{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Simon O'Hara Talks Port Productivity, Driver Shortage and Sham Contracting","description":"CRT News Podcast Host, Peter Shields, sat down with Simon O\u2019Hara, CEO of Road Freight NSW, for a candid industry conversation. From pressures on small operators to the political realities influencing freight policy, O\u2019Hara lays out exactly what\u2019s broken and what needs to change. In this episode, O\u2019Hara unpacks the decade\u2011long battle over ports and containers, the future of toll reform as well as a critical safeguard for productivity at Port Botany. He also dives into the looming loss of generational knowledge and the urgent need to attract new talent into trucking. His insights into Covid\u2011era collaboration with government reveal how fragile, and how essential, the freight network truly is. We also explore O\u2019Hara\u2019s push for community engagement and his support for Senator Glenn Sterle\u2019s crackdown on sham contracting. ","author_name":"CRT News Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/622130","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41719975\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/203171725"}