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CONTENTS
WHAT’S INSIDE
6 Hardship follows chaos
The Hon Jeff Kennett voices his views on the
destruction of the Victorian taxi industry.
8 What a dog’s breakfast!
VHCA takes a look at the Andrews
Government’s handling of the introduction of
ride sharing to Victoria.
16 Melb Airport breaches rules
A Hire Car driver has challenged four parking
fines issued by Melbourne Airport.
22 Volvo electrified vehicles
These new vehicles will soon be on the roads.
Order book is open now.
28 Your say
Letters and emails received by DRIVE A2B
regarding the Victorian point-to-point
transport industry.
30 Code of conduct
Rules may need to be set as a standard for
point-to-point transport drivers.
36 Overseas news
Snippets regarding the point-to-point industry
around the world.
FRONT COVER
Horse racing in the Spring
at Flemington Racecourse
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Editorial
WELCOME
to the November 2017 edition of
DRIVE
Voice of the Victorian Point-to-Point Transport Industry
It just doesn’t seem right.
Taxis and hire cars have
been an integral part of the
transportation means for the
AFL Grand Final and Spring
Racing Carnival for decades.
Yet on Grand Final day 2017,
the taxi and hire car ranks were
so far away from the MCG that
it was just totally ludicrous.
While Uber was right at the
“front door” of the MCG. The
same happened during the
Caulfield Cup Carnival and
will happen at Flemington
Melbourne Cup Carnival.
How is this fair? How is this a
level playing field? Why does
Uber get front row seats at
these major events?
And for sure Uber will be price
gouging whilst offering this
service in peak demand times.
Such as one Uber driver who
wanted $35 per passenger to
travel from the City to Caulfield
Racecourse - in the same car
at the same time!
Minister for Transport Jacinta
Allan, has announced that
flexible fares will be introduced
as part of the second tranche
of the Commercial Passenger
Vehicle Industry (CPVI) bill, in
2018.
A revised version of the
CPVI Bill is currently before
Parliament. If passed by the
Upper House this Bill will
effectively permit all players
in the Victorian commercial
passenger vehicle industry to
set their own fares. They will
therefore be as cheap as you
want to be competitive, and as
high as you dare when there
is high demand - just like Uber
currently does!
Ms Allan stated earlier this
year during the Melbourne train
disruption (due to a computer
fault) that price gouging would
be stopped. But now she is
going to allow it? No wonder
we get confused. Ms Allan
says one thing last month and
something totally different this
month.
Georgia Nicholls, CEO Victorian
Taxi Association, was reported
in many media outlets last
month, to have applauded the
changes and the government’s
“commitment to creating
genuinely fair and equal
competition in the commercial
passenger vehicle industry”.
“The finer points of the
regulation are still to be
negotiated, however, broadly
speaking the levelling of
the playing field is good for
consumers and the industry,”
she said.
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TIPS FOR
TAXIdrivers
I’m not sure what’s happened to Ms
Nicholls’ eyesight as the only level
playing field I can see is the one
whereby those wishing to do their
own thing, and break the law to do so,
are able join Uber and get away with it
without fear of prosecution.
In this edition you will notice that the
Hon Jeff Kennett AC (ex-Premier of
Victoria) and the Hon David Davis
(Shadow Minister for Transport)
have both written for Drive A2B. Ms
Allan was also invited to submit an
article, but we received no reply to our
invitation.
The question must be asked... Why is
the Minister not granting an audience
with any of the industry stakeholders
except the VTA and Uber? Is there
some sort of conspiracy happening
behind the scenes?
Toni Peters | EDITOR
There are three main complaints against the taxi
industry.
1. taxi drivers won’t accept short fares;
2. they take the longest route; and
3. smelly drivers and / or vehicles.
These are tough times you are working in
and you need to get your act together so as
to be competitive with the other commercial
passenger vehicles on the road.
ACCEPT each and every fare. The best customer
you can have is the one sitting on a seat in your
car.
DISCUSS the route to be taken with your
passenger. Remember the passenger can
easily check you by keying the co-ordinates into
Google, or like, on their phone.
FRESHEN your vehicle and yourself. Keep your
car tidy, clean and smelling fresh. Keep yourself
washed, deodorised and smartly dressed.
MAKE an impression the first time - and a good
one at that.
There is enough room on the roads for all of you,
but only the smart ones are going to survive and
win.
