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IPSWICH City Council will recruit only women for a rubbish truck driver training program, believing there are too many barriers in place for them to progress in the industry.
The council applied for exemption from sections of the
Anti-Discrimination Act in order to advertise for and recruit only female drivers to be employed for a program to obtain a heavy rigid licence.
They would be hired as trainee drivers, which usually requires them to already hold a HR licence.
It was granted in a ruling by Queensland Industrial Relations Commission deputy president John Merrell, with the exemption to apply for three years.