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VICTORIA 

8 Is your fare calculation device working? 

10 Transport Alliance Australia News 

14 Message from Rod Barton MP 

NSW 

20 Point to Point Transport survey results 

21 5 touters have been prosecuted 

22 

29 

Submission for number of new taxi 

licences to be issued 

Get to Know... Steve Elliott, Director 

Major Events, Transport for NSW 

SOUTH AUSTRALIA 

32 Taxi licence values and lease prices 

18 

WEST. AUSTRALIA 

34 

Regional operators hit hard with extra 

red tape 

QUEENSLAND 

38 Wheelchair Accessible taxi grants 

OVERSEAS 

24 

SA Competition Commission proposes 

changes to level the playing field 

40 Britain to ban sale of gasoline cars 

41 

New York ordered to pay US$810m to 

taxi drivers 

41 Uber closes LA office 

26 

STATS 

A summary of the monthly statistical figures on 

licence values, number of licences and drivers 

around the country. 

17 Victoria 

27 New South Wales 

39 Queensland

From our Editor 

Touting Fines 

It's great to see that the NSW Point to Point 

Transport Commissioner is on the ball and is 

catching and fining those touting at Sydney 

Airport. They prosecuted 5 offenders last 

month. But what about Melbourne Airport 

touters? 

Despite the fact that it became law in 2019 that 

touting is illegal in Victoria, to date, no-one has 

been fined. There are just as many operators 

touting for the transportation of passengers in 

the arrival areas at Melbourne Airport, as there 

were before the new regulations were put in 

place. 

How can this be? Commercial Passenger 

Vehicles Victoria (CPVV) is tasked with 

enforcing the legislation regarding the 

Commercial Passenger Vehicle Industry, so 

why isn't it enforcing? 

Road Worthy Certificates 

In June 2019 edition of DRIVE A2B we reported 

on the non-professional vehicle inspection 

undertaken by Red Book Inspections on a 

prospective commercial passenger vehicle, 

and how its inspectors missed faulty brakes 

and worn windscreen wipers. This was 

reported to the Victorian regulator, CPVV, 

but it doesn't appear to have done anything 

about this. It hasn't reprimanded Red Book 

and it still allows RedBook to perform safety 

inspections on new and ongoing commercial 

passenger vehicles. 

We have been advised that CPVV thinks 

that RedBook is great because RedBook 

provides information about the inspections 

electronically to CPVV. 

Well, we also know that all Road Worthy 

Certificate inspections undertaken by a 


Licensed Vehicle Tester (LVT) are lodged 

electronically together with photos, to 

VicRoads. And VicRoads and CPVV are 

supposed to be working more collaboratively 

nowadays, since they both come under the 

Department of Transport portfolio. 

Surely an inspection done by an LVT 

(which takes around 1.5 hours) is more 

comprehensive than a RedBook inspection 

(around 10 minutes) and it is more accurate, 

and thorough, and can be relied upon. This 

was evidenced when RedBook was found to 

not put vehicles onto a hoist to check the 

underbody and didn't take any wheels off to 

check the brakes. 

Surely the government wouldn't be 

compromising on public and driver safety? 

Yet the regulator still endorses RedBook as a 

provider of safety inspections of CPVs. Is there 

a relationship between CPVV and RedBook 

Inspections that we are missing? 

Cabcharge Dockets 

Cabcharge paper dockets are becoming 

obsolete - they will no longer be accepted 

as payment for a trip in a taxi. So make sure 

that you have your Cabcharge Terminal in 

your vehicle, if you wish to accept Cabcharge 

payments. 

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DRIVE A2B magazine · March 2020 7

TAXI METERS 

VICTORIA 

NEWS 

Make sure your 

fare calculation 

device is working 

From 30 April 2020 all fare calculation devices 

used to provide unbooked (taxi) services in 

the metropolitan (urban and large regional) 

areas must be capable of calculating and 

displaying road toll charges. 

The fare calculation device must: 

• clearly be seen in every seat facing 

forward in the commercial passenger 

vehicle 

• accurately record and display the fare and 

charges applicable to each passenger 

• be programmed to ensure receipts 

issued to passengers comply with the 

regulations 

• interface with other equipment and 

systems approved by Commercial 

Passenger Vehicles Victoria, so 

commercial passenger vehicle trips 

subsidised under any Victorian 

Government-funded program meet 

the requirements in the Multi Purpose 

Taxi Program Data Collection Provider 

Package. 

• be secured inside the vehicle, or in a 

mounting designed to secure it 

• be examined and tested by an authorised 

vehicle tester if requested by Commercial 

Passenger Vehicles Victoria 

• not be located or installed in a way 

that could cause injury to anyone in a 

commercial passenger vehicle while it’s 

operating 

• be tamper resistant. 


Processing MPTP 

payments 

To offer unbooked services, a 

vehicle must be fitted with an 

electronic transaction terminal 

to process Multi Purpose Taxi 

Program (MPTP) transactions. 

Currently Cabcharge and 

Net-Cabs Pty Ltd are the only 

businesses that offer equipment 

which meets these requirements. 

Drivers and vehicle owners need 

to ensure their fare calculation 

devices are operating at 

all times when providing 

unbooked services. 

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VICTORIA SOUTH 

WALES NEWS 

NEWS 

TRANSPORT ALLIANCE AUSTRALIA (TAA) 

Independent 

taxis in 

Victoria total 

around 2000 

André Baruch 

President, Transport Alliance Australia 

There are so many independent taxis 

running around, plying for work, 

looking for that elusive hail - which 

appears to be getting rarer each day. 

They are sitting on the CBD and inner suburban 

ranks, waiting at Melbourne Airport, waiting, 

waiting. There are approximately 2000 of these 

independents, roaming the streets of Victoria. 

By independents I am referring to the unbooked commercial 

passenger vehicles (aka taxis) that don't belong to one of 

the major metropolitan Booking Service Providers, namely 

Silver Top, 13cabs, Crown Cabs, Black & White Cabs, Oiii 

and the major rural, urban and country Booking Service 

Providers. By the way, Booking Service Providers is the fancy 

name the regulator came up with to replace Network Service 

Providers, which replaced Networks, which replaced Depots 

and Groups. 

Many owners have recently chosen to move away from the 

big Booking Service Providers (BSP) because they are not 

getting enough work to justify the fees they are paying to 

belong to the BSP, and are optimistic that they can make 

more money doing rank and hail work. 

An independent taxi is not required to carry any external 

signage - it only needs its VicRoads issued green taxi number 

plate. Yet even though it is not regulation that they affix 

a taxi dome light to their roof, many of the independents 

choose to do so. I suppose that's a good thing. But any 

other external signage on these independent taxis is virtually 

non-existent. 


The driver has been given 

information when he got his vehicle 

accredited with Commercial 

Passenger Vehicles Victoria (CPVV), 

regarding the requirements for 

the vehicle and his duties whilst 

operating it as an unbooked 

Commercial Passenger Vehicle (CPV). 

But who is keeping track of whether 

this vehicle is correctly fitted out? 

According to CPVV "an unbooked 

commercial passenger vehicle must 

be maintained in a fit, serviceable 

and safe condition" and CPVV 

requires that"all commercial 

passenger vehicles undergo an 

annual vehicle inspection". But who 

is checking that this is done? If you 

belong to one of the big Booking 

Service Providers (greater than 10 

vehicles) then it is most probably 

being checked and recorded by 

personnel from the BSP. 

But what about the independents? 