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Hardship
It is hard to imagine a more glaring
example of government mismanagement
than the way the Andrews Government
and Minister Jacinta Allan have handled
the arrival of Ride Sharing into Victoria, and
the destruction of the Taxi Industry that has
served this community so well for so long.
In the 90s, with clear leadership, we were able to
transform the Taxi Industry into one which not
only provided a valuable service, but one that was
respected by the Victorian public.
We recognised that the vast majority of taxi
licences were owned by single families who used
their licence through hard work, to create financial
opportunity for their families.
Since the turn of the century no government,
Coalition or Labor has appreciated the value of the
industry within our community. The importance of a
flexible public transport system, where the owners
and drivers were potentially the best ambassadors
for Victoria.
BY THE HON JEFF KENNETT AC
former Victorian Premier
Ted Baillieu started the process with the
appointment of Alan Fels to review the industry.
Jacinta Allan has delivered the final blow.
As a result, today, many taxi families are having
their houses repossessed by banks, who had lent
full value on the purchase price of a licence plate
that was secured by Government licence.
follows
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“I have never been opposed to change
or welcoming it. Competition is good.”
The reality is when Ride Sharing
arrived they operated outside any
government controls, charges or
regulations. The public were totally
unprotected. Their operating costs
were substantially cheaper than
those imposed by government on
the taxi industry.
So instead of just regulating Ride
Sharing, as was the clear option,
your Labor government decided to
destroy the Taxi Industry as it had
existed for years, destroy families’
wealth and, for many, cause mental
health issues that are unbearable.
So much for social justice!
Now to make matters worse, in the
name of reform, this caring loving
government is going to take away
any protection the public may have
from rogue operators by removing
any control on fares.
Price gouging will become the new
regular complaint, as it is now with
Ride Sharing.
This is not reform at all. This is
stupidity, it is cowardice. It shows
a total lack of understanding of
the public interest, not to mention
the welfare of those who have
provided a public service for
decades, or the public interest.
Why in God’s name the Government
did not simply regulate Ride
Sharing, issue no more Licences
and allow the public to decide what
was the more efficient service, is
beyond me.
In my opinion there was room in our
growing society for both the Taxi
Industry and Ride Sharing to exist
and compete. Without destroying
so many families’ wealth overnight.
It may not be a callous act by
Government but it has certainly
been stupid, unprofessional and
uncaring.
The Minister has varied the upfront
for compensation for licences and
the number of licences held, but the
assurance that the operation of the
Fairness Fund would be efficient,
and all claims met before licences
were basically repealed has not
occurred. Simply because when
they got their legislation through
the Parliament, the government lost
interest in the process. Many are
still waiting for completion.
The Taxi Industry as we have known
it, is broken. An industry based on
the hard toil of so many Australians,
complemented by many new
arrivals after and since the Second
World War. Individuals who worked
long hours in the industry. Saved
enough money to buy a Licence
plate. Used the plate as security to
buy a house, and to provide for their
later years.
2017 will be remembered as
the year the ALP killed the Taxi
industry.
Taxi Industry. Your caring Labor
government has spat in the eye
of your hard work, destroyed your
financial security, in some cases
been the cause of your house being
re-possessed, and taken away your
superannuation.
Not bad to do all of that in one term
of government. But I guess you are
only five or six thousand families, so
who cares?
There is now no protection for the
frail and the elderly, or those with
little language, or our young, or our
visitors to this great State, because
in the name of reform fares will be
totally unregulated.
Finally, I hear the industry is
considering standing candidates
in several seats at the next State
election.
Well good luck to you if you do.
Select your targets carefully.
Only stand in half a dozen seats,
get good candidates, and have
all in the taxi industry work as a
team to work against those who
have so clearly, so quickly and so
unnecessarily, destroyed so many
small businesses and families.
The time will come when those
who have played within the rules
will exercise their democratic
rights.
Chaos
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DRIVE A2B magazine · November 2017

VHCA
What a
DOG’S
BREAKFAST
this has become!
BY ROD BARTON | President, Victorian Hire Car Association
Could Transport Minister
Jacinta Allan get this
more wrong? The
damage that the
Andrews Labor Government
Transport Minister Jacinta Allan
has done to the Hire Car and Taxi
Industry is breathtaking.
