The national voice for women in Australian heavy transport.

Women in Trucking Australia (WiTA) exists to champion female driver representation across the road transport sector. We work to significantly increase Australia’s female heavy vehicle driver workforce — from attraction and training through to retention, wellbeing and long-term career development. Our programs, research and advocacy are built specifically for women who drive, not adapted from general corporate diversity models.

We are dedicated to inclusive, evidence-based advocacy that reflects the diversity of women pursuing trucking careers — grounded in respect, lived experience and the belief that every woman deserves a fair and professional pathway into the vocation.

We’re working toward a road transport industry where gender diversity is the norm, not the exception — where recruitment, training and workplace culture reflect the real lives and capability of women behind the wheel. We believe a more inclusive sector is a safer, stronger and more resilient one, and we won’t stop until every woman with the will to drive has a genuine pathway to do it.

WiTA is a non-profit organisation established by female heavy vehicle drivers, for female heavy vehicle drivers. Founded in 2020, WiTA began as a grassroots advocacy movement supporting women establishing trucking careers. Over time, it has grown into a nationally recognised, highly respected entity.

What started as a small group of women determined to create opportunities in the road transport sector has become a powerful voice for change. That organic growth is anchored by our almost 100,000-strong Facebook community — the largest online platform for female heavy vehicle drivers in Australia, and a daily lifeline for women who often work in isolation across millions of kilometres of highway.

Today, WiTA is Australia’s only organisation founded, led and predominantly governed by licensed female heavy vehicle drivers. Through ongoing research, pilot initiatives and strategic partnerships, we continue to advance female driver training, workforce participation and stakeholder education — providing unmatched access to the authentic voices, needs and aspirations of women in trucking.

Female heavy vehicle drivers currently make up just 2% of Australia’s driver workforce — yet the data consistently shows they are among its safest and most reliable operators. Female drivers record a crash rate of 2.1 per 1,000 drivers compared to 3.7 for male drivers, along with lower rates of speeding offences, drink/drug driving incidents and seatbelt offences. In 2024, workplace incident rates for female heavy vehicle drivers were 30% lower than for their male counterparts.

Our Foot in the Door (FitD) program — Australia’s first initiative purpose-built to train and recruit women into heavy vehicle driving roles in their own communities — has already delivered measurable results:

• 52 graduates nationally, with an 80% recruitment rate
• 54% from rural and regional communities, proving pathways work well beyond the cities
• 18 MC licences, 19 HC licences and 10 x HR licences issued, alongside forklift, TAE, Cert IV and Dangerous Goods qualifications
• An average cost of $4,600 per graduate

Industry partners including Toll, Volvo Australia, Cleanaway, Riordan’s Grain, Holcim and QUBE Logistics are already backing targeted female driver recruitment — with QUBE’s Outer Harbour afternoon shift team reaching 40% female drivers in July 2026, proof that meaningful change is achievable at scale.

With the average age of an Australian truck driver now 47 and a severe, worsening driver shortage ahead, WiTA’s work isn’t just about equity — it’s about the future sustainability of the entire road transport sector.