In addition, all unbooked CPVs must 

have installed a CPVV accredited 

safety camera, taxi meter, dispatching 

system, eftpos machine, and 

an eft terminal so as to process 

Multi Purpose Taxi Program trips. 

Vehicles which are associated with 

one of the big BSPs, are certainly 

regularly checked and this includes 

checking the safety equipment, fare 

equipment and systems too. 

This is not the case for the 

independents. The independent 

operator's vehicle and equipment 

may be perfectly spot on, but who is 

checking them? 

Then there's the tactile registration 

numbers that are to be fitted to the 

outside of all passenger doors, and 

the fare information notices that 

are to be affixed to both the inside 

and outside of the vehicles. CPVV 

has created regulations and set out 

responsibilities for owners to adhere 

to with regards to these, but this 

is not happening with many of the 

independent CPVs and no-one is 

checking on it. 

Accordingly, the passengers who 

are vision impaired are now at a 

disadvantage as they are no longer 

able to ascertain the number of the 

taxi they are to be riding in. 

The State Revenue Office is 

responsible for the collection of the 

$1 trip levy. But how are they able 

to cross-check if they don't have the 

information on who belongs to a BSP 

and who is operating independently? 

The vehicle is meant to have 

comprehensive insurance with public 

liability coverage too. 

Again, who is checking that the 

independents are complying with 

this requirement? 

The answer is, the regulator should 

be - Commercial Passenger Vehicles 

Victoria! 

The regulator determined a few years 

ago that taxis didn't have to belong 

to a Network and this has continued 

to be the case under the 2017 

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WALES NEWS 

NEWS 

TRANSPORT ALLIANCE AUSTRALIA (TAA) 

.../continued from previous page 

Since the industry regulator 

has permitted taxi owners 

to operate independently 

from the big Booking Service 

Providers, the quality of 

vehicles, safety aspects, and 

cleanliness of the vehicle and 

driver have all gone downhill. 

CPVV states that it is holding 

the BSPs responsible for 

maintaining records of 

roadworthiness of the vehicle 

and keeping a register of 

complaints by both passengers 

and drivers. Great! 

But if the vehicle is 

independent of the large BSPs, 

doesn't have any signage on 

it, and the passenger wishes to 

make a complaint about the 

driver, who does he contact? 

Which company does he 

complain to? No decals, no 

livery, so where does he go? 

CPVV has removed itself from 

their past responsibilities, 

stating that they are allowing 

the industry to self-regulate. 

This may have been great 

in the first instance, but 

now that we have so many 

independent operators 

unaccounted for, it is time for 

the regulator to take back the 

reins. 

Currently owners who have 1 

or 2 vehicles are not required 

to be registered as a Booking 

Service Provider. Come 1 July 

2020 CPVV wants all of these 

owners to register as Booking 

Service Providers - but the 

catch is that the CPVV does 

not know who these people 

are! 

Having a taxi owner of one, 

two or even five taxis being 

their own Booking Service 

Provider just doesn't cut it. 

CPVV does not know which 

BSP, if any, the accredited 

Unbooked CPVs belong to. 

It doesn't have any records, 

no real way of finding out, 

because it is not asking the 

information of the owners. 

CPVV has lost control of this 

section of the commercial 

passenger vehicle industry. 

The regulator could take on 

the responsibility of keeping 

track of these independent 

operators, and regularly view 

their records, roadworthy 

information, safety issues 

and handle any passenger 

complaints against them. But 

they probably won't do this. 

Time has come for all CPVs to 

be once again affiliated with 

an approved, operational BSP. 

And this should be a BSP that 

has 10 or more vehicles. 

The wheel is still round. Who 

would have thought that the 

revolution back to the past 

would be so quick. A lot of 

what we had in place for this 

industry, as broken as it all 

was, was there for a reason. 

The government needs 

to reclaim control of this 

industry. 

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Last month Hume Police pulled over a vehicle that 

was detected going 22 km/h over on the limit on the 

Tullamarine Freeway. The driver claimed he was a rideshare 

driver and had a passenger on-board. 

The vehicle was not displaying correct signage - either 

CPV sign or ride-share company sign - and the Police 

gave him a warning (and a fine for speeding). 

Some time later the driver was stopped again. 

Still no signage - so he quickly made one - beautiful, 

isn't it? And the driver placed it on the dash behind 

the Parking Permit for Disabled - wrong location - it is 

partially hidden and is within reach of the driver. 

But wait, there's more! 

The car in question is not registered with the CPVV as a 

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VICTORIA 

NEWS 

ROD BARTON, MP 

Let's stop this 

game of "taxi, 

not taxi", and 

call it what it is. 

Rod Barton MLC 

Leader, Transport Matters Party 

I 

spoke with 3AW's Neil Mitchell last month 

about the need for commercial passenger 

vehicles to be easily identified. 

In 2019 there were a number of cases where drivers, 

posing as rideshare, had picked up young girls and raped 

or assaulted them. One driver, had used an A4 photo of a 

registered driver to bypass the app's driver identification 

process. Another incident involved an opportunist predator 

who pulled up next to a girl and pretended to be the Uber she 

was waiting for. 

Every time we post a story about these events on our social 

media channels we get two common comment themes. The 

frustrated taxi industry turns up to the debate with calls for 

branded vehicles and built-in safety measures, all good ideas 

resulting from years of work to make the taxi industry safe. 

But the message from the rideshare industry is very different. 

Many say it's the girls' own fault. That they should have 

checked the car they were getting into. They should make 

sure it had a CPV sticker in place, that the driver was the 

same person in the photo on their app, that the registration 

numbers matched, that the driver knew their name and where 

they were going. 

These comments make me hang my head in shame. 

This is not the fault of these victims. This is the fault of a 

regulatory environment that has normalised getting into 

unmarked vehicles with strangers. This is the fault of a 

system that values cheap over safe and has promoted digital 


hitchhiking as the new black. 

We run profanity filters over our 

social media channels and pull 

down comments that are personal 

attacks. Generally, I love a good 

debate on social media - it helps us 

see the whole industry picture. But 

for the first time we have removed 

and banned people from our social 

media channels because we will not 

tolerate messages that say these 

victims are at fault. 

I genuinely feel for the rideshare 

operators out there who are doing 

the right thing and are offering good 

services, who are building a business 

in this increasingly difficult industry. 

We have met with many who share 

our frustrations and who want to do a 

good job. 

But the rideshare model as it stands 

is severely lacking in proper thinking 

around how it delivers a safe service 

to the general public, and the ongoing 

release of bandaid fixes isn't enough. 

Uber and Ola have just released a 

new pin system, which riders must 

provide to the booked driver before 

the journey can start. A simpler option 

would be to just brand the vehicle, 

put tamper proof cameras in, require 

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drivers to show identification, have 

GPS on the vehicles and have proper 

commercial passenger insurance. 

On face value rideshare was a great 

idea. 

Peak hour congestion jams are full of 

single occupant vehicles all heading 

in the same direction, and rideshare's 

original premise was that a group of 

people travelling to the city at 8am 

every day from, say Glenroy, could be 

matched together to share a car with 

the "driver" being reimbursed by the 

others for fair costs. 

What actually happened was the 

"drivers" got to the city and rather 

than parking and trotting off to an 

office job, they went trolling for 

another job, then another, another 

and another. A full day of ridesharing. 

And that's the day that ridesharing 

became a taxi service. 

Unfortunately the Victorian regulator 

wasn't watching. Fancy apps, glitzy 

international marketing, a bottle of 

water in the backseat and a promise 

of peak hour congestion busting had 

them rushing to legalise these "taxi, 

not taxi" services. 

So we're in a proper pickle now. 