The Government has had a Taxi
and Hire Car Forum, Ride Share
Working Group and Parliamentary
Inquiry, and we participated in
all of these. We, and other taxi
industry stakeholders, have had
meetings with TSC personnel,
other government bodies and with
the Minister herself. We, along
with many others, have shared
and supplied information about
the industry. Ms Allan cannot say
she was not briefed.
The VHCA never stated for Uber
to be banned or restricted. We
fought for either Uber to be
forced to comply with the current
regulations, have the same cost
and conditions applied to them, or
remove the cost and conditions
applied to us.
Ms Allan has ignored her own
mantra of a level playing field - she
has ignored fairness. Her actions
are unprecedented whereby
this Victorian Government has
not paid fair market value upon
acquiring property.
The Andrews Labor Government
has cancelled all taxi and hire car
licences and brought these assets
to an end. Ms Allan has chosen to
destroy the value of hire car and
taxi licences. By her actions she
has left those established industry
operators who worked within the
law, paid taxes and serviced the
Victorian community, in financial
destitution.
Ms Allan, you have given these
operators a legacy debt. This is
not a level playing field! You must
be the only person who does not
understand this. We can assure
you the travelling public does!
The formation of this policy was
developed by a handful of public
servants who were determined
to finish the work of Professor
Fels and his extreme right wing
philosophy.
Policy formation and roll out
has been amateurish and
incompetent, leaving disaster
in its wake. Who in their right
mind would consider it fair to pay
transition payments on entity?
How can two people own the
same amount of licences and
end up getting paid hundreds of
thousands of dollars different?
This was no transition fund - this
was a LUCKY DIP!
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FAIRNESS FUND
The Fairness Fund is equally
flawed - badly formulated,
implemented and managed. The
VHCA raised concerns at our first
meeting with Ms Allan, nearly three
years ago, when it was announced
that Marnie Williams would be
Chair of the Andrews Government
Taxi and Hire Car Forum.
We did so as we believed that Ms
Williams did not have the support
of the Taxi and Hire Car Industry,
primarily because of her poor
handling of the Fels reforms when
she was CEO of the Taxi Services
Commission. Then amazingly Ms
Williams was again given a very
important and sensitive role - the
Chair of the Fairness Fund – and
in a part-time capacity.
Minister Allan has stated publicly
that the Fairness Fund was for
“immediate financial assistance”.
Just 20% of the people who were
eligible to apply for assistance
from the Fairness Fund, did so.
There are thousands of others
who were also eligible, but for
assorted reasons did not apply.
Many found the whole application
process confusing, daunting and
simply gave up.
But it doesn’t end there.
Nowadays, dealing with the
Fairness Fund is stressful. You
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The contact number supplied
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doesn’t have any answers, but
gives you a generic email address
to which they suggest you send
your queries.
What a Dog’s Breakfast this has
become!
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VHCA continued
We know of people who lodged
their applications over eight
months ago, have repeatedly
followed up and received no
response.
Just recently they have received
an email or letter asking for
further information and stating
that they have 10 days to
respond. Just 10 days! This is
after eight months of waiting
for any response and they are
only given 10 days to provide the
information requested!
This is a joke. Imagine if we ran
our businesses like this!
If Minister Allan was genuinely
sincere and truly wanted her
Government to fairly help those
affected in transition, she must
do what is fair!
We recommend that the Fairness
Fund be reopened, Ms Williams
step down and someone truly
independent of government be
appointed as Chair of the Fairness
Fund. With these measures,
perhaps some of the harm caused
to these very innocent families
can be remedied.
Apart from the devastating
financial harm Ms Allan has
inflicted on tens of thousands
of innocent families (which was
avoidable), she has driven away
tens of thousands of traditional
Labor voters.
Some of you know someone who
has voted Labor in every State
and Federal election since he
was 18, voted Labor for 42 years,
and voted Labor when he new
they didn’t deserve it. He did so
because he was a true believer.
However, come the next State
election, Labor will not get his
vote.
This person will be working with
thousands of others to have a
change of State Government
in Victoria come 24 November
2018. This person is Rod Barton.
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VIEWPOINT
Do we have a
LEVEL
PLAYING
FIELD?
BY THE HON DAVID DAVIS MP
Victorian Shadow Minister for Public Transport
Victorian taxi and hire
car owners and their
families are staring
oblivion in the face
following the recent passage on
the Andrews Labor Government’s
harsh commercial passenger
vehicle legislation.
