canberra
7:30PM
 
SYDNEY
Monday, 15 November
Hyde Park, Sydney
7:30PM