Let's stop this game of "taxi, not taxi", 

and call it what it is. 

Rideshare operators are 

offering the exact same 

services as taxis and should 

have the same safety 

requirements. 

There is a very good reason that thenpremier 

Jeff Kennett mandated that 

all Melbourne cabs should be yellow. 

All we are asking is that the almost 

110,000 drivers accredited in Victoria 

invest in their businesses. There is no 

cost barrier to entry - you need a car, 

a driver's licence, $76 for a driver's 

permit and $55 for your vehicle's 

accreditation, and then you're in 

business - a gig economy dream job. 

It's a bitter pill for the taxi industry, 

for those who stumped up hundreds 

of thousands of dollars to start their 

businesses, and now find themselves 

in gig culture. 

No consideration was given to the 

commercial viability for taxi, hire cars 

and rideshare operators. Unsavoury 

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In fact, the G5 Taximeter fully complies with 

all CPVV requirements including the new 

requirement effective from 1st May 2020 that 

all taximeters automatically record all charges 

(including tolls) payable by passengers. 

Many taxi operators in Melbourne have been told 

over the past month that they must remove their 

Schmidt G4 & G5 Taximeters so that their Booking 

Service Provider (BSP) satisfies the CPVV record 

keeping requirements to maintain fare records for 

all dispatched jobs. 

This is a complete and blatant lie. 

There is absolutely nothing in the Regulations 

which requires taxi operators to remove their G4 

and G5 Taximeters to satisfy CPVV record keeping 

requirements. 

Spreading such lies is misleading and deceptive 

conduct and therefore illegal under Australian 

Consumer Law. 

Instead of being forced to remove your G4 

or G5 taximeter by underhanded bullies 

who falsely claim that this is a requirement, 

Schmidt Electronic Labs are able to wire your 

Cabcharge meter to connect to the dispatch 

system and still enable you to use your G4 or 

G5 Taximeter for all non-dispatched jobs. This 

is the very best way to protect your personal 

information and the privacy of your income 

data. After all, it's your business and your 

income data, and nobody else’s business - 

certainly NOT the business of your BSP. 

Help to protect your interests by reporting to 

Schmidt Electronic Labs the name of anyone 

who tells you that you must remove your G4 

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VIC STATS 

The statistical figures 

on this page are as at 

31 January 2020 

TOTAL REGISTERED 

COMMERCIAL PASSENGER VEHICLES (CPV) 

ACCREDITED VICTORIAN CPVs 

Total = 81,885 

87% 

12% 1% 

Unbooked 

CPVs 

Wheelchair 

Taxis 

Booked CPVs 

50192 

66604 

70905 

30-Sep-17 

31-Dec-17 

31-Jan-19 

30-Nov-19 

31-Jan-20 

5000 

7271 

10876 

10592 

10013 

636 

745 

931 

967 

967 

2824 

13396 

UNBOOKED CPVS WHEELCHAIR TAXIS BOOKED CPVS 

IN A NUTSHELL ! 

CPVs INCREASE 

SINCE SEPTEMBER 2017 968 % 

UNBOOKED CPVs 

COUNT IS DOWN 

579 5,013 

Since last month Since Oct 2017 

WHEELCHAIR CPVs 

COUNT IS THE SAME 

0 331 

Since last month Since Oct 2017 

BOOKED CPVs 

COUNT IS UP 

4,301 68,081 

Since last month 

Since Oct 2017 

31-Jan-20 

30-Nov-19 

31-Jan-19 

31-Dec-17 

30-Sep-17 

COMPLIANCE OUTCOMES 

Vehicle Inspections 325 

Infringement Notice 11 

Official Warning 

(Written warning) 

Rectification Notice 

(CPVV defect notice) 35 

Defect Notice 

Number of Accredited 

Victorian CPV DRIVERS 

62076 

(VicRoads defect notice) 23 

65543 

1 

92479 

109142 

107366 

INCREASE 

SINCE LAST 

MONTH 

1,176 

INCREASE 

SINCE OCT 

2017 

47,066 

Did you know 

there are... 

1.3 drivers 

for every CPV in Victoria 

7.2 rideshare vehicles 

for every unbooked CPV (taxi) 

DRIVE A2B magazine · March 2020 

17

E-HAILING 

EXPERTS PREDICT 

UBER TO BE 

SUBSCRIPTION 

SERVICE 

LIKE NETFLIX 

By Louise Ayling | Daily Mail Australia 

18 DRIVE A2B magazine · February 2020

Users could pay a set 

amount per month for 

a number of rides or 

kilometres 

Uber could be set to carry out a major shakeup in the way passengers pay for travel. 

Experts predict the ride-share giant will switch to a subscription-based service based on 

Netflix or Spotify models, where users pay a set amount for a certain number of rides or 

kilometres, with no lock-in contracts or up-front payments. 

"Uber will switch from specifically having 

someone who calls for a car, to someone who 

subscribes to a service of mobility," KPMG 

automotive analyst Steven Bragg said. 

"It's going to be quite disruptive, but there's 

also a lot of opportunity for a lot of people," he 

said. 

The changes 

are forecast 

to result in 

fewer new car 

sales across 

Australia 

Mr Bragg also 

predicts an 

additional 

100,000 people 

every year will 

stop purchasing 

new cars in 

favour of rental 

options. 

Data from the Federal Chamber of Automotive 

Industries revealed 1,062,826 new cars were 

sold in the 12 months to December 31, 2019. 

This was the lowest total in eight years. 

Only 71,731 new cars were bought Australiawide 

in January 2020 - 10,000 less than January 

2019 - a drop of 12.5 per cent. 

A combination of rising costs like road-tolls 

and registration fees are pushing more people 

towards car rental services. 

The industry is becoming flooded with new 

options outside of GoGet, which allows people 

to rent cars for periods of time ranging from a 

few hours to several days. 

While newer services like FlexiGo, Carbar 

and Carly which allow customers to choose a 

specific type of car to rent over a longer period 

of time. 

Melbourne resident Jeremy Lawrence signed 

up for a car-rental service ten years ago and has 

become a regular user. 

He said he has no need for the car at all hours, 

but may need it on occasion for birthday parties 

or moving furniture. 

Mr Lawrence said "I can pick and choose which 

car I want and I don't have to worry about 

maintenance". 

DRIVE A2B magazine · February 2020 

19

INDUSTRY SURVEY 

NEW 

SOUTH 

WALES 

NEWS 

IPART survey 

results - Point to 

Point Transport 

Use in 2019 

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory 

Tribunal – NSW has surveyed NSW residents 

annually since 2012 about their use and 

perceptions of taxis and other forms of point 

to point transport. 

The tribunal has recently published their 

results for Annual Survey of Point to Point 

Transport use in 2019 by NSW residents. 

Of all the people in Sydney who used a taxi at 

least once in the last 6 months, 15% used taxis 

at least once a week, 52% used taxis once a 

month or more than once a month and 8% 

used taxis more than they did in 2018. 

The overall satisfaction with taxi services 

increased in all the three geographical areas 

and more than 50% respondents consider 

taxis as good value for money. 

Furthermore, the satisfaction with taxi fares 

has seen an upward trend in the last five years 

and more than 40% respondents are more 

than likely to use taxis in future if fares were 

cheaper. 

In terms of wait times, around 4 in 5 

passengers got their vehicle within 10 minutes 

and it is perceived to be better during the day 

than after 10pm, particularly on weekends. 

In summary, the results show that perception 

and satisfaction of taxi services in NSW is like 

that of 2018 with a significant improvement in 

certain areas of practical and quality aspects 

apparent from the IPART survey results. 

