Explore research and insights on the future of Australian road freight. These reports examine pathways to decarbonisation, the health impacts of heavy vehicle emissions, and how incentives can support the transition to electric trucks. View or download the publications below.

Resources

Mandala Report

‘Decarbonising Australia's road freight network’

Cover of a report titled 'Decarbonising Australia's road freight network' by Mandala, dated March 2020, showing a truck on a road.
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University of Melbourne Report

‘The Unpriced Burden: Heavy Vehicle Emissions and Australia's $6.2 Billion Health Cost’

Cover of a report titled 'The Unpriced Burden: Heavy vehicle emissions and the $8.2 billion health cost,' with a city skyline including tall buildings in the background.
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Energy Futures Foundation Briefing Note

‘Electric Truck Subsidy Design: Design principles for electric truck incentives’

Yellow report cover titled 'Mobilising Australia's energy transition' with a subtitle 'Design principles for electric truck incentives' and a small illustration of electric trucks connected to power lines.
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‘Energy security through freight electrification’

Energy Futures Foundation’s rapid response policy paper on options for responding to the global fuel crisis through freight electrification.

Yellow cover page of a report titled 'Energy security through freight electrification,' with the subtitle about policy options for responding to the global fuel crisis, prepared on April 9, 2026, by the Energy Futures Foundation.
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