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CONTENTS 

WHAT’S INSIDE 

8 CPVI bill is now law 

The new Commercial Passenger Vehicle 

Industry Bill 2017 became law on 22 

August 2017. 

12 Fighting the right fight 

Hans Althoff writes for DRIVE A2B for the 

last time. 

14 Airport creates an uneven 

playing field 

Melbourne Airport have introduced Uber 

ranks. 

16 Zero confidence in TSC 

Lack of compliance by TSC has cost 

millions of dollars in lost income. 

24 A flying car from DeLorean 

This car won’t need roads - just some air 

space. 

30 Your say 

Letters and emails received by DRIVE A2B 

regarding the point-to-point transport 

industry. 

32 Interstate news 

A look at what’s happening in the 

transport industry in Australia. 

34 Overseas news 

Snippets regarding the point-to-point 

industry around the world. 

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DRIVE A2B magazine · September 2017 5

Welcome 

to the September 2017 edition of 

DRiVE 

Voice of the Victorian Point-to-Point Transport Industry 

Editorial 

The past five years has seen 

the Victorian taxi and hire car 

industry go through much 

upheaval and tumultuous 

times. 

Firstly, in 2012 there was 

the report by the Fels’ 

Inquiry - from which many 

recommendations were 

introduced and effectively the 

devaluing of licence plates 

started. 

Secondly, ride sharing 

platforms such as Uber, 

Shebah and GoCatch, in 2012 

started plying for their share of 

the taxi and hire car industry 

work and ultimately set up 

business in Victoria. 

Thirdly on 23 August 2016 the 

Hon Jacinta Allan announced 

the government’s intention to 

”buy back” licence plates from 

both taxi and hire cars, and to 

reform the industry. 

Some 12 months later, on 22 

August 2017, the government’s 

legislation for reform of 

the Victorian commercial 

passenger vehicle industry 

was made legislation. It is 

this legislation that makes ride 

sharing in Victoria legal. 

But there is still a major 

condition that many seem to 

have forgotten about. 

• Booking Service Providers 

(eg Uber, 13CABS, 

Silver Top Taxis, Crown 

Cabs, etc.) need to be 

accredited by the Taxi 

Services Commission; 

AND 

• ALL drivers of taxis, hire 

cars and ride share 

vehicles MUST be 

ACCREDITED by the Taxi 

Services Commission. 

We believe that Uber is an 

accredited Booking Service 

Provider but only a handful of 

their drivers are accredited. 

The Victorian government, in 

the guise of the Taxi Services 

Commission, has permitted 

the ride sharing businesses 

to illegally operate in Victoria 

for the past five years. Turning 

a blind-eye to ride share 

providers’ operations, ranks 

at major Melbourne events, 

non-payment of taxes, not 

just Uber but also GoCatch, 

Shebah, Yarra Valley Rideshare 

and to 13CABS who have 

had private cars on the roads 

”looking like” taxis. 

Now that legislation has been 

adopted hopefully we will 

see some clarity of where 

taxis, hire cars and ride 

sharing vehicles, sit within the 

commercial passenger vehicle 

industry. 

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Perhaps the Taxi Services 

Commission will start to uphold 

the law. Start to issue fines to 

those who are not adhering to 

the law. What a novel idea! 

This new legislation will see all 

taxi licences revoked. 

Perpetual and Fixed Term Taxi 

Licence Owners and Operators 

will be issued with a new 

equivalent annual taxi licence 

and current vehicle details will 

be attached to the new licence. 

Owners of a Perpetual Taxi 

Licence which is assigned to 

an Operator, will cease to be a 

licence holder. 

Owners of a Perpetual Taxi 

Licence which is not assigned 

and is currently non-operational, 

will be issued with a new 

equivalent non-operational 

annual taxi licence. 

All Hire Car Owners will have 

new licence conditions and they 

will be able to operate all across 

Victoria. 

Owners of Metropolitan and 

Country Hire Car licences will 

not have their licence revoked. 

Current licence number and 

vehicle details will remain the 

same. 

Special purpose Vehicle (SV) 

licence Owners will have their 

licence revoked. They will be 

issued with a new Victorian hire 

car licence and current vehicle 

details will be attached to the 

new licence. 

Restricted Hire vehicle (RH) 

licence Owners will have their 

licence revoked. They will be 

issued with a new Victorian hire 

car licence and current vehicle 

details will be automatically 

attached to the new licence. 

During the last month I received 

many reports on the disgusting 

state of the men’s toilet facilities 

for taxi drivers at Melbourne 

Airport. 

Melbourne Airport receives 

money from taxi drivers who 

park in the holding bay, why 

won’t they take greater care of 

the toilet facilities? Surely this 

comes under OH&S - you know, 

Occupational Health and Safety. 

This month being National 

Safe Work Month, perhaps 

Melbourne Airport personnel 

can see fit to make these 

facilities more hygienic and 

safe. 

Toni Peters 

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DRIVE A2B magazine · September 2017 

7

POLICY NEWS 

CPVI bill 

is now 

LAW 

The new Commercial Passenger 

Vehicle Industry Bill 2017 became 

law on 22 August 2017. 

This legislation introduces the 

regulation of rideshare providers in 

Victoria. Rideshare vehicles belong 

to the Hire Car category. Below is a 

summary. 

• Perpetual and fixed term taxi 

licences will be revoked and be 

replaced with annual licences. 

• Hire cars will be able to operate 

in any zone within Victoria and 

will be issued with a new set of 

licence conditions. 

• Special Purpose and Restricted 

hire licences will be revoked 

and replaced with Victorian 

hire car licences. 

• Existing taxi and hire car 

registration plates will be 

retained. 

• A new licensing registration 

process will be implemented. 

• The legislation requires ALL 

providers of booking services 

for taxi and hire car passenger 

transport, including rideshare, 

to be accredited. 

• ALL drivers who provide a 

service to the travelling public, 

including rideshare drivers 

must be accredited by passing 

police, medical and driving 

history checks, and will be 

subject to ongoing criminal 

data matching. 

• The prohibition on a person 

smoking is extended to all 

persons in a commercial 

passenger vehicle. 

• ALL commercial passenger 

vehicles are required to carry 

assistance animals with their 

owners. 

• There is a new penalty for 

charging or asking for 

payment of a fare or additional 

charges that are in excess of 

the maximum fare or hiring 

rates submitted to the TSC, 

for taxis licensed to operate in 

the Regional or Country zones. 

The penalty is up to $1,585.70. 

• Driver training and education 

will be done within the industry 

and not by the Taxi Services 

Commission. 

• The $1 per trip industry tax will 

be introduced in 2018 and will 

contribute to the government’s 

$494 million support package 

for taxi and hire car licence 

holders and the provision of 

ongoing accessible transport 

services. 

Legislation Changes - Stage 2 

A second reform bill, to be 

introduced to parliament later 

this year, will seek to introduce 

flexible fares, allowing taxis to 

charge passengers different prices 

to reflect the type of service they 

provide once the reform package is 

fully implemented in 2018. 


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POLICY NEWS 

LICENCE 

SCENARIOS 

With the implementation of the new legislation all Taxi licences will be revoked and Transition 

Assistance payments will be made to eligible licence holders. 

Perpetual or Fixed Term Taxi Licence 

Owners and Operators ... 

