National Road Transport Forum organiser and livestock carrier, Mick Pattel, will tomorrow meet with Queensland's opposition transport spokesman, Tim Nicholls, and shadow minister for police, Vaughan Johnson, and possibly senior staff from Queensland Transport.

He said turning the media spotlight back on the NRTF campaign would also be a priority, given that an element of the Australian Long Distance Owners and Drivers Association had "hijacked" the campaign with truck convoys around the country yesterday.

Mr Pattel confirmed that some truck operators involved in the NRTF campaign had been given exemptions to keep operating this week, particularly those transporting feed to livestock in feedlots and other "captive" circumstances.

Livestock Transporters Association of Queensland president, Liz Schmidt, said about 70pc of transporters across the north of the State were participating in the stoppage.

"Some drivers are being threatened that they won't have a job, but they've stopped and made a statement and that's important," Mrs Schmidt said.

"We've always said that nobody should put their job at risk over it."

* Extract from a full report to appear in Queensland Country Life, July 31 issue.