Representatives of Australia’s trucking industry say the next federal government should drop any commitment to put a carbon tax on fuel.

The Liberal Party has claimed it would revoke the entire carbon tax if elected, but Labor has hinted it may tax fuel for heavy vehicles at around 1.6 cents per litre.

A tax would only hinder an industry that is already making moves towards greener alternatives to save money and the environment, according to Australian Trucking Association spokesperson Stuart St Clair.

“You're not going to deal with the way you do your deliveries today any more efficiently or differently. There's no incentive,” Mr St Clair said in an interview over the weekend, “we're looking forward to... using safer, longer trucks over a period of time - more efficient, high productive vehicles - and that in turn will reduce the consumption of not only fuel, but the emissions that come from it.”