Turn to page 22 for more details on the survey 

results. 


COMPLIANCE 

5prosecuted 

at Downing 

Centre Local 

Court 

TOUTERS 

NSW Point to Point Transport Commissioner, Anthony 

Wing, prosecuted five individuals at the Downing Centre 

Local Court on 11 February 2020. 

The five people were charged for allegedly, on separate 

occasions in November, touting and soliciting for 

passenger services at Sydney Airport. 

Three offenders pleaded guilty and were convicted and 

fined $1,000. Two of these three offenders were also 

ordered to pay an additional 

$300 in professional costs. 

The remaining two individuals 

pleaded not guilty and will 

proceed to hearing. 

The offences were detected as 

part of ongoing compliance 

activity by the Point to Point 

Transport Commissioner at the 

Sydney Airport precinct - a high 

traffic area where people are 

particularly vulnerable to being 

touted. 

Touting and soliciting at the 

airport and in any area of NSW is 

not only an offence under point 

to point transport law, it is unsafe 

for passengers and a form of 

harassment. 

Under point to point transport law, a person must not 

drive a taxi or hire vehicle that is being used to provide a 

passenger service if the person has been found guilty of a 

disqualifying offence. 

A second offence of touting or soliciting constitutes a 

disqualifying offence, which means if an individual has two 

convictions for this offence, they will be disqualified from 

providing point to point passenger services in NSW. 

EDITION 47 

Melbourne • Geelong 

Healesville • Kinglake 

Gisborne • Bacchus Marsh 

Pakenham • Phillip Island 

Portsea • Lorne • Kilmore 

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SOUTH 

WALES 

NEWS 

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serce

The SA Competition Commission has 

proposed changes to level the playing 

field and allow metered taxis to better 

compete with Uber, Bolt, and other 

e-hailing companies. 

by Helena Wasserman | Business Insider SA 

South African metered taxis could get a boost against Uber from proposed new rules. 

• The Competition Commission wants an overhaul of the metered taxi licencing and fare regime 

in South Africa, which it thinks will increase competition. 

• Metered taxis argue that Uber's prices are too low and threaten their survival. 

• Between 35% and 55% of Uber drivers are operating without a valid licence. 

• The commission recommends that fare regulations be scrapped, and that all metered taxi 

companies be allowed to do business wherever they want. 

The commission launched an inquiry in 2017 amid industry concerns about the impact of the 

meteoric rise of Uber. Metered taxi operators argue that Uber’s prices are too low, and threaten 

their survival. 

The commission confirmed in a report, released last month, that Uber is much cheaper than 

metered taxis – which on shorter routes can cost up to 250% more in Gauteng. 

The metered taxi operators also contend that Uber is operating outside of the regulations that 

govern them. Government is currently developing laws to specifically regulate electronic hailing. 

The Competition Commission notes that Uber is not governed by labour laws in its relationship 

with drivers using its platform – and the negative impact this has on those drivers. 

24 DRIVE A2B magazine · February 2020

Here is how the Competition 

Commission recommends 

changing the metered taxi 

industry, so it can better compete 

with the likes of Uber. 

REMOVAL OF AREA 

RESTRICTIONS FOR 

METERED TAXIS 

___________________________ 

The commission found that 

metered taxis are subject to area 

restrictions, while the e-hailing 

services operate anywhere. For 

instance, taxi operators may be 

limited to one municipality, while 

e-hailing drivers in Gauteng can 

operate between the Tshwane, 

Johannesburg, and Ekurhuleni 

regions. 

The commission wants all area 

restrictions to be lifted, so that 

once a taxi service is licensed, 

it can operate anywhere in the 

country. 

But some areas like airports 

should still have restrictions 

in place to help deal with 

congestion, it says. 

The department of transport 

previously argued against the 

removal of area restrictions, 

arguing that it was a valuable tool 

to assist in avoiding conflict in the 

industry. 

NO PRICE REGULATION 

FOR METERED TAXIS 

___________________________ 

Currently, taxi fares are 

theoretically regulated in terms 

of the National Land Transport 

Act (NLTA). The NLTA also requires 

metered taxi vehicles to be 

equipped with a sealed meter to 

determine the payable fare. 

The commission said that this 

rigid approach prevents taxi 

operators from responding to 

supply and demand. It wants 

that sort of price regulation to 

be removed from the legislation, 

which it believes will promote 

competition and lead to lower 

fares 

A COMPLETE OVERHAUL 

OF THE TAXI-LICENCE 

REGIME 

___________________________ 

The commission found big 

backlogs in the approval of 

operating licences at various 

provincial regulators for the taxi 

industry. 

While SA law requires all licences 

to be finalised within 60 days, in 

the City of Johannesburg alone 

there is a backlog of nearly 7 000 

applications (including minibus 

taxi applications) dating back to 

2007. 

“This has led to a significant 

proportion of e-hailing operators 

and metered taxi operators 

operating without valid operating 

licences, and thus operating 

illegally,” says the commission. 

According to the report, between 

35% and 55% of Uber drivers are 

operating without a valid licence, 

compared to 70% and 95% for 

Bolt. 

The Commission recommends 

an overhaul of the issuing of 

operating licences, including the 

removal of restrictions on how 

many taxis may be registered in a 

specific area. 

“This would mean that operators 

will still be required to apply for 

roadworthy permits, but their 

operating licence applications will 

not be denied based on supply 

and demand.” 

In addition, the Commission 

recommends that regulators 

increase their capacity, and 

finalise pending applications 

“expeditiously”. 

GOVERNMENT SHOULD 

INTERVENE TO 

HELP CREATE A 

NATIONAL TAXI BODY 

___________________________ 

The commission wants 

government to assist the industry 

to establish a national association 

of metered taxis. 

“Metered taxi associations 

are empowered to represent 

the interest of the industry. A 

formalised structure for metered 

taxis will assist with consultations 

with the government and advance 

their interests in the industry in 

light of the digitisation of the 

market.” 


25

NEW 

SOUTH 

WALES 

NEWS 

Submission for 

Determination of Number 

of Taxi Licences to be 

issued in 2020/21 in NSW 

The NSW regulation for point 

to point transport industry - 

Point to Point Transport (Taxis 

and Hire Vehicles) Act 2016 

requires Transport for NSW 

(TfNSW) to determine, by 31 

March each year, the number 

of taxi licences to be issued 

in the state in the following 

financial year. In making this 

determination, TfNSW must 

consider: 

• likely passenger demand 

and latent demand for taxi 

services, 

• the performance of 

existing taxi services, 

• the demand for new taxi 

licences, 

• the viability and 

sustainability of the taxi 

industry, 

• any other matters TfNSW 

considers relevant, having 

regard to the objective of 

ensuring improved taxi 

services. 

In 2019, TfNSW made the 

determination that zero 

licences be issued outside 

Sydney due to limited evidence 

of demand. In doing so, 

Transport for NSW said that 

it would continue to monitor 

demand for licences and 

welcomed any feedback from 

industry participants. 

In Sydney, 78 licences were 

issued in 2019 to replace 

licences that had expired 

or had otherwise not been 

renewed. The determination 

was made in the context of the 

Government’s acceptance of 

the Point to Point Transport 

Taskforce’s recommendation 

that there be no increase in 

the number of non-wheelchair 

accessible taxi licences in 

Sydney over the four years 

commencing December 2015, 

with only replacement licences 

to be issued. This was to give 

the incumbent taxi industry 

time to adjust to the point to 

point transport reforms. 