Recently Daniel Andrews, through
the Victorian Taxi Services
Commission, advised many, but
not all, perpetual licence holders,
by text message, that detail was
posted on the TSC website that
new ‘permits’ were ready to be
mailed. These effectively formally
revoke long standing perpetual
licences without any proper or
genuine compensation.
Drivers under the government’s
scheme will be sent a permit.
Unlimited permits will be issued
soon. Serious consequences
will directly follow; many families
whose assets are largely tied up
in taxi licences will be bankrupted
and those whose superannuation
funds contain taxi licences will
have their retirement savings
stripped away.
It is clear that versions of ride
sharing are here to stay and that
firms like Uber in the peer to peer
economy will play a significant
role into the future. What is not
clear is what arrangements will be
implemented with Uber, given the
government says that it will have
further legislation before the end
of the year.
Under the Government’s system,
taxi drivers will be issued permits
for which each must apply. There
will be no charge for taxi-cab
and hire car licence applications
and an annual licence fee of just
$52.90.
A special arrangement has been
struck with Uber, where Uber will
issue the permits through its
own accreditation process and a
private portal.
It appears the Taxi Services
Commission will simply
rubber stamp Uber’s
arrangements.
This “trial” system is again clearly
not a level playing field.
Despite requests by industry
associations, the Government
has not released its modelling
behind the inadequate “transition
payments”, nor it seems,
have they been independently
assessed. Independent
assessment, perhaps by the
Valuer-General, of the value
of taxi licences before recent
changes could have led to fair
compensation.
Labor’s transition assistance
to taxi licence owners is deeply
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inadequate. Just $100,000 is paid
for a first licence and $50,000
for each of the following three
licences to a total maximum
payment of $250,000. And this
despite some licence holders
paying hundreds of thousands of
dollars for each individual licence
and paying this to the State
Government.
Some families have many licences
for which they will receive nothing
at all.
Unfortunately, for these
owners, many of whom
worked hard, saved, and made
family sacrifices to build up
their position lawfully within
a government regulated
industry, they have now been
left high and dry by Daniel
Andrews’ own decisions.
Some families may have a dozen
or more licences purchased
with debt finance or as part of a
retirement income/superannuation
holding.
There is a risk that there will be a
sudden knock on from the shock
of wiping value to effectively zero
for thousands of taxi licences.
Many of those for whom these
licences were treated as collateral
will face rapid foreclosure by
banks. This process has already
begun. And don’t think there aren’t
serious consequences for some
banks either.
I am very fearful for the health
of many of those families and
individuals who face losing
everything; suicide and selfharming
are very real possibilities.
The High Court of Australia has
ruled that taxi licences are assets.
The tragedy is the Victorian
Labor’s uncaring and aloof Public
Transport Minister, Jacinta Allan,
has viciously stripped away these
assets offering only inadequate
and unfairly administered
transition assistance and no
compensation, in the process
ruining the lives of many taxi
families.
The Victorian Parliament’s
watchdog in the Scrutiny of Acts
and Regulations Committee
(SARC) has not warned like it
should have, blithely accepting
Public Transport Minister Jacinta
Allan’s patently false assertions
that taxi licences are not assets.
SARC failed to sharply invoke the
Charter of Human Rights which
at Section 20 says: “A person
must not be deprived of his or her
property other than in accordance
with the law”. Whilst this right is
weak under the Victorian Charter,
surely few Victorians would find
it acceptable that one may be
deprived of his or her property no
matter how unreasonable the law
is.
Plainly, the Andrews Labor
Government is prepared to thumb
its nose at common decency
which would see such protections
upheld. Daniel Andrews and his
government have allowed Uber to
operate illegally instead of properly
legislating, properly regulating
and properly compensating preexisting
taxi licence holders.
Victorian Labor will also introduce
a nasty new tax of one dollar per
taxi, hire car or Uber ride to be paid
The Hon David Davis MP
Shadow Minister for Public Transport
by the passengers on each and
every trip. Sadly, it is not clear this
will be used to support those who
deserve compensation.
In fact, a seriously misguided
amendment introduced by a minor
party, but fully supported by Labor
and Greens, will direct much of the
taxi tax money to funding state
bureaucracy.
The Coalition sought
unsuccessfully, by amendment, to
reverse Labor’s misdirection of its
new taxi tax.
No-one can stop the tide of history
and change. New technologies,
arrangements and apps must be
embraced, but government surely
has a responsibility to treat fairly
those who have operated lawfully
under the taxi arrangements it put
in place and sold licences from
which it profited over decades.