• You will be issued with a new equivalent annual taxi 

licence. 

• Your current vehicle details will be automatically 

attached to your new licence. 

• You will not be charged for this taxi licence change. 

• You will receive a new licence certificate in the mail. 

• You can continue to operate your business as usual. 

Owners of a Perpetual Taxi Licence which is 

assigned to an Operator ... 

• Your assignment agreement will cease. 

• Your assignee will be issued with a new equivalent 


• Your assignee’s current vehicle details will be 

automatically attached to their new licence. 

• You will no longer be a licence holder, however if you 

wish to operate a taxi or hire car, you will be able 

to apply for a low cost licence when they become 

available for purchase. 

Owners of a Perpetual Taxi Licence which 

is not assigned and is currently nonoperational 

... 

• You will be issued with a new equivalent nonoperational 



• You will need to contact the TSC if you want to start 

operating your licence. 

Operators with a current Assignment 

agreement with a licence holder ... 

• Your assignment agreement will cease. 

• You will become a licence holder and be issued with 

an equivalent annual taxi licence. 

• Your current vehicle details will be automatically 

attached to your new licence. 

• You will not be charged for this taxi licence change. 


• You can continue to operate your business as usual. 

Owners of Metropolitan and 

Country Hire Car licences... 

• Your licence will not be revoked, 

but new licence conditions will 

be issued. 

• Your licence conditions will 

change and you will be able to 

operate all across Victoria. 

• Your current licence number and 

vehicle details will remain the 

same. 

• You will receive a new licence 

certificate with updated 

conditions in the mail. 

• You can continue to operate your 

business as usual. 

Special purpose Vehicle 

(SV) licence Owners... 

• Your licence will be revoked. 

• You will be issued with a new 

Victorian hire car licence and 

will be permitted to operate 

across Victoria. 

• Your current vehicle details will 

be automatically attached to 

your new licence. 

• You will not be charged for this 

licence change. 


certificate and licence 




Restricted Hire vehicle (RH) 

licence Owners... 

• Your licence will be revoked. 

• You will be issued with a new 

Victorian hire car licence and 

will be permitted to operate 

across Victoria. 

• Your current vehicle details will 

be automatically attached to 

your new licence. 

• You will not be charged for this 

licence change. 


certificate and licence 





POLICY NEWS 

TRANSITION 

ASSISTANCE 

This includes Transition Assistance 

payments to licence holders who 

held a licence on 15 August 2016, 

and continued to hold this licence 

until 14 July 2017. Eligible licence 

holders can expect to receive their 

Transition Assistance payments 

in the mail, from late September 

onwards. 

Transition assistance payments will 

be paid to eligible licence holders up 

to a total of four licences for each 

licence holder. If an entity owns 

more than four licences in total, and 

the licences are different types, the 

total payment will be calculated in 

relation to the four highest value 

licences. 

To be eligible for the payments 

below, the licence holder must: 

• have held the licence on 15 

August 2016, and 

• continue to hold the licence until 

14 July 2017. 

Possible exceptions to this may 

include where: 

• licence ownership has changed 

due to a bequest or court order; 

• a hire car or special purpose 

vehicle licence was applied 

and paid for prior to 15 August 

2016; 

• a licence transfer application 

was received by the Taxi 

Services Commission prior to 

15 August 2016; or 

• a Greater Metropolitan Taxi 

Licence Release (GMTLR) 

licence has been converted. 

TAXI LICENCE TYPES EXPIRY ZONE FIRST 

LICENCE 

2 ND , 3 RD & 4 TH 

LICENCE 

M50, M51, M80 – Metro Taxi WAT Perpetual Metropolitan $100,000 $50,000 

MT – Metro Taxi Perpetual Metropolitan $100,000 $50,000 

UT, UT5 – Urban Taxi & WAT Perpetual Urban $100,000 $50,000 

RT, RT5 – Regional Taxi & WAT Perpetual Regional $50,000 $25,000 

CT, C50 – Country Taxi & WAT Perpetual Country $15,000 $7500 

MF – Metropolitan Fixed Term Fixed Term Metropolitan $33,750 $16,875 

UF – Urban Fixed Term Fixed Term Urban $33,750 $16,875 

MF5 – WAT Metropolitan Fixed Term Fixed Term Metropolitan 

UF5, UT5F – Urban WAT Fixed Term Fixed Term Urban 

RTF, RT5F – Regional Taxi & WAT Fixed Term Fixed Term Regional 

CTF, C50F – Country Taxi & WAT Fixed Term Fixed Term Country 

MTA, MTA5 – Metro Taxi & WAT Annual Annual Metropolitan 

UTA, UTA5 – Urban Taxi & WAT Annual Annual Urban 

RTA, RTA5 – Regional Taxi & WAT Annual Annual Regional 

CTA, CTA5 – Country Taxi & WAT Annual Annual Country 

PS – Peak Service Peak Service Metropolitan 

HIRE CAR LICENCE TYPES 

Annual 

fee 

rebate 

MH – Metropolitan Hire Car Licence Perpetual Metro/Urban $25,000 $12,500 

CH – Country Hire Car Licence Perpetual Regional/Country $12,500 $6,250 

SV – Special Purpose Vehicle Licence Perpetual NA $1,250 $625 


TAXI NEWS 

FIGHTING 

THE RIGHT 

FIGHT 

Today is one of my 

saddest days that I have 

experienced in a long 

time. 

This will be my last contribution 

to Taxi Talk / DRIVE A2B. Stan, 

Toni and family have done a 

tremendous job, for more than 50 

years. The magazine ran under the 

auspices of the VTA until recently 

when it became obvious that 

the VTA did not have the same 

ideology as the magazine. Then 

as society progressed more and 

more into a digital one, DRIVE A2B 

was born. Thank you Stan, Toni 

and family for doing the right thing 

and keeping this industry informed 

with the truth. 

I wish that I had been spared 

to witness the death of the 

Taxi Industry in Victoria. The 

Government will replace the 

Perpetual Licences with worthless 

pieces of paper in September this 

year and as it does so, it destroys 

the very foundation on which one 

of the best Taxi Industries in the 

world, was based on. 

It was the Perpetual Taxi Licence 

Holders (PTLHs) in Australia who 

built the radio networks, made it 

possible for Cabcharge to operate 

in Australia and around the world, 

and created the various peak 

bodies in Australia, including 

the Australian Taxi Industry 

Association. 

I do not want to give a history 

lesson into the Victorian Taxi 

industry but need to point out who 

the real friends and enemies of 

the PTLHs, those who created the 

assets, are, and what motivates 

them. 

Since 1996 Black Cabs 

Combined/13CABS/Cabcharge 

have been acting many times 

against the interest of its own 

members. Now that they appear 

to have what they wanted, they 

openly abandon our peak body, 

the Victorian Taxi Association 

(VTA), and PTLHs were left with 

no doubt that they have not been 

represented by the VTA for a very 

long time. 

All its interest is now concentrated 

on getting more depot fee-paying 

members and maximising their 

profits with Uber-like practices. Do 

they hold any Perpetual Licences? 

The government started to 

abandon its role as regulator 

in the public interest when it 

entered and competed in the Taxi 

Licence lease market around 

2002. This was probably the first 

instance where the VTA acted in 

the interest of Cabcharge/Black 

Cabs/13CABS rather than in the 

interest of the PTLHs. 