TfNSW will be issuing 

additional new licences for 

2020/21, if there is evidence of 

demand and in consideration 

of the factors in the Act. 

The NSW Taxi Council has 

consulted with member 

networks across Sydney 

Metropolitan as well as 

Country NSW, as part of the 

consultation process and has 

made a submission on behalf 

of the Taxi Industry in NSW. 

The NSW Taxi Council will 

continue to provide updates 

on any further developments 

arising from this review. 


STATISTICS 

This information has been supplied by the NSW Point to Point Commission and NSW Roads and Maritime Services. 

$400,000 

$350,000 

$300,000 

$250,000 

$200,000 

$150,000 

$100,000 

$50,000 

$- 

$360,000 

Sydney Taxi Licence Plates 

average transfer value 

$210,000 $210,000 

$180,000 

$82,400 $71,250 

1 LICENCE WAS 

TRANSFERRED IN 

FEBRUARY 2020 

$95,000 $99,167 $110,000 

Jan-15 Jan-16 Jan-17 Jan-18 Jan-19 Jul-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20 

COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES - for January 2020 

Taxis Hire 

cars 

Vehicle Inspections (safety standards compliance) 53 23 

Advisory Visits (involving P2P Commission staff 

13 

providing advice to Authorised Service Providers) 

Audits of Authorised Service Providers 3 2 

Notifiable occurrences (relates to accidents or 

incidents that are reportable) 

6 55 

# Personalised Transport VEHICLES 

@ 31 January 2020 

Taxis - Metropolitan (excl WAT) 4,743 

Taxis - WAT Metropolitan 844 

Taxis - Non-metro (excl WAT) 1,124 

Taxis - WAT Non-metro 301 

Those who provide passenger transport 

services in New South Wales such as 

taxis, private hire, rideshare or tour drive 

operations, must have a passenger 

transport (PT) licence code accreditation 

on their NSW driver licence. 

A PT licence code identifies drivers who 

meet licence and medical standards 

required to drive a point to point vehicle 

or certain public passenger services. 

140,000 

120,000 

100,000 

80,000 

60,000 

40,000 

20,000 

0 

NSW Passenger Transport (PT) licence codes 

118,229 119,847 121,568 

108,565 

99,403 

87,487 

77,838 

Jan-18 Jun-18 Jan-19 Jun-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20 


NEW 

SOUTH 

WALES 

NEWS 

SENIORS TRAVEL 

NSW Regional 

Seniors Travel 

Card Goes Live! 

Applications for the NSW 

Regional Seniors Travel Card 

opened on 29 January 2020 

and since then around more 

than 100,000 rural and senior 

applicants have signed up for 

the travel card with thousands 

more applying every day. 

The eligible rural and senior 

applicants will soon be 

receiving their cards, which 

could be used by them 

at certain retailers across 

Australia, and to pay for fuel, 

taxis as well as pre-booked 

NSW TrainLink regional trains 

and coaches. 

In total, there are around 

400,000 eligible applicants 

across NSW. 

This initiative of the 

government will provide much 

needed assistance to the 

seniors in rural, regional and 

remote NSW. 

Based on applications till now, 

the utilisation of Regional 

Seniors Travel Card is expected 

to overall inject around $25 

million to the regional and 

rural NSW economy. 

It is understood that this 

benefit is set to further expand 

to include veterans and war 

widows in the next three 

months, as more eligible 

applicants from regional NSW 

start applying, receiving and 

using the travel cards. 

This initiative of the NSW 

government will be of great 

assistance to the seniors and 

to the overall economy of 

regional, rural and remote 

NSW, which has been terribly 

impacted by the recent 

bushfires and floods. 


PERSONNEL PROFILE 

Get 

ToKnow 

Steve Elliott Director Major Events 

Transport for NSW – Transport Management Centre 

Who is someone you 

admire, and why? 

Paul McCartney, the greatest 

singer/songwriter/musician of all 

time ….. and yes he was also in 

that band …… You know the one? 

…… Wings. 

Do you have any skills or 

talents that most people 

don’t know about? 

I am in a band with my wife and 

friends called ‘Back in Five’. I 

play the Rock Cajon, Drums and 

Percussion and sing the odd vocal. 

If you could be anywhere 

other than here, right this 

minute, where would you 

be? 

Japan…. anywhere in Japan. I love 

Japan. 

Flashback to when you 

were 10 years old. What do 

you want to be when you 

grow up? 

I actually wanted to be a 

Cartographer, a map maker. I loved 

reading maps, historical maps and 

street directories. After I left school I 

became a Road Design Officer which 

was a close match with Cartography. 

I was designing the roads to go on 

maps. With my love and knowledge 

of the road network I would have 

made a great Taxi Driver. 

Finish this sentence. On 

Sunday mornings, you can 

usually find me... 

If I am not working on a Special 

Event you would find me out and 

about walking my Border Collie 

named Badger, getting my daily 

steps up, and stopping for a Skinny 

Cap at the numerous coffee shops 

in my neighbourhood. 

What’s a goal you have 

for yourself that you want 

to accomplish in the next 

year? 

I am going on a holiday with my 

sister to Canada in May. My first 

holiday with her since we were 

kids. She has MS and wheelchair 

accessibility needs, and it’s 

important to go now with her while 

she can still get around. She has 

never travelled further than NZ so 

this is a once in a lifetime bucket 

list trip for her. I will be a great tour 

guide. 

I have been employed 

in the Transport 

Management Centre 

(TMC) since May 1998 and 

have seen its transition 

from the Road Traffic 

Authority (RTA) to (Roads 

and Maritime Services 

(RMS) to Transport for 

NSW (TfNSW). 

I commenced in the TMC 

over 12 months before 

the building officially 

opened in September 

1999, which was just 

before we held the large 

Year 2000 Millennium 

New Year’s Eve, the Y2K 

bug was looming large, 

and the Sydney Olympic 

Games were just around 

the corner. 

Prior to the TMC I have 

worked in various offices 

for the Department of 

Main Roads, Roads and 

Traffic Authority, and 

Gosford City Council. 


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acrobatics, circus stunts and stacks of 

silliness. Fri 28 March – Mon 13 April 

national 

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REBEL is a glorious live circus rock 

tribute to David Bowie. Sparks flew 

– literally and figuratively – over an 

incredible hour of music, aerial displays, 

and acrobatics... It was a privilege to 

watch. - Arts Review 

An onstage band combined with 

circus and comedy brings to life an 

amazing body of David Bowie’s work 

that spans over 5 decades. 

Sun 29 March @ 7pm, Thu 2 April @ 7pm, 

Fri 3 April 8:30pm. 

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NEWS UPDATE 

SOUTH 

AUSTRALIA 

NEWS 

Taxi Licence 

values and 

lease prices 

The South Australian Department of Planning, 

Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) has 

advised it will no longer be providing details 

of lease and transfer prices to the industry. 

Unless the industry can share the 

information, there will be no accurate data to 

provide to Agencies such as Centrelink, the 

ATO or financial institutions which may be 

considering lending on the taxi licence asset. 

This comes on top of the industry not being 

provided with details of compliance activity 

on taxis and separately for rideshare vehicles. 

CTP REVIEW 

The Compulsory Third Party Regulator is 

preparing for the next round of premium 

settings and invited the industry to provide a 

submission. It would be useful to have more 

information on the types and average cost 

of claims which at this stage the Regulator 

has not agreed to provide. There is some 

evidence that the cost of claims is reducing 

so we are hoping for a further decrease in the 

premiums. Regardless of any small decrease, 

the industry will not be satisfied until there 

is a level playing field with rideshare and taxi 

premiums. The Taxi Council has asked for a 

review of the premium setting for all point-topoint 

providers. 

