Delivery Driver Contractor Agreement, Swiftline Couriers

Delivery driver contractor agreement with per drop rates and a worked day

A delivery driver contractor agreement sets out how a courier pays an owner driver who brings their own van, and what each side is responsible for. In Victoria it is also an owner driver contract under a specific Act, which decides the information the driver gets beforehand, how fast invoices are paid and how much notice ends the arrangement.

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Owner driver contractor agreement
2 Nov 2026

Parcel Delivery, Dandenong Run

Between Swiftline Couriers Pty Ltd and Rafael Castillo, trading as R Castillo Transport

Prepared by
Swiftline Couriers Pty Ltd
Date
2 Nov 2026
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Delivery driver contractor agreement

This agreement is made on Monday 19 October 2026 between Swiftline Couriers Pty Ltd, ABN 55 902 418 376, of Dandenong South VIC, called the Hirer, and Rafael Castillo, trading as R Castillo Transport, ABN 18 640 227 591, of Noble Park VIC, called the Contractor.

$4.80
Standard drop
$480
Run day minimum
Weekly
Paid
1 month
Notice to end
1. The engagement
1.1
Services
From Monday 2 November 2026 the Contractor delivers parcels for the Hirer on the Dandenong run, collecting from the Hirer’s depot at 14 Frankston Dandenong Road by 7.30 am on each run day it accepts, and returning undelivered items the same day.
1.2
Owner driver
The Contractor carries on its own business transporting goods in one vehicle that it owns and drives. This agreement is an owner driver contract under the Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors Act 2005 (Vic), and nothing in it makes the Contractor an employee of the Hirer.
1.3
Information given before engagement
The Hirer gave the Contractor the Victorian owner driver information booklet and the applicable rates and costs schedule on Wednesday 14 October 2026, more than three business days before the engagement starts, as the Act requires.
1.4
Run days offered
The Hirer offers run days Monday to Friday each week, published by the Thursday before. The Contractor may accept or decline any day, and the Hirer guarantees the minimum in clause 2.3 for each day the Contractor accepts.
2. Rates
2.1
Per drop rates
The Hirer pays the Contractor for each item at the rates below. The rates exclude GST and are reviewed each 1 July against the rates and costs schedule.
Item
When it applies
Rate
Standard drop
Up to 25 kg, left safe or handed over
$4.80
Signature drop
Signature or ID checked
$5.60
Bulky drop
Over 25 kg or longer than 1.5 m
$9.50
Failed delivery
Attempted, carded and returned
$2.40
Outer zone surcharge
Each drop east of the M1 toll gantry
$1.20
2.2
A worked run day
On a typical day of 130 standard drops, 12 signature drops and 4 bulky drops, the Contractor earns $624.00, $67.20 and $38.00, which is $729.20, plus GST of $72.92, a total of $802.12.
Typical day
Items
Rate
Amount
Standard drops
130
$4.80
$624.00
Signature drops
12
$5.60
$67.20
Bulky drops
4
$9.50
$38.00
Before GST
146
$729.20
GST at 10 per cent
$72.92
Total for the day
$802.12
2.3
Run day minimum
If the drop rates for an accepted run day come to less than $480 before GST, because the Hirer had fewer items than usual, the Hirer pays $480 for that day. The minimum does not apply to a day the Contractor leaves before the run is finished.
3. Invoicing, ABN and GST
3.1
Weekly invoice
The Contractor sends a tax invoice each Monday for the previous week’s drops, matched to the Hirer’s scan records. The Hirer pays within 14 days of receiving it, which is shorter than the 30 days the Act allows.
3.2
ABN and GST
The Contractor holds an ABN and is registered for GST, and adds GST to every invoice. If the Contractor’s GST registration ends, the Contractor tells the Hirer in writing and stops charging GST from that date.
3.3
Tax and superannuation
The Contractor is responsible for its own income tax, insurance and superannuation. The Hirer does not withhold tax from payments while the Contractor quotes its ABN on each invoice.
4. Vehicle and insurance
4.1
The vehicle
The Contractor supplies a registered, roadworthy panel van of no more than 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass, and pays for its fuel, tolls, servicing and repairs. A replacement vehicle of the same size may be used on notice to the Hirer.
4.2
Insurance the Contractor holds
Comprehensive motor vehicle insurance, public liability insurance of at least $10 million, and goods in transit insurance of at least $20,000 a load. The Contractor gives the Hirer current certificates before the first run day and on each renewal.
4.3
Lost and damaged parcels
The Contractor is liable for a parcel lost or damaged while in its care, up to the declared value and no more than $500 an item, unless the loss was caused by the Hirer’s packing or labelling. The Hirer sets off an agreed claim only after giving the Contractor seven days to dispute it.
5. No exclusivity
5.1
Other work
The Contractor may carry goods for other businesses, including other couriers, on any day it has not accepted a Hirer run. On a Hirer run day, the van carries only Hirer parcels until the run is finished.
5.2
Branding and relief drivers
The Contractor is not required to display the Hirer’s branding, and may use a relief driver who holds a current licence and a national police check, after telling the Hirer the driver’s name the day before.
6. Safety
6.1
Safe work
Both parties comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). The Hirer provides a depot induction, a safe loading bay and manual handling equipment for bulky items. The Hirer never sets delivery targets that would require the Contractor to speed or skip breaks.
6.2
Fatigue and phones
The Contractor takes a break of at least 30 minutes in every run day longer than six hours, and does not use a handheld phone while driving. Scanning is done only when the van is parked.
7. Ending the agreement and disputes
7.1
Notice
After the engagement has run for three months, either party may end it by giving one month of written notice, the minimum the Act sets for a vehicle of 4.5 tonnes or less. The Hirer may pay instead of notice, worked out as the Act provides.
7.2
Serious and wilful misconduct
Either party may end the agreement immediately for serious and wilful misconduct by the other, such as theft of parcels or driving under the influence.
7.3
Disputes
The parties first try to resolve a dispute between themselves within 10 business days. If they cannot, it is referred to the Victorian Small Business Commission for mediation before any application to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
7.4
Notices and changes
Notices under this agreement are given by email to the addresses on the last invoice. The agreement, including the rates, can only be changed in writing signed by both parties, and a change to the rates takes effect no sooner than 14 days after it is signed.