The result was that the 

government won, Black Cabs won, 

PTLHs lost. Government did and 

has not done anything to help the 

PTLHs. 

So who do you think is going to 

bring the interest of the PTLHs 

to the so-called stakeholders 

consulting groups that the 

government is always talking 

about? 

It is clearly not in the interest 

of the government, Cabcharge, 

the VTA, Uber or all the various 

Here comes the death 

of the taxi industry in Victoria. 


y HANS ALTHOFF 

Taxi Owner/Operator 

consumer groups to argue the 

case for the PTLHs. 

It seems the only lone voice that 

tries to bring a case for the PTLHs 

is the Victorian Taxi and Hire car 

Families Association and the 

Victorian Hire Car Association. 

In everything that I have seen up 

till now with respect to what the 

Government is going to do next 

month refers to taking the assets 

of PTLH, replacing it by an annual 

licence that the operator of the 

licence can now use to run the 

business. 

Then there is some transitional 

payment being made to the 

PTLHs. It is at this point that 

I ask, why is the Government 

exchanging my perpetual licence 

for a valueless piece of paper? 

The large depots are still surviving 

and come next month they will no 

longer pay any lease fees. Thereby 

the money that they have lost on 

the revocation of the perpetual 

taxi licence might even become 

easier to write off, when they now 

save $23,000 per leased licence 

every year. 

I will not be able to fight much 

longer against the injustice done 

to PTLHs. I will encourage my 

wife and children not to join any 

“no win no charge” class action. 

All that is about is easy money for 

little risk. 

I will however encourage them to 

spend up to $20,000 per licence 

with a solicitor who is willing to 

fight the Government on the case 

of compulsory acquisition of an 

asset, has a clear plan of attack 

and charges as the case moves 

along. 

We are no longer interested in why 

the Government wants our asset. 

All we want is a fair price and we 

can win it by fighting the right 

fight. 

Farewell 

Hans Althoff has been 

an advocate for the truth 

within and about the 

Victorian taxi industry 

for as long as we can 

remember. 

His insight into the 

taxi industry has 

been a testament 

to his clear thinking 

and passion for this 

industry to succeed. 

A mentor to many and a 

friend to even more. 

Thank you for all 

you have done, 

contributed and 

helped during your 

life. 

We will miss you, Hans ! 

It’s not the 

The TAXI TALK & 

DRIVE A2B team 

goodbye 

that HURTS 

but the 

flashbacks 

that follow 

Large depots still survive 

as they won’t have to pay $23,000 lease fees every year. 


13

MELB AIRPORT 

Airport creates 

UNEVEN 

playing field 

Last month Melbourne Airport 

representatives (Michael Meggs 

and Matthew Stirling from 

Operations, Parking and Ground 

Transport) met with VHCA 

President Rod Barton and Vice 

President Andre Baruch. 

Melbourne Airport formally advised 

them that they had entered 

into a “confidential commercial 

arrangement” with UberX that 

allowed UberX hire cars access 

to a holding bay and a rank at 

Melbourne Airport. 

Rod Barton advised the meeting 

that :- 

• Under the new legislation Uber 

will just be another hire car 

operator. 

• No new licences have been 

issued to drivers as yet, 

therefore Uber drivers were 

still illegal! 

• Until such time as a new 

licencing structure is 

implemented by the Taxi 

Services Commission (TSC), 

the UberX service remains in 

breach of the Transport Act. 

Melbourne Airport advised that 

they were open to discussions with 

all interested parties who wish to 

operate an “on demand” hire car 

service. 

They said that they were not trying 

to protect one particular operator 

or give one particular operator a 

competitive advantage, yet they did 

not accept the VHCA’s assertions 

that they have already given Uber a 

massive advantage! 

The majority of the hire car 

industry pay a pro-rata hourly rate, 

up to $30, to facilitate a pick up of 

a client at Melbourne Airport. 

The actions by Melbourne Airport, 

in allowing Uber cars to queue in 

the forecourt for a minimal flat 

fee of $4.40, is unequivocally an 

immense advantage to Uber hire 

cars. This will see a reduction in 

clients to the rest of the Victorian 


industry. 

Victorian Taxi Association (VTA) 

CEO Georgia Nicholls says ”With 

the legalisation of ride sharing 

services, their access to the airport 

is inevitable and the conditions 

that have been imposed on them 

are fair”. 

But the conditions imposed on 

Uber drivers are more fair than 

those currently in place for taxi and 

hire car drivers. Is it fair when one 

side is more heavily burdened than 

the other? 

The simple act of giving parking 

access in the forecourt to Uber 

hire cars is further evidence of 

commercial advantage given to 

Uber over all other hire cars. 

It is certainly not a level playing 

field for the Victorian commercial 

passenger vehicle industry at 


All VHCA members believe that the 

“meet and greet” service they offer 

their customers is paramount to 

their businesses! 

Now that there are UberX ranks in 

place, VHA drivers must actually 

walk past/through these ranks to 

get to and from the terminal. 


VTA CEO Georgia Nicholls says, “In 

an environment where ride sharing 

services have been legalised, 

Melbourne Airport must make 

provision for the access of all legal 


services.” 

But Melbourne Airport advises that 

a VHA plated hire car cannot pickup 

from the UberX rank. All VHA plated 

cars have to use the VHA area. 

Then what happens when a VHA 

operator adds another vehicle to 

his fleet? TSC no longer issues 

VHA plates - the new vehicles will 

have regular private licence plates. 

Therefore Melbourne Airport will not 

be able to differentiate between a 

newly licensed VHA vehicle and an 

Uber vehicle. 

Yet Melbourne Airport, at this stage, 

has made no provision for access 

of these vehicles. Perhaps they 

can utilise the forecourt where Uber 

vehicles wait. 

How does Melbourne Airport know 

which vehicles have accessed the 

Uber areas? 

They are not charging the driver’s 

e-Tags (as they do for taxis); they 

do not have a record of Uber drivers’ 

licence plates; they don’t require the 

vehicles to display signage. 

Is Uber just paying the Airport a 

fixed amount each month and 

are drivers charging $4.40 to their 

airport customers? 

When Melbourne Airport was 

queried about the method of 

payment that has been put in place 

for the collection of the $4.40 

fees, a spokesperson responded 

that “Melbourne Airport has a 

commercial passenger agreement 

in place with Uber for access fees”. 

Perhaps they are relying on Uber 

to tell them the number of vehicles 

that have collected from the Airport. 

Perhaps Uber is just paying a fixed 

monthly amount. 

So, many questions and so few 

answers. 

VHCA believe Melbourne Airport 

has obligations under their licence 

agreement, so for the above 

reasons they have instructed 

Mann Lawyers to make a formal 

complaint to the ACCC (Australian 

Competition and Consumer 

Commission), to investigate 

and advise options that can be 

pursued. 

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VHCA 

ZERO 

CONFIDENCE 

IN THE TSC 

BY ROD BARTON, President VHCA 

August 2017 brought 

down the final chapter 

of the hire car and 

taxi industries with 

the passing of the Commercial 

Passenger Vehicle Bill 2017 

through the Victorian Parliament, 

effectively deregulating the existing 

infrastructure for the primary 

benefit of a foreign-owned multinational 

- Uber. 