ADELAIDE AIRPORT TAXI RANK 

The Taxi Rank Concierge program at the 

Adelaide Airport Taxi Rank was managed by 

the Taxi Council SA from February 2009. On 


Silver Top enrolment poster v6.indd 2 

27/2/20 2:15 pm 

There are over four 

rideshare vehicles 

to every taxi. 

2 December 2019 a new contract 

was awarded to SNP Security, a 

division of the international Certis 

Group, to manage and supervise 

the taxi rank. Adelaide Airport 

Limited expressed a desire to 

widen the role of the concierges to 

include the rideshare area within 

the airport. 

TAXI RANKS vs PICK UP 

ZONES 

Pre-booked passenger transport 

services have been unrestricted in 

South Australia since 1991 when 

licences for chauffeured vehicles 

were abolished. Since that time 

taxis have competed with all other 

public passenger vehicles for prebooked 

work, but licensed taxis 

still had sole access to work which 

involved plying for hire in a public 

place and at taxi ranks. 

Since the introduction of legalised 

rideshare services just over three 

years ago there are now over four 

rideshare vehicles to every taxi and 

there is an increasing demand for 

rideshare passenger pick up points. 

Taxi ranks are now being 

duplicated by designated pick up 

zones for rideshare services. These 

pickup zones are considered to be 

de facto taxi ranks and the issue 

has been raised for the government 

to urgently address. If rideshare 

vehicles are permitted to have their 

own ranking system, there seems 

to be little value in maintaining a 

licensing system for taxis. 

Taxi Council has been meeting 

regularly with SA Best MLC Hon 

Frank Pangallo. Mr Pangallo 

continues to be supportive of the 

taxi industry and given the general 

reluctance when it comes to talking 

taxis, we are very grateful for his 

support. 

by Taxi Council SA 

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rates of pay and a lack of income security force drivers to work long hours to cover costs. - Inquiry into the Commercial 

Passenger Vehicle Industry Act 2017 reforms Melbourne, 2019 

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REGIONAL NEWS 

WESTERN 

AUSTRALIA 

NEWS 

Regional 

operators hit 

hard with extra 

red tape in a 

challenging 

environment 

by Julie Murray 

Mandurah Taxis | WA Country Taxi Operators Association 

There is no doubt that the WA On Demand 

transport sector has been irreversibly 

altered with the arrival of new entrants in 

the market. As small business owners, taxi 

operators have had to accept that they must 

compete in this new environment. 

However, the minimal barriers to entry 

for new competitors, compared with the 

significant investments of capital that 

was previously required, has resulted in a 

profoundly unfair position for established 

hard working small local operators. 

This is especially difficult for taxi operators 

in regional areas all around Australia. 

Especially where the operators live in the 

communities they provide transport for, 

including many vulnerable, elderly and 

disabled people. 

In an attempt to manage these new entrants 

most state governments, including WA have 

undertaken significant legislative reforms 

to try and redress the unfair situation many 

small operators have found themselves in. 

This has been an onerous and difficult task 

as decades of complex layered legislation 


has been overwritten in order to 

allow these new competitors to 

operate legally and with some 

management in regards to 

passenger safety. 

The taxi industry has historically 

been heavily regulated by 

governments in order to ensure 

passenger safety, provision of 

service as well as maintaining a 

viable industry. 

For decades taxi operators had 

managed their businesses within 

these regulations, which have 

admittedly in some cases been to 

the detriment of passenger service. 

Governments are responsible for 

making and managing the law 

and should take responsibility 

for the lack of sensible reform. 

Governments regulated the taxi 

industry to the point it became 

expensive, inflexible and not 

always adaptable to changes in the 

demands of consumers. Industry 

and government have had a difficult 

time balancing sensible legislation 

with consumer requirements. 

At the same time as this reregulation 

of the on demand 

transport industry has been 

undertaken, there has been much 

discussion about how red tape 

strangles small business. This is 

evidenced by reports such as the 

Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) who 

note that "Small businesses are 

the lifeblood of local communities, 

strengthen communal bonds and 

provide opportunity for social 

mobility". 

The decline of small business 

has coincided with an increase in 

red tape. This issue has hit small 

regional taxi operators hard. 

It is much harder for small and 

micro businesses to manage more 

complex regulations and administer 

red tape, as they do not have 

access to the same resources as 

large corporations. Whilst they do 

their best to compete, the loss of 

expensive assets (taxi plate licences) 

has seen many left with large legacy 

debts as well. 

Not all regulation is well designed 

and often industry has not been 

consulted so as to understand the 

impacts or costs. 

For many in the taxi industry, rather 

than a removal of red tape there has 

been yet another layer added which 

adds administration and other 

costs. And this is happening at a 

time when they have to compete 

with new entrants that are allowed 

to undertake predatory pricing 

tactics. 

If small taxi operators are to survive, 

state governments must recognise 

the important role they play and 

the vital service they provide in 

their local communities. These 

small businesses need support to 

continue to provide services as 

well as assistance with the ever 

increasing layers of complex red 

tape and the minefield of potentially 

costly litigation they could face if 

they are not compliant. 

The Australian public has been 

mourning the loss of iconic Holden. 

Sadly, although not as recognised, 

we are also losing many small 

regional taxi services that have been 

serving their communities loyally 

since the 1940s. 

As the saying goes; you don't know 

what you've got till it's gone. 


35

Legal 

news 

by Robert Bakker | RB Lawyers 

REcovering 

losses from 

Not at Fault Collisions 

When attempting to recover loss 

concerning a not at fault Collision, 

recovery action may need to be 

taken against the negligent party. 

It is very possible that the 

negligent party may not be 

locatable, has gone overseas or 

has even died. 

In such a case, the temptation is 

just to give up and throw the Claim 

in the ‘too hard basket’ and go 

home. 

However, it is possible in some 

circumstances to recover should 

this occur. 

If it is possible to establish the 

negligent party benefited from 

a contract of insurance, Section 

51 of the Insurance Contracts Act 

1984 may come to the rescue. 

Essentially, this provision provides 

that if the negligent party benefits 

from a contract of insurance 

that covers the incident and has 

died or cannot be found after 

reasonable inquiry, then the 

claimant may recover from the 

insurer. 

Surprisingly, there is not a great 

deal of case law on this provision 

and it seems that the leading 

decision is Bayswater Car Rental 

Pty Ltd -v- Hannell, a decision of 

the Full Court of the Supreme Court 

of Western Australia from 1999. 

In this case, a car rental company 

tried to avoid liability under 

Section 51 because it said that it 

wasn’t an insurer. 

Rather, it said that it was a car 

rental company and offered 

indemnity to its renters under the 

agreement. 

Unfortunately, the Third Party 

failed on a technicality, namely 

there was no Judgment against 

the negligent party which was the 

trigger for cover to operate. 

However, it can be strongly argued 

that the case is authority for the 

proposition that, “If it looks like a 

duck and walks like a duck, it is a 

duck” (or an insurer!). 

IN SUMMARY: 

So, it may be said therefore that 

in cases where there is a claim by 

a third party against the negligent 

insured who has died or cannot 

reasonably be located, there is the 

potential for a claim directly upon 

that party’s insurer. Of course, the 

insurer is liable only to the extent 

that it would otherwise be liable to 

its insured. 


Disabled 

Parking 

Bays 

# 

8 

$ 135 

Queensland is proposing that motorists 

caught illegally parking in disabled bays will 

be fined $533, twice the existing penalty 

of $266. The new Queensland fines are 

expected to be implemented mid-year, 

pending their successful passage through 

parliament. 

