DRIVE A2B February 2018
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enforced the law and met their<br />
statutory obligations, we would<br />
not have been forced down this<br />
road.<br />
Just remember when Fels moved<br />
hire car licences from $60,000<br />
to $40,000 and leased taxi<br />
licences below the then current<br />
market value, you got nothing in<br />
compensation! When the Andrews<br />
Government first announced<br />
transition payments it was only for<br />
two licences and they wanted to<br />
pay you not now, but over 8 years!<br />
It was only the combined efforts<br />
of the industry participants and<br />
the hire car and taxi industries’<br />
associations lobbying, that got<br />
you the money you have received.<br />
If you think we have given up on a<br />
fair payment for our hire car and<br />
taxi licences you are mistaken. We<br />
have till 24 November <strong>2018</strong> to get<br />
paid fairly for our property and/or<br />
influence the outcome of the <strong>2018</strong><br />
State election.<br />
Minister Allan, we appreciate the<br />
down payment, but where is the<br />
balance of monies due?<br />
TAX COLLECTORS<br />
It’s <strong>February</strong> <strong>2018</strong> and to think<br />
that the Andrews Government<br />
has still not got the issue of Ride<br />
Share to bed. More negative<br />
changes are still yet to come, such<br />
as Booking Services Providers<br />
(BSP). Operators are to become<br />
tax collectors for Daniel Andrews<br />
and they will be known as BSPs!<br />
You will now be required to report<br />
four times a year how many trips<br />
you have done, how much tax<br />
you have collected and you will<br />
be responsible to electronically<br />
send this information to the State<br />
Revenue Office (SRO). Who are<br />
the BSP’s? Just about all Hire<br />
Car drivers and taxi operators.<br />
Apparently this is less red tape!<br />
CLASS ACTION<br />
By now, everyone should be<br />
aware that Maurice Blackburn<br />
is investigating a possible Class<br />
Action against Uber on behalf of<br />
the CPVAA. This journey started<br />
around a year and a half ago when<br />
André Baruch and I sat down at<br />
André’s dining table one evening<br />
and asked Nadav Prawer, of<br />
Mann Lawyers, what are our legal<br />
options were. That conversation<br />
led to a very lengthy road to seek<br />
damages against Uber for their<br />
illegal activities.<br />
This Potential Class Action would<br />
not have been achieved without<br />
the support and hard work of<br />
many people.<br />
<strong>DRIVE</strong> <strong>A2B</strong> magazine · <strong>February</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
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