By not ensuring a level playing field, 

the Andrews Labor Government is 

essentially allowing one company 

to have a commercial priority 

over the rest of the industry. 

This is highlighted by the recent 

developments at Melbourne Airport 

which gives UberX vehicles a 

strategic advantage over other hire 

car operators. 

You see, under the ‘new’ licence 

scheme, UberX vehicles are 

classified as HIRE CARS, thereby 

guaranteeing their success in 

the marketplace, whilst leaving 

hundreds of previous hire car 

operators financially broken. 

Royal Assent was given on 22 

August and the Commercial 

Passenger Vehicle Industry Bill 

2017 is now law. 

We believe that the Government 

pushed this legislation through 

parliament because Premier 

Andrews and Minister Allan believe 

there are more votes in Uber, rather 

than taking a moral position to 

protect workers and livelihoods, 

a position Labor governments of 

yesteryear would have previously 

supported. This Andrews Labor 

Government is a very different beast. 

The greater public should be 

reminded that at no stage did we 

contend that Uber should not be 

allowed to enter the marketplace! 

We recognise that if the Andrews 

Government wants to make 

another stupid decision they can, 

but hire car operators purchased 

licences from Government, through 

the Taxi Services Commission 

(TSC) (formerly known as the 

Victorian Taxi Directorate (VTD)), 

since 2004, through which we 

agreed to a set of conditions 

determined by Government. 

Now the Andrews Government 

wants to cancel the licence 

contract and only pay a pittance of 

the licence value in return. 


Unprecedented behaviour 

from a State Government when compulsory 

acquisition of property has occurred. 

This is unprecedented behaviour from 

a State Government when compulsory 

acquisition of property has occurred. 

TAXI SERVICES COMMISSION 

There will be some very serious questions 

asked of the Taxi Services Commission 

(TSC) and their level of involvement in 

supporting an illegal operation. 

Where there is absolutely no doubt, is that 

lack of compliance by the TSC has cost 

millions of dollars in lost income to those 

operating within the law, and this gave 

illegal ridesharing services a commercial 

advantage over the licensed and legal 

operators. 

This is why the VHCA has sent this to the 

Victorian Ombudsman. 

The Hire Car and Taxi industry have zero 

confidence in the TSC’s ability to enforce 

any new legislation. 

FAIRNESS FUND 

In the first week of August we spoke with 

Marnie Williams, Chair of the Fairness Fund. 

Ms Williams confirmed that the first 

allocation of payments (approximately 100) 

from the Fund have been approved. These 

applicants have received notices in the mail. 

This is not an indication that other 

applications have been accepted or 

rejected. Applications will continue to be 

processed by the Fund, and applicants will 

be contacted by the Fund once a decision 

has been made regarding their application. 

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VHCA continued 

The following is an edited extract of an email the 

VHCA sent to Minister Allan once Melbourne Airport’s 

decision was announced. At the time of writing no 

response has been forthcoming from the Minister 

or her staff, other than to say they have received the 

correspondence. 

At the time of writing we are 

still none the wiser how many 

people have been successful 

with their Fairness Fund 

application. 

As far as we know those 

who have been deemed 

unsuccessful have still not 

been told. We will continue 

to report on this matter 

as information becomes 

available. 

MELBOURNE AIRPORT 

Rod Barton 

President, VHCA 

Melbourne Airport showed 

their insensitive greed when 

they jumped the gun and 

gave UberX priority over the 

legal and established hire car 

industry. 

They gave UberX priority 

parking arrangements and 

discounted parking fees at 


We suspect the Taxi Services 

Commission has been 

involved in this up to their 

neck in these negotiations. 

We have referred this matter 

to the ACCC. 

Minister Allan, 

I would have thought considering that no new low cost licences 

have been issued, and we don’t expect that to happen until 

sometime in October, Melbourne Airport should have been told 

to wait until Uber are legal. 

Melbourne Airport setting up ranks is totally inappropriate, and 

deliberately inflammatory, and the TSC should enforce the law 

for once! 

Minister you should also consider the following:- 

1. Uber Hire Cars will be getting a commercial rate a little over 

half of what the rest of the Hire Car industry pays. 

2. Uber Hire Cars get a flat rate fee, the rest of the industry 

gets an hourly rate. Higher cost for the rest of the Hire Car 

Industry which we understand has been encouraged by 

the TSC. 

We have put the following to Melbourne Airport:- 

1. Can we assume similar agreements are being made with 

Lyft, GoCatch and any other “NEW HIRE CAR” operator 

that wishes to enter the market and provide these Hire Car 

services from the airport? 

2. Will the VHCA organisation be offered the same 

competitive arrangement? 

3. Or has Melbourne Airport (APAC) entered into a 

commercial arrangement with Uber that blocks 

competition? 

Minister Allan, level playing field? 

The TSC has done your Government no favours, and our plight 

will be a stone in your shoe until the next election. 

Rod Barton 

President, Victorian Hire Car Association 


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Rod Barton and Andre 

Baruch, the President 

and Vice President 

of the Victorian Hire 

Car Association, have 

started the process of 

forming a new political 

party – the Transport 

Matters Party (TMP). 

Rod and Andre are devastated 

by the way their members and 

industry colleagues have been 

treated by the Andrews Labor 

Government. The TMP will 

participate in the 2018 Victorian 

State Election with one clear 

objective - to give back a voice to 

local communities. 

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AIRPORT RANK 

UBER X 

AT THE 

AIRPORT 

On 16 August, 2017, 

Melbourne Airport 

announced that two 

ranks had been created 

and dedicated to UberX. This is in 

addition to the three ranks already 

existing for Uber Black vehicles. 

Melbourne Airport now has a Taxi 

Holding Bay where taxis must 

queue and wait to get up to the 

terminals; VHA/VHB cars can also 

wait there for free while waiting 

for their client’s plane approach 

and have three parking areas 

close to the forecourt which they 

share with Uber Black 

Now UberX get two ranks and 

their own holding area. 

It has been reported that 

Melbourne Airport has provided 

access to ride sharing providers 

effective 16 August. 

But this is not true. Melbourne 

Airport has set up this new system 

for UberX ONLY. 

“There is dedicated rideshare 

infrastructure in place for UberX 

drivers to get to and from 

the Airport without affecting 

the Airport’s forecourt traffic 

flow”, said a Melbourne Airport 

spokesperson, when we recently 

questioned them. 

UberX are the newest players at 

Melbourne Airport in comparison 

to taxis and hire cars, and they 

appear to be getting the best hand 

dealt to them. 

The stalwarts of the Victorian 


industry, taxis and hire cars, are 

being overlooked, forgotten, 

ignored! 

Many drivers took matters into 

their own hands on 16 August, 

joined forces and protested about 

the introduction of the specific 

waiting area and pickup up 

rank on the forecourt for UberX 

vehicles. 

Taxi drivers are also very 

concerned about Uber drivers 

being allowed to tout at the 

Airport. 

Apparently there are many people 

who feel the recent events at 

Melbourne Airport by taxi drivers 

“blockading” areas, were only done 

to disadvantage customers. 

These people believe that it was 

all about having to compete with 

new competitors. How we all 

wish it was that simple! 