Small businesses, many of
them run by thrifty hardworking
migrant families,
are the victims of Labor’s
shambolic process.
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TAXATION UPDATE
TRANSITION PAYMENTS
NOT TAXABLE
The Australian Taxation Office
(ATO) has made determinations
on the taxability of payments
from both the Victorian Fairness
Fund and the Victorian Transition
Assistance.
FAIRNESS FUND
Yes - Income Tax applies.
The Fairness Fund provides
targeted financial support for
licence holders facing significant
financial hardship.
The payments are assessable
income because they are designed
to provide financial support
to licence holders that are
experiencing:
• a lack of current income or
the loss of a future income
stream that is significantly
impacting on household
spending capacity,
• significant difficulty in meeting
ongoing debt obligations
related to the licence(s) held,
or
• a lack of available funds to
meet financial commitments.
You can claim a tax deduction for
costs incurred for seeking legal or
professional tax advice in relation
to the taxation of the payment.
TRANSITION ASSISTANCE
No - Income Tax does not apply.
The Transition Assistance
payment is intended to assist
eligible licence holders transition
to the new legislative framework
following the cancellation of their
existing taxi-cab and hire car
licences.
The payments are not ordinary
income because the payments
are made as consideration for the
cancellation of taxi-cab or hire
car licences which brings those
assets to an end.
The payment should be included
in the calculation of the capital
gain or capital loss that is made
by the licence holder on the
cancellation of the taxi-cab or hire
car licence(s).
Full details can be found in the
ATO Fact Sheets uploaded onto
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AIRPORT VS VHC OPERATOR COURT CASE
Melbourne
AIRPORT
BREACHES
RULES
BY ADAM CAREY - “THE AGE”
Melbourne Airport has been in
breach of legislation that gives
it authority to issue car-parking
fines for at least two years,
putting in doubt thousands of
fines, a court has been told.
The breach was uncovered after
hire car driver Tony Sheridan
refused to pay four fines for
illegally parking in a permit zone.
Hire car driver Tony Sheridan
challenged four parking fines.
Mr Sheridan took the airport
corporation to court, where
Melbourne Airport was forced to
admit it had not complied with
federal legislation.
Two of the state’s leading QCs
are contesting the case in the
Broadmeadows Magistrates
Court.
Defence lawyer Jeremy Rapke,
QC, said the airport’s legislative
failure was clear-cut and
undermined its authority to issue
fines.
The driver refused to pay
the fines “as a matter of
principle”, he said, because
he believed the airport was
giving out penalty notices it
had no authority to issue.
In audio recordings from May
obtained by Fairfax Media, Mr
Rapke said: “We know that [the
airport] has conceded that those
breaches of regulations have
occurred.”
Mr Sheridan was fined four times
in 2015 for parking in an area set
aside for licensed hire car drivers.
He parked there without
displaying a special hire car
permit the airport requires, and
for which it charges an annual
$150 fee.
Melbourne Airport’s owner
is required by law to submit
to the Commonwealth and
to the federal police each
year a “parking signage plan”
– a document that informs
airport visitors where they
can legally park. It must also
publish the plan online.
“They’re a private company which
is given extraordinary powers by
the federal government to issue
parking fines under the Australian
road rules, and to do so they
must comply with very strict
requirements,” Mr Sheridan said.
Jason Pizer, QC, acting for
Melbourne Airport, told the court
it could assume the airport’s
owner had not complied with
federal legislation, but argued this
was “irrelevant” to whether or not
Mr Sheridan’s four parking fines
were legally issued.
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“It’s an agreed fact the vehicle
did not display a permit,” Mr Pizer
said.
Documents subpoenaed by Mr
Sheridan’s lawyers reveal it did
not do this for at least two years
between mid-2014 and mid-2016,
putting it in breach of the Airports
(Control of On-Airport Activities)
Regulations.
The subpoenaed documents
contained correspondence in
emails between the airport’s
parking operations co-ordinator,
its legal counsel and the federal
Department of Infrastructure and
Regional Development, stating
that the department had no
record of receiving the airport’s
parking signage plan.
The documents also revealed the
department had not notified the
airport that it was in breach of
the regulations, in an apparent
oversight on its part.
Airport parking officers
issued 848 parking fines
between April and June,
2015, during which time the
airport was in breach, the
subpoenaed documents
show, equating to more
than nine fines a day.