Our map below shows that if you park illegally 

in a disabled bay in Australia you could well 

be hit with a fine anywhere from $135 in 

Northern Territory, to $600 in Canberra! So be 

careful where you park - read the signs above 

and on the road. 

Darwin 

Cairns 

Townsville 

Rockhampton 

# 

3 

$ 533 

Brisbane 

# 

2 

$ 572 

# 

5 

Perth 

$ 300 

# 

4 

$ 450 

# 

6 

$ 168 

Adelaide 

Devonport 

ACT 

Canberra 

Melbourne 

Hobart 

Launceston 

Sydney 

# 

7 

# 

1 

$ 165 

$ 600 

Wheelchair users found an original way to protest the abuse of 

disabled parking bays in Lisbon, Portugal. 

The wheelchairs had messages on the back such as "I'll be back 

in 10 minutes", "I won't be long" or "I'm just having a coffee", 

the usual justifications for those not experiencing any physical 

limitation and who park their cars in disabled parking spots. 


GRANTS 

QUEENSLAND 

NEWS 

Wheelchair 

Accessible taxi 

grants reopened 

The Queensland Government has reopened 

applications for wheelchair accessible taxi 

replacement grants, and applications close on 

Thursday 9 April at 11.59pm. 

Eligible licence holders and lessees can apply 

for 50% funding (up to a maximum of $45,000) 

to assist with the cost of replacing wheelchair 

accessible taxis from 2019-20 through to 2022- 

23. 

These funds will allow the industry to continue 

providing vital accessible transport options for 

people with reduced mobility. 

This is the second round of a four-year, $21 

million grant program for Wheelchair Accessible 

Taxis (WAT). 

The program is administered by Queensland 

Rural and Industry Development Authority 

(QRIDA). For more information, including 

application forms and eligibility criteria, visit the 

QRIDA website. 


FAQs 

I have recently purchased and modified a new 

wheelchair accessible taxi before this scheme was 

available. Can I apply for funding to help offset 

this cost? 

Yes, you may be eligible for reimbursement of costs 

associated with purchasing and modifying a WAT if the 

new vehicle began providing a taxi service on or after 1 

July 2019 and you meet one of the eligibility criteria. 

Are there any operation requirements attached to 

the grant funding? 

Yes. You are required to start providing taxi services using 

your new WAT within three months after receiving a 

grant under the scheme. If you do not use the new WAT 

to provide a taxi service under the current licence for a 

period of at least three years, you will be required to repay 

assistance received on a pro-rata basis. 

Can I use existing equipment in my new WAT 

vehicle? 

No. To be eligible for assistance, all wheelchairaccessibility 

devices must be purchased new. 

My vehicle is only 5 years old but has an odometer 

reading over 800,000kms. Am I eligible to apply? 

No. To be eligible for assistance, your vehicle must be at 

least 6 years old, have an odometer reading of at least 

800,000 kms and repairs with an estimated cost of $10,000 

(excluding GST) determined in writing by a mechanic, 

panel beater or other relevant tradesperson. You may be 

able to apply in subsequent funding rounds of this scheme 

once your vehicle has reached the age requirement. 

$250,000 

Brisbane Taxi Licence 

Average Transfer Values 

as listed at data.qld.gov.au 

$228,750 

LICENCE 

STATS 

$200,000 

$150,000 

$100,000 

$50,000 

$- 

$50,000 

$40,000 

$30,000 

$20,000 

$10,000 

$- 

$130,200 

$99,747 

$80,000 

$148,000 

$60,000 

$72,500 

$60,000 

no 

transfers 

Jan-16 Feb-17 Jan-18 Jan-19 Mar-19 Jun-19 Sep-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 

Brisbane Limousine Licence 

Average Transfer Values 

as listed at data.qld.gov.au 

$40,000 

$20,000 

$16,100 

$11,000 $10,500 

$13,000 

$8,000 

no no 

transfers transfers 

Jan-16 Feb-17 Jan-18 Jan-19 Apr-19 Jun-19 Sep-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 


39

OVERSEAS 

news 

Britain to 

ban sale of 

gasoline cars 

By Nicole Wakelin | Ride.tech 

Britain is planning to ban the sale 

of new gas, diesel and hybrid cars 

beginning in 2035, according to 

Reuters. This ban comes five years 

ahead of when it was originally 

scheduled to start. 

This ban on gas, diesel, and hybrid 

cars is a part of achieving its net zero 

emissions goal by 2050. 

Brexit could make reaching 

those goals more challenging. At 

the launch event for the COP26 

(United Nations Climate Change 

Conference), held at London’s 

Science Museum, Prime Minister 

Boris Johnson commented on 

the challenge of dealing with CO 2 

emissions. He said it’s a problem that 

needs to be dealt with not just as a 

country, but as a planet, and that 

action needs to be taken now. 

Britain has pledged to reach net zero 

heating emissions by 2050 and was 

the first G7 country to announce 

such a goal. According to Reuters, 

Johnson used the launch event for 

COP26 to encourage other countries 

to develop targets for becoming 

carbon-neutral and create actionable 

plans for reaching those targets. 

The British government’s decision 

to end the sale of all gas, diesel, 

and hybrid cars and vans in 2035 

is part of its plan to reach net zero. 

The date, however, is dependent on 

consultation. This leaves open the 

possibility of moving the date further 

out if it’s too aggressive or bringing it 

in closer if possible. 

Governments are reacting to the 

problem of vehicle emissions with 

a variety of bans, but the ban in 

the United Kingdom is more allencompassing 

than most. 

Diesel vehicles have been a prime 

target since the Volkswagen 

emissions scandal with the mayors 

of Paris, Madrid, Mexico City and 

Athens all planning to ban diesel 

vehicles from their city centers by 

2025. 

France is taking an approach more 

in line with the UK. It is banning all 

fossil fuel-powered cars by 2040. 

That’s five extra years for France 

to plan and build the charging 

infrastructure necessary to support a 

nation’s worth of electric vehicles. 


New York 

ordered to pay 

$810 million to 

debt-hit taxi 

drivers 

from MSN News 

New York must pay US$810 million 

(AU$1,229 million) to its debt-ridden 

cabbies, the state attorney general 

said last month, accusing the city of 

fraudulently inflating the value of permits 

needed to drive its famed yellow taxis. 

Letitia James, head prosecutor for the 

state of New York, said an investigation 

by her office showed that the auction 

price of thousands of permits, known as 

medallions, had been artificially inflated 

by hundreds of millions of dollars 

between 2004 and 2017. 

The attorney general's office alleged that 

the Taxi and Limousine Commission 

knew in 2011 that the price of medallions 

had passed actual value. 

Yet the administrative body "published 

false and misleading medallion prices" 

in a number of cases, James' office said, 

causing the price of a single medallion 

at auction to spike from US$283,300 

(AU$430,021) in 2004 to US$965,000 

(AU$1.46 million) in 2014. 

The city allowed brokers and top players 

to collude on prices, the prosecutor said, 

as the TLC encouraged drivers to use the 

medallions as collateral for loans. 

The state's prosecutor said medallion 

prices were fraudulently set so high that 

drivers could not pay them off with their 

earnings from cab operation regulated 

by the city itself. 

"These taxi medallions were marketed as 

a pathway to the American Dream, but 

instead became a trapdoor of despair 

for medallion owners harmed by the 

TLC's unlawful practices," James said in 

a statement. 