Unfortunately, it is the public who 

have not been sufficiently made 

aware of the plight of the taxi and 

hire car owners and drivers. 

But we get it. The taxi and hire 

car drivers are terribly frustrated, 

and some of them are only just 

now coming to the realisation of 

the impact of the Commercial 

Passenger Vehicle Industry 

legislation. 

UberX drivers are not required 

to display Uber branded signage 

while accessing Melbourne 

Airport. 

So, what is to stop any clean 

vehicle with a smartly dressed 

driver, from going into the 

Forecourt and collecting 

passengers? Oh, that’s right, that’s 

called touting and that’s illegal! 

Is UberX the only ridesharing 

company allowed at Melbourne Airport? 


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by JACK STEWART 

“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads,” 

Doc Brown [Back to the Future fame] says, before 

flipping down his reflective goggles and launching his 

nuclear-powered DeLorean into the air. 

If you think you’ve heard that line 

too many times, try being Paul 

DeLorean. He’s not just the nephew 

of John DeLorean, founder of the 

short-lived automaker that’s now 

best remembered for its car’s 

starring role as a time machine in 

the Back to the Future movies. He 

is the CEO and chief designer of 

DeLorean Aerospace, the company 

he founded in 2012 to develop a 

real life flying car. 

Earlier generations of DeLoreans 

worked as coach builders, so 

although he may cringe at the 

name recognition he has accepted 

it. “We’ve been in transportation 

forever—it’s in my blood,” he says. 

That heritage has led him into 

one of the hottest areas of 

transportation development 

today. He plans to build a two-seat 

vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) 

personal air transport vehicle (what 

the rest of the world calls a flying 

car). That moves him well out of 

sci-fi movie cliche territory and into 

the company of Uber, Airbus, Darpa, 

Larry Page, and a ton of startups. 


DeLorean’s DR-7 aircraft doesn’t 

look as outlandish as some 

concepts, but that’s not saying 

too much in this field. It has two 

sets of wings, a pair up front and 

another at the back, plus some 

winglets underneath. Two large 

ducted fans, mounted along the 

centre line, front and back, swivel 

from horizontal for takeoff, to 

vertical for forward flight. 

The aircraft is nearly 20 feet long 

and 18.5 feet wide, but the wings 

do a clever Transformers-style 

hinge and pivot to tuck in against 

the side, so it can squeeze into 

a large garage. Propulsion is 

all electric, and DeLorean aims 

to make the craft self-flying, so 

anyone can use it, no special 

licence required. 

Experts working in the field say that, 

as far-fetched as flying cars sound, 

the confluence of new lightweight 

materials, better batteries, and 

sophisticated computer controls 

means these visions—like Uber’s 

plan to launch a flying fleet in Dubai 

by 2020—aren’t unrealistic. 

Add the business model of ridesharing, 

which removes the up-front 

purchase cost, and there’s even a 

business case for getting these 

things to work in cities. The really 

tricky part, though, will be figuring 

out how to safely deploy these 

things, especially when it comes to 

air traffic control and certification. 

The Los Angeles area company has 

already built two scale models. The 

first one was just 30 inches long, to 

prove the physics works. The next 

was an engineering model, one-third 

scale. “We are moving forward on 

a full-size, piloted prototype which 

will carry two passengers and is 

designed to operate, fully electric, 

for a range of 120 miles,” says 

DeLorean. 

That’s an optimistic range figure 

for a battery-powered aircraft. 

For comparison, Neva Aviation’s 

AirQuadOne, with fans at each 

corner, promises 25 miles. Airbus’ 

Vahana project is shooting for 

50. Both are more than enough 

to get you from one side of a city 

to another, flying over the suckers 

stuck on the freeway. But DeLorean 

wants to fly further, like all the way to 

your cabin in the mountains. 

“You can cruise at higher altitude, 

with greater efficiency,” says 

DeLorean. “It’s designed so that 

you don’t have all the drag.” Another 

advantage of wings is the ability to 

glide if the motors cut out, increasing 

the chances of a safe landing. 

The company is aiming to complete 

a full-sized flying prototype within a 

year. DeLorean will find an area of 

empty California desert and “fly the 

hell out of” a radio-controlled version 

before sticking anybody onboard. 

As for when you’ll be able to buy one, 

and how much you’ll need to hand 

over, that’s still to be determined. But 

DeLorean sees his vehicle as more 

than just a plaything for rich people. 

“The design really solves a lot of 

major transportation problems and 

inefficiencies, such as deteriorating 

infrastructure, pollution, and road 

congestion,” he says. 

With his enthusiasm and some 

realistic engineering, experts believe 

it may only be five to 15 years until 

nobody needs roads to get where 

they’re going. 


VTHF 

INDUSTRY 

DEAL DONE 

DIRT CHEAP 

The Commercial 

Passenger Vehicle 

Industry bill that 

passed on August 10, 

2017 took away everything that 

was once a regulated industry 

into a shambolic, unworkable 

and useless point to point 

industry. 

This law has revoked all taxi 

and hire car licences, leaving 

people completely vulnerable 

to financial disaster which has 

already ruined families through 

suicides, marriage breakups and 

bankruptcies, along with other 

serious issues. 

For the participants in the taxi 

industry who have grown old, 

their sacrifice of working long 

hours behind the wheel, away 

from their families, has been 

wiped out along with their life 

savings, never to enjoy what 

was rightfully theirs. In most 

instances they will now rely on a 

social security system that will 

only give them an existence. 

As for this so called transition 

into the new system, it has no 

merit for those who wish to 

make it a full time job. And for 

those whose licence is revoked, 

it’s now a transition into despair. 

The disgusting behaviour shown 

by all the politicians, especially 

the Premier and Transport 

Minister, has created major 

doubts in investing in any other 

industry in Victoria. 

This may have been a litmus test 

for other existing industries the 

government has set their sights 

on. 

The taxi industry was a 

regulated industry that had given 

people an opportunity to invest 

in their own business. This was 

something the government 

was responsible for, until an 

illegal entity decided to tell the 

government otherwise. At that 

point the government decided 

that it’s best to destroy a viable 

industry and turn it into scrap. 

The taxi industry employs people 

who have a direct link with cabs 

and will now see these people 

also look elsewhere for work. 

The Minister for Transport had 

every opportunity to strengthen 

the current framework, but 

instead decided to allow an 

illegal entity to write the rules, 

allowing her to dupe other 

politicians into destroying the 

very people that she has a 

responsibility to. 

As for the consumers, the 

safety aspect has been given no 

consideration. 

It has given the meaning of 

hitch-hiking a more glamorous 

overtone. Examples of this has 

seen crime appear on our news 

bulletins of ridesharing drivers 

placing passengers in dangerous 

situations. 

This legislation gives many 

opportunities for crime to occur 

more frequently. We have seen 

in other states around Australia 

Government decided to ignore 

what was reasonable, only to please those who continue to 

ignore the law. 


where ridesharing has been made legal and 

passengers have been subjected to acts of crime. 

The Victorian Labor party had every opportunity 

to amend all the unnecessary hardship it 

bestowed on the taxi industry by implementing 

the findings of the parliamentary committee. 

It decided to ignore what was reasonable, only to 

please those who continue to ignore the law. 

