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Research and practical guides for transport operators, owner-drivers and aviation businesses. Each article draws on published data from the ABS, BITRE, ACCC, ATO and Fair Work Commission, with every figure referenced, so you can understand your costs and price your work with confidence.
Research and practical guides for transport operators, owner-drivers and aviation businesses. Each article uses published data from sources such as the ABS, BITRE, ACCC, ATO and Fair Work Commission, with every figure referenced, so you can price your work with confidence.
Road freight businesses grew 22.7% to 65,225 between 2021 and 2025, almost all of it owner-operators with no staff. Yet exits rose each year, and only 45.6% of non-employing road transport businesses lasted four years. This article looks at the ABS data on size, survival and the cost pressures behind it.
In early 2026, diesel in Australia’s five largest cities rose from 176.6 to 322.4 cents a litre in six weeks. This article explains the Fair Work Commission’s Fuel Cost Recovery Order and how a fuel levy works, and shows how to set one with the Freight Metrics Fuel Levy Calculator. It also shows how a 54 cent rise can wipe out a 10% margin on a fixed-rate contract.
The award rate is not the true cost of a driver. Once super, leave, workers compensation and long service leave are counted, a full-time semi-trailer driver in NSW costs about $72,088 a year, or $42.73 per hour worked, against an award rate of $29.00. This article shows what an owner-driver’s rate must cover to match it.
Nearly one in three Australian heavy rigid trucks was built in 2004 or earlier, and the average is 16.2 years old. This article compares rising repair costs with the cost of replacement and sets out a simple method for finding your own crossover point.
US consumer prices are about six times their 1975 level, yet Australian real road freight rates fell about 43% between 1974–75 and 2007–08 as bigger trucks carried more per kilometre. This article traces inflation, diesel, insurance and truck size in Australia and the US, and what they mean for quoting today.
Australia’s registered truck fleet has grown about 52% since 2011. This guide explains how the Truck Operating Cost Calculator turns your own fuel, finance, labour and maintenance figures into cost per kilometre, per tonne, per day and per hour.
Since 1995, the average US domestic air fare has fallen 37% in real terms while jet fuel has risen more than fourfold. Then came 2026, when the fuel US airlines paid jumped from $2.39 a gallon in February to $4.11 in April. This article looks at what inflation and fuel shocks mean for aircraft operating costs and charter pricing.
Australia has 16,636 aircraft on its civil register, more than half of them over 37 years old. This guide explains how the Aircraft Operating Cost Calculator combines built-in data for 77 aircraft types with your own figures to show cost per hour, per day, per passenger and per nautical mile, plus the rate needed to hit your target margin.