Truckies road safety tribunal abolished

Federal parliament has scrapped the Gillard government's road safety tribunal, skirting a minimum wage decision for owner-driver truckies.

Legislation to abolish the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal passed the Senate without Labor's support on Monday evening after two hours of debate.

The bill passed 36 to 32 with the support of the crossbench except Motoring Enthusiast Ricky Muir.