What a disgraceful example shown by those 

politicians who have not cared about the 

destruction they have caused. It is shameful of 

any politician, who knew of the human cost of 

this barbaric legislation, not stand up and speak 

out against it. 

Deals are done amongst all sides of politics to 

ensure passage of legislation. What deal was 

done where the cost of life and the destruction 

of the people in the taxi industry was so easily 

passed? 

At the least, over life, where there is no price, it 

must have been a deal done dirt cheap. 

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RUMOUR MILL 

What 

we hear 

Are these rumours, fiction or the 

truth hidden in plain sight? 

TSC might be gifting 

hire car licences asap to UberX 

drivers,thereby making them accredited. 

Then Uber won’t get drop off of drivers 

once they start having to pay for 

licences! 

Worksafe 

insurers are paying 

13CABS for trips booked 

by their network, but 

provided by other taxi depots, 

even thought other depots 

have been providing invoices to 

the insurers. 

13CABS are not forwarding 

these payments on to the 

respective depots. 

Melbourne Airport’s Ride 

Sharing rank is only for UBER X. 

No other ride sharing vehicles are 

permitted to access this area. 

People high up in the 

Taxi Services Commission 

have been advising Melbourne 

Airport officials for the past few 

months, on how to incorporate Uber 

partners at Melbourne Airport. 

Advising on how to encourage 

unaccredited drivers to pick 

up passengers. 

TSC are on 

the look out for 

all unaccredited 

commercial passenger 

vehicle drivers - and 

they will fine 

offenders. 

A number of 

taxi drivers at our 

biggest Melbourne 

Cabcharge company 

have been ripping off 

dementia patients 

and their MPTP 

cards. 

Uber drivers overseas 

are still secretly colluding to 

cause price surges, resulting in 

customers being overcharged. 

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Airport will soon be 

using eTAGS instead of 

Swipe Cards for access 

to the taxi holding 

system. 

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Victorian regulator 

TSC 

UPDATE 

ASSIGNMENTS 

OF TAXIS 

A reminder for all operators who held 

an assignment which has recently 

ended, or who hold an assignment 

which will end in the coming weeks. 

When the new Commercial Passenger 

Vehicle Bill 2017 comes into effect, all 

taxi licences under current assignment 

will be revoked and new annual taxi 

licences will be issued to the assignee. 

This means all assignments will cease. 

However, if your assignment has ended 

at this time, and no new assignment 

has been agreed and advised to the 

Taxi Services Commission, a new 

annual taxi licence will not be issued 

to you. 

All operators who wish to be granted 

a new annual taxi licence as part 

of the reforms will need to have 

an assignment in place at the time 

of the new laws coming to effect. 

This is currently expected to be late 

September 2017. 

It is advisable to provide all assignment 

paperwork to the Taxi Services 

Commission as soon as possible. 

ACCREDITATION 

AND TAXI LICENSING 

There are changes to accreditation and licensing which 

will occur as a result of new laws being implemented by 

the Victorian Government. 

Some of these changes involve perpetual and fixed term 

licences ceasing and being replaced by new licences. 

The Taxi Services Commission is intending to 

automatically apply the changes. Appropriate licences 

will be ceased and new licences issued. This is to 

minimise the disruption to the industry. 

There will be no cost to licence holders for this change 

and details of the new licences and new certificates will 

be issued to owners after changes are made. 

More information on this will be made available once new 

laws are in place. 

Some current taxi drivers may be considering purchasing 

annual taxi licences once the new laws are in place and 

taxi licence fees are reduced. 

The new laws will also make it possible for an accredited 

driver to purchase a taxi licence without having to 

separately apply for operator accreditation. 

If you are considering purchasing a taxi licence, please be 

aware there is no need to apply for operator accreditation 

now if you already have driver accreditation. 


WAT VEHICLE 

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URBAN 

WAT DRIVER ASSESSMENT 

The Taxi Services Commission is in the 

process of making changes to the practical 

assessment process for drivers seeking 

Wheelchair Accessible Taxi endorsement in 

the Urban and Large Regional zone. 

The proposed changes will align with the 

assessment process currently in place for 

drivers in the Country and Regional zones, 

where drivers can complete in-house training 

with their operator or Network Service 

Provider before being assessed by a Taxi 

Services Commission approved assessor in 

line with the National Training Framework 

competency standards. 

There are no changes to those wishing to 

drive a Wheelchair Accessible Taxi in the 

Metropolitan zone. 

More information can be found on the TSC 

website. 

The Wheelchair Accessible Taxi Vehicle Subsidy 

Scheme is now available to operators in the Urban 

zone. The scheme continues to be available to 

operators in the Country and Regional zones. 

The scheme assists operators with the purchase 

of a Wheelchair Accessible Taxi vehicle, or the 

purchase and conversion of a vehicle to a Wheelchair 

Accessible Taxi. 

Operators in the Urban zone seeking to use this 

scheme will be required to meet the same conditions 

as Regional and Country operators. 

If you are applying for a subsidy to buy a Wheelchair 

Accessible Taxi to replace an existing taxi, you should 

lodge your application well in advance of buying the 

new vehicle. 

You should also consider the time required to have 

the new vehicle modified to carry wheelchairs – you 

may need to discuss this with the vehicle supplier. 

To ensure a timely vehicle changeover is achieved, 

you should consider lodging your application about 

six months before the date you wish to commence 

service with the new taxi. 

Information about the Wheelchair Accessible Taxi 

Vehicle Subsidy Scheme can be found on the TSC 

website. 

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Flash Cab Australia 1800 775 333 www.flashcab.com.au 

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it here - where you can HAVE YOUR SAY! 

Herald Sun gets it 

wrong 

by J Glazebook 

A recent Herald Sun editorial “Taxis take the 

easy road”, made a number of unsubstantiated 

generalisations about taxi drivers and cabs. 

Contrary to their erroneous statement most taxis 

are old and tired, battered and dirty, with rattly 

motors and whining motors, that can be described 

as “kebabs” with some passengers forced to travel 

with their heads out the window. Really? 

Most Melbourne taxis are, in fact, late model 

Toyota Camry hybrids, fuel efficient and low on GH 

emissions; unlike many private cars on the road or 

those cars driven by Herald Sun staff. 

It is very strange that the Sunday Herald Sun now 

takes issue with standards in the taxi industry 

when the Herald Sun editorial column this year 

supported the Andrews government’s abolition 

of “The Knowledge” test for all taxi drivers. A key 

mechanism for maintaining taxi standards in the 

industry. 

The Herald Sun editorial column also implied 

that the “fake” taxi service, Uber, is the perfect 

alternative. Untrue. Many passengers have 

commented to me that they have cancelled their 

Uber accounts when they discovered Uber to be an 

unethical business, exploiting both its drivers and 

the public. 

NDIS and MPTP - not 

to be used together 

by Adam Tekeli 

It is my understanding that the NDIS (National Disability 

Insurance Scheme) is a Commonwealth project and 

that the taxi half fare card system (MPTP) is a Victorian 

government project. 

I believe that the MPTP program precludes the use of the 

MPTP card when other government agencies are paying 

for the transport such as Royal Melbourne Hospital, DHS, 

Southern Cross Care, Catholic Care etc. 

So, why is it then that some organisations are 

encouraging their patients/clients to use the MPTP card 

when on programs and care packages being paid for by 

the NDIS? 