Melbourne Airport’s lawyers
sought to block the release of
the documents, but were ordered
to by Magistrate Megan Aumair,
who ruled that they should be
released to the defence as a
matter of “procedural fairness”.
Following their release, Lisa
Evans, Melbourne Airport’s
company secretary, who also
sits on its board of directors,
conceded in court on September
8, 2017 that the airport could not
show its parking signage plan
had been made public or given to
authorities.
“The only answer I can give,
based on my limited knowledge
of the regulations, is that we
haven’t been able to produce
any evidence of compliance,” Ms
Evans said.
Hire car driver Tony Sheridan challenged four parking fines.
Photo: Justin McManus
DRIVE A2B magazine · November 2017
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AIRPORT VS VHC OPERATOR COURT CASE continued .....
“We are undertaking processes to
improve our record-keeping.”
Mr Pizer argued in court however
that this was irrelevant because
the airport’s parking restrictions
are clearly sign-posted and Mr
Sheridan deliberately disobeyed
them.
“We are prepared in court
to proceed on the basis to
assume that there has been
non-compliance,” Mr Pizer told the
court.
“But you’re saying it doesn’t
matter?” Magistrate Aumair asked.
“It’s irrelevant,” Mr Pizer said.
“That’s our case and that’s why we
do see it’s appropriate to make the
concessions.”
The matter is scheduled to return
to court in March 2018.
Car parking is one of Melbourne
Airport’s largest sources of
revenue.
The company operates the airport
under a 50-year lease from the
federal government, with an option
of a 49-year extension.
According to Australia’s
competition watchdog, the
Australian Competition and
Consumer Commission, the
company makes an average
annual $3000 profit from each of
its 25,900 car spots.
The airport’s owner, Australia
Pacific Airports Melbourne,
made $135.5 million from
car parking in 2015-16, $79.9
million of which was profit.
The ACCC monitors Australia’s
major airports annually to
gauge whether their owners are
exploiting their monopoly status.
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Our Industry
HAS BEEN
EUTHANISED
BY VICTORIAN TAXI, HIRE CAR & FAMILIES ASSOC.
Only a pirate can be
proud of the pillage and
destruction that the
state Labor Party have
done on the taxi and hire car
industry.
The whole process in which the
taxi industry has to deal with
the outcome of this ludicrous
legislation, has been similar
to pirates having pillaged and
plundered people’s livelihoods.
The Transport Minister didn’t
want to stop there either. Her
bright ideas sent shockwaves
throughout the whole community
when it was announced that
taxi drivers can now set their
own fares. This thoughtlessness
highlights that she has no
care about how drivers and
passengers deal with situations
that inevitably may not end well.
To allow this form of deregulation
in the taxi and hire car industry,
will eventually eradicate any taxi
on the road.
There will be an influx of private
cars touting for passengers when
passengers may not come to an
agreed price with a taxi driver.
This new system will place fear in
people who are most vulnerable
and rely on the services that
only a taxi can provide. This is
a setback for the industry and
for the drivers who have made it
their profession.
The diminished standards for the
taxi industry will demoralise the
taxi driver as it extracts all value
in what they do. Passengers
will suffer and drivers will feel
frustrated, therefore there will be
no benefit for either party.
There was every opportunity for
the Transport Minister to have
strengthened a viable industry
but instead she had planned to
euthanise it.
Over time and slowly, slowly she
allowed a rogue and illegal entity
infiltrate and destroy the incomes
of a legitimate business.
Her lack of compassion and
empathy has resonated through
the whole industry, and it
continues to do so. Her lack
of care and attitude of this
harshness has no boundaries.
Applicants of the fairness fund
are still waiting for an outcome,
while people have been left
with debt. Many drivers who
are facing imminent retirement
or have retired, suddenly have
nothing to show for their
sacrifices over many years.
Other entrants in the taxi industry
who have borrowed funds to
conduct business in the taxi
industry, face a horrible and bleak
future. Their business has been
taken away and consideration of
their loans was not part of the
government’s equation. This has
placed people under unnecessary
stress.
There are no medals for the
Transport Minister but a legacy
of deceit, horrible judgement and
lack of compassion and respect
to those who she had a duty of
care.
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In an unprecedented move for a
major car maker, Volvo Cars will
begin the electrification of its entire
model range from 2019 onwards.
