Australian transport workers are calling for the right to participate in talks with the federal government and other third parties to maintain and improve the conditions of the country’s supply chains. Unions said that transport workers’ voices had not been included in the federal government’s response to the flood disaster in Queensland and New South Wales and the adverse effects emerging from the delivery process. Frank Black, who has been a truck driver for 35 years, said transport workers were doing all they could to help the community in difficult situations. However, the recent flooding caused Black to resort to a back route through New England to complete a trip from Sydney to Brisbane, costing him more time and fuel. “On those back roads, you can’t just pull off anywhere because the sides of the roads are so saturated you don’t want to risk getting bogged down,” he told AAP. …