Don’t tell me it is not happening as the RMH is one major 

hospital allowing this and encouraging it to happen. 

The Victorian Government should not be allowing the use 

of the MPTP for any program being paid for by another 

agency. This is actually stated on the TSC website. The 

TSC have been advised of this issue but have done 

nothing to rectify it. 

It is also embarrassing for taxi drivers who know the rules 

and are put in situations of refusing such cards when 

misused. The Victorian taxpayer is being ripped off by 

its own government using taxpayer funds to support the 

Commonwealth program. 

Stakeholders meeting needed 

by B Richardson 

Everyone is so disheartened after the news last month – any suggestions as to where do we 

go from here? I have great concern for people’s mental and emotional state – had phone calls 

from distraught licence holders who have lost all hope. I feel we need to have a stakeholder’s 

meeting asap to bring them all together again and at least to share their pain. 


No winning lottery 

by R Gupta 

It looks like the Victorian government knows 

nothing about taxis, and they make their decisions 

without any care. They have destroyed owner’s 

wealth saying it is not an investment industry. 

How about persons like me who operate and 

drive? I am losing $19,000 a year just because 

government is too slow to make a decision. 

My friends who leased their plates from the 

Victorian government are now paying only $530 

annually but I am still paying $1400 every month. 

I am not an investor but I am still losing because 

of government policies. As a service provider I 

am unable to understand whether I had invested in 

business or a lottery ticket. Had I bought the right 

lottery ticket I might have ended up paying nothing 

by now. 

Melbourne Airport 

toilets disgusting 

by K Dixon 

The state of the toilet facilities at the 

Melbourne Airport, Melrose Holding Bay 

and Terminal 4, are disgusting. It is quite 

possible that these conditions may be 

hazardous to health. 

There are pools of water and wet paper 

swimming in faeces and urine, and 

rubbish littered everywhere. The odour 

is completely foul and we don’t want to 

guess what’s smeared on walls! 

This is certainly not an hygienic 

environment. 

I believe that this has been raised by 

the Taxi Services Commission and the 

Victorian Taxi Association with Melbourne 

Airport and that Melbourne Airport stated 

that they would increase the frequency 

of cleaning and install signage like… 

no standing on seats, washing hands, 

transmission of germs. But this doesn’t 

appear to have happened. 

What do we have to do to get this area 

kept clean? 

I have actually passed this complaint, 

together with photographs, onto 

Melbourne Airport’s Parking and Ground 

Access Team and will update via DRIVE 

A2B on the progress of this issue ~ Ed. 

No sign - No go 

I recently received a request for 

further information concerning 

my Fairness Fund application. 

I was happy to supply the 

information and followed the 

request through. 

There was a request Section 

5 (note there was no section 

1,2,3,4,) which was a Statutory 

Declaration. The stat dec 

included words : “…… I consent 

for (DEDJTR) to distribute this 

application to the Taxi Services 

Commission to verify licence 

details as provided in this 

form”. 

To clarify this wording, I spoke 

to a person at Minister Allan’s 

office who was very attentive 

and I have since received a call 

from a person from DEDJTR. 

This person advised that: 

a. “This is the continuation of 

your application”; 

b. “The wording of the stat dec 

will not be changing”; 

c. “If you don’t sign it, or amend 

it, your application may go no 

further”. 

I suggested to the caller that 

these comments of hers were 

tantamount to bullying threats. 

by T Y Thomas 

The DEDJRT representative 

further advised that the TSC 

was bound by the privacy 

regulations and also said noone 

else had complained. 

What is wrong here! 

I have no issue with the 

letter and providing more 

information, yet:- 

• The statutory declaration 

is poorly worded and it 

has no accompanying 

explanatory letter; 

• Why should the TSC 

be trusted; it does not 

uphold the law; Ride 

Sharing businesses have 

been operating illegally 

for years and Uber is 

already operating without 

licences, etc. and the TSC 

has done nothing about it. 

• Licence owners’ financial 

information has nothing 

to do with the TSC. Other 

than licencing, the TSC 

are supposed to be 

at arms length to the 

Fairness Fund process. 

This now appears not to 

be true. 


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Interstate news 

THIRD PARTY 

INSURANCE 

QUEENSLAND 

Under the legislation, a new class of Compulsory Third Party 

(CTP) insurance has been created for booked hire vehicles, 

but Taxi Council of Queensland (TCQ) chief executive officer 

Blair Davies has questioned the rationale for separating 

them from taxis, given they operate in the same space. 

“It looks like too little care and no responsibility,” Mr 

Davies said. “Booked hire vehicles are being bundled with 

limousines into a new Class 26.” 

“It’s a ridiculous approach because booked hire vehicles and 

limousines are like chalk and cheese. One is a professional 

chauffeur service in a luxury vehicle and the other is a taxi 

substitute service in an ordinary car.” 

“There is not a shred of evidence that limousines and 

booked hire vehicles share the same risk exposure,” he 

continued. 

TCQ wants the Government to level up the playing field 

for all personalised transport providers and that cannot 

happen until everyone is paying equitable premiums for CTP 

insurance. 

“It would make much more sense for booked hire vehicles 

to be treated like taxis for CTP. They do short trips like taxis, 

are on the road during busy peak hours like taxis, and often 

are not owned by the driver just like taxis.” 

“This was a chance for the Government to level the playing 

field for all personalised transport providers and here again 

it got it wrong.” 

“There were two sensible options available, put booked hire 

vehicles into Class 3 for CTP with taxis, or even better, move 

taxis into Class 1 for CTP with booked hire vehicles,” Mr 

Davies concluded. 

TASMANIA 

Taxi drivers in Tasmania may have 

to pay almost three times more for 

Compulsory Third Party (CTP) insurance 

than Uber drivers. 

This year, the Tasmanian Economic 

Regulator created a new class for 

ridesharing service vehicles. 

The regulator has recommended Uber 

drivers pay the same $314 premium as 

private cars. 

Taxis will pay $1,028 under the 

recommendations - and the industry 

body is unimpressed. 

"We believe they are a taxi and they 

operate like a taxi," Tasmanian Taxi 

Council secretary Tony Dilger said. 

"Some of them work 40 to 60 hours a 

week, so yes, we believe it is unfair." 

The Tasmanian Economic Regulator 

Joe Dimasi said the insurance premium 

costs are based on the state's motor 

vehicle accident data. 

Mr Dimasi said if the data showed ridesharing 

cars posed the same risk as 

taxis, the premium would go up. 

The State Government will make the 

final call on any premium changes, 

which will be effective December 

2017. 


AT THE AIRPORTS 

PERTH 

Last month an Uber driver was been banned from 

picking up passengers at Perth Airport after he 

defecated in one of the rideshare holding bays. Uber 

has been permitted to pick up from the airport since 

December 2016. 

Radio 6PR's Morning host Gareth Parker obtained 

an email from Uber to the driver which claimed their 

access to the airport would be "revoked immediately" 

because they were spotted by a Perth Airport staffer 

defecating near Horrie Miller Drive within the Terminal 

One and Two precincts on Tuesday morning. 

Apparently this is not the first time such an incident has 

occurred. 

