Scott was best known for founding the truck organisation
Scott's Transport in
Mount Gambier,
South Australia, which has since grown to be one of the biggest freight companies in Australia, rivalling
Linfox. In 1988, Scott purchased local rival transport company K&S Freighters and then listed it on the
Australian Securities Exchange. Alongside trucking, he had many business interests in Mount Gambier, including the town's newspaper,
The Border Watch, and television station
SES8. He also owned two regional radio stations, Adelaide radio station
5DN, hotels, shopping centres and cattle properties in
Queensland and
Victoria. Scott was awarded a medal of
Order of Australia (OAM) in June 1986 In early 2004, Scott criticised Port Adelaide coach
Mark Williams, stating that Williams would never coach Port to an AFL
premiership. Following Port Adelaide's victory in the
2004 AFL Grand Final, Williams made the famous speech "Allan Scott — You were wrong!". == Personal life ==