Members of the Pavlovich family have brought the next generation into leadership at Southern Haulage, the trucking business based in Mount Barker.
The family said the decision is about keeping the company rooted in the local community and maintaining a Mount Barker base for its haulage operations.
Southern Haulage is a regional trucking operator that provides freight and transport services out of Mount Barker to customers in the surrounding area.
The involvement of younger family members means ownership and management remain within the Pavlovich family, continuing a family-run approach to the business.
Maintaining a local headquarters can be important for customers who depend on timely, nearby freight services, and for suppliers that rely on regional transport links.
Neither detailed financial information nor staff numbers were released alongside the announcement of the generational change.
The transition keeps decision-making and the company’s operational centre in Mount Barker, rather than moving functions to a larger city.
Local customers and regional partners will continue to be served from the Mount Barker base while the family oversees the business’s next phase of management.