A spokesperson for Perth Airport refused to confirm 

whether the incident actually occurred. He did say 

signage was erected at the holding areas clearly 

DRIVERS MUST PLAN COMFORT BREAKS 

PRIOR TO ARRIVING AT PERTH AIRPORT. 

Drivers observed urinating, defecating or littering will 

be permanently banned from receiving Rideshare pick 

up requests which commence at Perth Airport - no 

exemptions will be granted. 

In case of emergency, toilets are available at the airport 

terminals. Drivers temporarily leaving the Holding Area 

to use terminal toilets must park in the Short Term Car 

Park (fees may apply) - drivers doing so will retain their 

place in the virtual queue. 

stipulating the terms and conditions for drivers. The 

areas are also monitored by CCTV 

"When a driver is observed in contravene of these 

conditions, Perth Airport revokes their airport access 

rights for pick up activity." 

ADELAIDE 

Last month taxi drivers protested for two days at 

Adelaide Airport against Uber, causing delays for 

travellers as they refused to pick up passengers from 

the airport. 

This protest came about because of the airport’s 

announcement to allow Uber to collect people from the 

terminal. 

Uber was forced to suspend its service from the airport, 

citing safety concerns. 

The Taxi Council of South Australia said the move to 

allow Uber at the airport was disappointing and there 

are concerns about the accreditation of drivers. To be 

legally allowed to operate on S.A. roads all ride sourcing 

drivers must be accredited. 

‘It’s our understanding that only a handful of UberX 

drivers have sought and secured their accreditation to 

operate in the ride sourcing market,’ council president 

Jim Triantafyllou said. 

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A driverless bus will ferry 

passengers around Flinders 

University, Adelaide, and recharge 

at an on-site solar garage very 

soon. 

The university is partnering with 

Mitsubishi to build the garage 

which will be capable of charging 

six electric vehicles at once. 

Prof. Rocco Zito, head of Flinders 

University Civil Engineering, said 

the project aimed to encourage 

people to use green energy. 

The university has called for 

tenders for the supply of its first 

driverless bus, which would 

ferry people around the Flinders 

University Tonsley campus, and to 

Clovelly Park Railway Station. 

”Autonomous vehicles are going 

to be part of our transport future,” 

Prof Zito said, “and the only way 

we’ll be able to get uptake is if 

peope can kick some tyres and 

have a ride”. 

Later stages of the project at 

Bedford Park will have the bus 

driving potentially on South and 

Sturt Roads. 


Overseas News 

POLAND 

by STEVE HANLEY 

Jaworzno is a city 

in southern Poland 

west of Krakow 

and near the border with 

Slovakia. It has a population 

of approximately 95,000. 

On August 10, authorities 

for the city signed a letter 

of intent with Comtegra 

and the Polish Ministry 

of Transport to begin 

mapping the entire city so 

that autonomous cars can 

operate there. 

Comtegra will be 

responsible for developing 

legal, technical, and 

organisational guidelines 

to ensure the safety of 

the roads designated as 

acceptable for autonomous 

vehicles. 

According to Piotr Jelski, 

Comtegra Chairman board 

of directors, the scanning of 

the city itself will last about 

a month. The next task is 

tagging, which take a few 

more months. 

“We are on the side of 

responsibility for the 

shape and future of this 

movement in the country,” 

says Jelski. “Today, we 

prove that even a country 

without a highly developed 

car industry is able to make 

a significant contribution to 

the global trend.” 

Jaworzno is also thinking 

about bringing a Hyperloop 

test track to the city, using 

land previously utilised by 

a railroad. Whatever the 

future of transportation, 

the city and surrounding 

area intend to form a 

place where new ideas 

and technologies can be 

nourished and shepherded 

toward fruition. 

Hopefully, such local 

initiatives will thrive and 

grow in other cities around 

the world. 


MIDDLE EAST 

by REUTERS 

It’s been one year since Uber’s 

fiercest battle overseas came 

to a close. But the larger war is 

still underway. 

Last month Chinese ridehailing 

giant Didi announced 

it’s completed a “strategic 

investment” in Careem, Uber’s 

main rival in the Middle East. 

The Dubai-based startup was 

founded in 2012 and now claims 

to have more than 12 million 

customers across 80 cities in 

the Middle East and North Africa. 

Didi did not disclose the specific 

sum it invested. 

The company’s investment 

intensifies its proxy war 

against Uber, which began in 

earnest in 2015, when Didi 

invested individually in Uber 

competitors Lyft, Ola, and 

Grab (a leading player in 

Southeast Asia). 

In August 2016, Didi acquired 

Uber’s China division, in 

exchange for Uber getting a 

17.7% stake in its Chinese 

counterpart. Today, Didi is still 

funding Uber’s rivals around 

the world. Most notably, last 

month the company joined 

SoftBank to announce a $2 

billion funding round for Grab. 

It’s also invested in regional 

players outside of Asia. In 

addition to last month’s bet 

on Careem, Didi has put 

$100 million into Brazil’s 99, and 

an undisclosed sum into Taxify, 

which operates in eastern Europe 

and South Africa. 

Why is Didi investing in Uber 

rivals, despite Uber owning a 

significant stake in it? 

With Uber’s top leadership in 

turmoil, its market share sliding 

in the US (where the bulk of its 

profits will likely remain), and 

its funds perpetually depleting, 

the company will have to make 

difficult choices about where it 

continues to fight. In developing 

markets it will need lots of 

funding to gain market share 

against competitors, but low 

fares in those places means that 

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Overseas News 

KOLKATA, INDIA 

Passengers arriving at Kolkata airport on 23 

August evening met with a rude shock when they 

encountered scenes of fisticuffs and utter chaos 

upon exiting the terminal building. 

According to witnesses, drivers of yellow cabs and 

white luxury taxis charged at Ola and Uber operators, 

who were setting up two kiosks along the driveway to 

facilitate cab booking by passengers arriving at the 

airport. 

Both app-cab technology firms had recently entered 

into an agreement with the Airports Authority of India 

(AAI) to offer the facility. Yellow cabs already have 

two kiosks manned by officials of the Bengal Taxi 

Association. 

Babulal Yadav, who owns the agency engaged by the 

airport to operate the parking lot, said metered taxi 

drivers stopped app cabs from entering the airport 

between 4pm and 5pm. Hence, passengers had no 

option but wait. 

“Now, 60% passengers prefer app cabs because they 

offer transparent fares, comfortable rides and hassle 

free bookings. That figure would instantaneously shoot 

up if there are kiosks because there is still a section 

of people who are not savvy with smartphones and 

hence queue up at the metered taxi kiosk or flag down 

a luxury taxi,” said Yadav. 

“The fear of losing passengers big time led to the 

friction,” he continued. 

PHILIPPINES 

On August 14 the 

Philippines suspended the 

accreditation and operation 

of Uber for one month, in 

a decision that followed 

a government crackdown 

on unregistered drivers 

offering app-based ridehailing 

services. 

The Southeast Asian nation 

was the first country to 

regulate app-based carhailing 

operations after 

drawing up rules in 2015. 

Last year the LTFRB 

suspended the acceptance 

and processing of 

applications for all ridesharing 

services, including 

Uber and Grab, to study 

further how to regulate the 

industry. 

But both Uber and Grab 

said they continued to 

accept new drivers amid 

strong demand for the 

service, resulting in a 

surge in the number of 

unregistered drivers. 


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