Signing. Each party signs below. The Contractor confirms it received the information booklet and the rates and costs schedule on 14 October 2026.

For Swiftline Couriers Pty Ltd: Priyanka Desai, Operations Manager
Date
:
Rafael Castillo, for R Castillo Transport
Date
:

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What each section is for, so you can keep the ones you need and drop the rest.

Cover
Spine layout cover naming the Dandenong parcel run and both parties.
Parties and summary
Courier and owner driver with ABNs, and stats for the standard drop rate, run day minimum, weekly payment and notice.
1. The engagement
Services from 2 November 2026, owner driver status under the Act, information given beforehand and run days offered.
2. Rates
A per drop rate table, a worked run day table with GST and the $480 run day minimum.
3. Invoicing, ABN and GST
Weekly invoices paid in 14 days, GST registration and the driver's own tax and superannuation.
4. Vehicle and insurance
A van of no more than 3.5 tonnes, insurance levels and liability for lost parcels.
5. No exclusivity
Other work on other days, no branding and relief drivers.
6. Safety
Duties under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic), breaks and phone use.
7. Ending the agreement and disputes
One month of notice, serious and wilful misconduct, disputes, notices and two signature blocks.

How to adapt this document

For a driver paid by the hour or the run rather than by the drop, replace the rate table with the hourly or run rate and a minimum engagement, and rework the example day so it still shows a full day's earnings with GST. For a driver with a truck over 4.5 tonnes, change the notice in clause 7.1 to three months and add the heavy vehicle fatigue and chain of responsibility duties that apply to that vehicle. For an engagement outside Victoria, remove the Act and its information booklet and check whether that state has its own owner driver or contract carrier law.

Which law the terms follow

The artifact is written for Victoria. The Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors Act 2005 (Vic) sets the information booklet and rates and costs schedule, written contract terms, payment within 30 days, minimum notice of termination and the referral of disputes to the Victorian Small Business Commission. Safety duties come from the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). The Independent Contractors Act 2006 (Cth) preserves the state scheme for owner drivers.

What makes this document work

The rates are tested on a real day

130 standard drops at $4.80, 12 signature drops at $5.60 and 4 bulky drops at $9.50 make $729.20, plus GST of $72.92, a total of $802.12. Working one ordinary day through the table shows the driver what a week looks like before signing, and the $480 run day minimum covers a slow day.

The Act's requirements are met in the text

Clause 1.3 records the information booklet and rates and costs schedule given on 14 October 2026, more than three business days before 2 November. Clause 3.1 pays in 14 days against the Act's 30, and clause 7.1 gives the one month of notice the Act sets for a van of 4.5 tonnes or less.

Independence is written into the daily terms

The driver owns and runs the van, may decline any run day, may carry for other couriers on other days, needs no branding and may use a qualified relief driver. Those facts, not a label, are what make an owner driver a contractor rather than an employee.

Questions people ask

Who counts as an owner driver in Victoria?

Under the Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors Act 2005, a sole trader, partnership or non public company that carries on a business of transporting goods in up to three vehicles it supplies and operates. A courier with one van, like the contractor here, is covered, which brings the Act's information, payment and notice rules into the agreement.

What must a hirer give an owner driver before engaging them?

A copy of the Victorian owner driver information booklet and the applicable rates and costs schedule, at least three business days before the engagement if it will last 30 days or more. The agreement records the date they were given and the driver confirms it in the signing paragraph.

How much notice ends an owner driver contract?

Once the engagement has lasted more than three months, the Act sets a minimum of one month for a vehicle of 4.5 tonnes or less, and three months for heavier vehicles, unless the contract ends for serious and wilful misconduct. The notice can be worked or paid instead using the formula in the Act.

Should a per drop rate include GST?

State it without GST and add GST on the invoice if the driver is registered, as clause 2.1 and clause 3.2 do. That way the rate means the same thing whether or not the driver is registered, and the worked day shows both the GST exclusive amount and the total so nobody confuses them.

Can the courier stop the driver working for competitors?

Not under this agreement. Clause 5.1 lets the driver carry goods for other businesses on any day not accepted for the hirer, and only keeps the van to hirer parcels during a hirer run. Broad exclusivity would also weigh towards the driver being an employee rather than an independent business.

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