"The very government that was 

supposed to ensure fair practices in 

the marketplace engaged in a scheme 

that defrauded hundreds of medallion 

owners, leaving many with no choice 

but to work day and night to pay off their 

overpriced medallions." 

New York's taxi industry has been 

upended by the arrival of ride-hailing 

platforms like Uber and Lyft. 

More than 950 licensed taxi drivers have 

declared personal bankruptcy since 

2016, according to a New York Times 

investigation of court records published 

last year. Recent years have also seen 

a spate of suicides from cab drivers 

suffering under crushing debt. 

The sum of US$810 million (AU$1,229 

million) corresponds to the city's 

revenues from medallion sales and 

resale tax, according to the attorney 

general, and must be paid within 30 days 

or James' office intends to sue, it said. 

Uber closes 

LA office 

by Johana Bhuiyan | Los Angeles Times 

Uber has closed a customer support 

office in downtown Los Angeles, laying 

off about 80 employees. 

Without advance notice, staffers were 

informed last month that their jobs would 

be shifted to a large customer support 

office the company maintains in Manila. 

In a recording The Times obtained, 

Uber manager Ruffin Chevaleau 

acknowledged that the meeting was 

called on short notice before delivering 

the news. 

“We have decided to close the 

downtown L.A. office and we will be 

moving the outreach and innovation 

work to our Manila C.O.E., where 

we can continue to support the 

business as it grows,” she said, using 

an abbreviation that means Center 

of Excellence, the in-house term for 

customer support hubs. “I know that 

this is a shock. This meeting is to 

inform you all that today is the last day 

in this office.” 

The employees were mostly customer 

support staffers who were paid hourly 

and focused on driver outreach, with 

tasks such as processing documents, 

resolving account issues and 

explaining incentives and promotions. 

(Uber considers both drivers and riders 

its “customers” and supports them out 

of the same department). 


WHAT WE 

HEAR ! 

RedBook is still being allowed to undertake 

vehicle safety checks for the Victorian 

regulator - CPVV, even though it has been 

caught out on not checking vehicles 

properly and thoroughly. 

London Cabs in Australia were going to 

take over the taxi industry nationally. 

Well, that's what they said back in 2013 

when 100 London style cabs landed in 

Perth. What happened to the plan? 

multi fare 

vehicles 

All around Australia there are vehicles operating as taxis which 

can carry 6 or more passengers or transport 1 or 2 wheelchair 

passengers. This is great! But the problem is that the drivers of 

these vehicles are not servicing the wheelchair passenger market 

effectively - they are often looking for the multi fares, or the fare 

that will definitely give them the Lifting / Handling fee bonus. 

Drivers - we need you to be doing your job and transport those 

who are wheelchair bound - no questions asked. 

Essential Services Commission should be taking the annual CPI increase into account when they next 

revisit the maximum taxi fares. The arena in which the Victorian taxi industry operates has changed 

very dramatically over the past few years - and yet the fares have not seen an increase. Prices of 

everything else have gone up, cost of living has increased, so why not the taxi fares? 

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All shifts available, especially nights, weekends and 

wheelchair bus drivers. Flexible hours - work to suit your 

lifestyle. Good income and all training provided free. Call 

(08) 9581 8999. 

0412 207 209 for more details. 

VICTORIA 

CROWN CABS DRIVERS WANTED 

Shepparton - Ballarat - Mansfield - Sunbury - Wallan - Kilmore 

Day and Night shifts. Phone (03) 9310 5422. 

BALLARAT TAXIS LIMITED 

Drivers required for sedans and Wheelchair Taxis. Largest 

Ballarat fleet - plenty of account work. Day and Night shifts 

available. Phone (03) 5331 4367. 

CDC FLEET - TAXI DRIVERS REQUIRED 

With CDC Fleet, drivers can enjoy a growing fleet of new and 

well-maintained taxis, including new hybrid vehicles for 

better fuel efficiency and choice of multiple booking service 

providers. We can also offer you the option of daily payment. 

What’s more, a Vehicle Hire Agreement for a set weekly price 

is now available. Just give us a call on (03) 9330 3231 or visit us 

at cdcfleet.com.au for more information. 

TAXI DRIVER WANTED 

Taxi Driver required Monday to Friday. Weekend also available. 

Silver Service Toyota Camry. Must have a full Australian Drivers 

Licence. Owner operator. Clean vehicle, great condition. Call 

0413 901 890. 

METROPOLITAN TAXI DRIVERS 13CABS 

Give me a call to get best deal. Toyota Camry Altise, gas, brand 

new, 45/55 or set price. New drivers welcome. Day/ night or 

full car. Get a good deal and make more money. Vermont, 

Doncaster eastern suburbs. Dandenong, Springvale southern 

suburbs. Phone 0426 964 022. 

WANTED NIGHT AND DAY DRIVERS 

Casual or Full Time. Hungry days and weekends for the right 

driver. New car. Good pay rates. Must have licence. PIN with 

Geelong Taxis. Phone Sam 0405 200 665 or email samvit@live. 

com.au and quote your DC. 

DRIVERS WANTED 

Sick of driving an old Ford? CHEAP is EXPENSIVE. We know 

what drivers want - so why not come and chat with us? Great 

set price deals with our 50 series hybrids on lpg. Fuel cost 

from $80 per week. Bayside Taxi Service, 313 Bay Road, 

Cheltenham. Call (03) 9555 1155 or 0414 566 779. 

13CABS AND SILVER TOP TAXI DRIVERS WANTED 

Day and night shift in northern suburbs of Melbourne. Vehicles 

= a SKODA and a TOYOTA Camry. Please call 0408 565 787. 


Only $ 35 for 

50 words 

Payment details are 

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ADVERTISE HERE! 

• meters for sale and installation 

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• businesses for sale 

• taxi camera service 

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• mobile phones 

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Anything that can be used with, in or 

for a taxi, hire car, limousine. 

Modern Camry Hybrids 

50 series lpg hybrids - from $495 per week 

Call Bayside Taxi Services 03 9555 1155 

Cabcharge Approved 

Installer & Repairer 

Crown Cabs is a Full Taxi Installer based in 

Tullamarine. Phone 1300 12 13 14. 

www.crowncabs.com.au. 

Free Taxi camera stickers 

Free Taxi numbering stickers 

Taxi Security Cameras 

Get installed today! Independent taxi operators 

- we can help you! Our taxi camera THS VIC1 

is approved in VIC / WA / NSW and ready for 

installation. Visit www.taxiservices.com.au or 

call us today on 0434 423 423 

Leases Wanted - Brisbane 

We are expanding in Brisbane. If you have 

assignments to lease we will pay $800. Call 

into our office in Salisbury and ask for Tuna 

Guclu or call 0419 484 666 to discuss price 

and terms. 

Gippsland Bus Business 

For Sale 

Current business model is ideal for a couple 

or partnership. Located Warragul to Sale. 

Projected return to 2 full time owners - 

$180,000 net profit p.a. 

3 Toyota commuters / 1 Coaster bus. 

Website online bookings available. This 

business will sell for the highest offer. 

For further information contact Greg on 0400 

693 325 via email courierforsale9@gmail.com 

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AMS Ivanhoe Lawyers.................. 15 

AVA Group....................................... 43 

Bayside Taxis............................13, 43 

Cabcharge....................................... 31 

CDC Fleet...........................................9 

Crown Cabs.......................................2 

Embassy Cafe................................ 16 

ITS Australia................................... 48 

Melway............................................ 21 

Silver Top Taxis.............................. 33 

SLYYK........................................... 2, 43 

Transport Alliance Australia.....11, 43 

Transport Matters Party..................3 


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