A spark of an idea is nothing new for
a pioneering global manufacturer
like Volvo, yet the Swedish
automaker will embark upon one
of the most momentous industry
changes in 2019 when it starts to
electrify its entire vehicle range.
Volvo’s historic move will place
electrification at the core of its
future business as every new model
released from 2019 will feature
an electric motor – ending an era
of cars powered exclusively by
the enduring internal combustion
engine.
Five fully electric vehicles will
launch between 2019 and 2021,
three of which will be Volvos. The
other two models will be Polestars
– members of a new breed of
separately badged global highperformance
vehicles from Volvo’s
performance arm.
These five cars will be
supplemented by a range of petrol
and diesel plug-in hybrid and mild
hybrid (48-volt) options on all
models, representing one of the
broadest electrified offerings of any
car maker.
The 48-volt system is a combination
of battery that stores energy and
a solution that acts as starter,
generator and electric motor.
“The mild hybrid system represents
an accessible stepping stone in the
move to full electrification, and it
is a real alternative to diesel,” said
Karin Thorn Almquist, Volvo Cars’
Vice President Vehicle Propulsion.
“It will deliver a better everyday
driving experience as well as
reduced fuel consumption and
emissions.”
Last month, Polestar, Volvo Car
Group’s performance brand,
revealed its future as a new
standalone electric performance
brand. Polestar unveiled the
600hp Polestar 1, the company’s
first car, which is set to roll off the
production line in mid-2019.

IFIED vehicles
Over 40% of global car sales are
expected to be electric within 20
years.
The Polestar 1 is a two-door, 2+2
seat Grand Tourer Coupé with
an ‘Electric Performance Hybrid’
drivetrain.
An electric car supported by an
internal combustion engine, it has
a range of 150kms on pure electric
power alone - the longest full electric
range of any hybrid car on the market.
Its output of 600hp and 1000Nm of
torque places the car firmly in the
performance car segment.
A carbon fibre body reduces
bodyweight and improves torsional
stiffness by 45%, as well as
lowering the cars’ centre of gravity.
Additionally, Polestar 1 uses a
double electric rear axle which
enables torque vectoring. This
supports the driver with precise
acceleration on each wheel to
keep the maximum road grip and
maintain speed while cornering.
Polestar cars will be ordered 100%
online and offered on a two or three
year subscription basis.
The zero-deposit, all-inclusive
subscription will also add features
such as pick-up and delivery
servicing and the ability to rent
alternative vehicles within the Volvo
and Polestar range, all incorporated
into one monthly payment.
The flat rate subscription means
that having a Polestar car becomes
a hassle free experience for the
customer.
Polestar 2 will start production later
in 2019 and will be the first batteryelectric
vehicle (BEV) from the
Volvo Car Group. It will be a midsized
BEV, joining the competition
around the Tesla Model 3, and with
consequently higher volumes than
Polestar 1.
The order books for the new
Polestar 1 opened on 17 October
2017, with Polestar able to take
expressions of interest from
prospective customers immediately.

Vale - Hans Althoff 17/10/1934 - 4/10/2017
Hans was a
“TRUE CHAMPION”
of taxi drivers
The loving family man with a big heart, the builder of
people’s dreams. He will be sadly missed. May he
rest in peace. The world has lost a gentleman and
we have lost a friend.
VALUABLE SERVICE
Hans was taxi through and through
and he made many contributions to
the industry over the years.
Hans, along with others, was dismayed
over the Victorian State Government’s
handling of the taxi industry. He fought
long and hard to persuade officials that
they were going about it the wrong way
with regards to the changes that were
being legislated.
Hans collaborated with a small
group within the Victorian taxi
industry, including the late Allen Lang,
ex-President of the VTA, to bring
about a change of attitude from the
Government to little avail.
Hans always fought the good fight with
regards to problems that faced the
Victorian taxi industry and he will be
missed by many.
PART OF A TEAM
Hans always treated us like family
and was always interested in what our
families were up to and was happy to
pass on his knowledge to them too.
He will be sadly missed at Vermont
Autogas.
BIG HEARTED
Hans was an extremely generous,
kind hearted, strong and determined
man. He was willing to help anyone
in anyway that he could but this was
sometime to his own detriment.
He was willing to pass on his vast
knowledge to anyone who was willing
and wanting to listen, and it was
amazing to listen to him speak.
KEEN SPORTSMAN
During his struggle with
the dreaded affliction,
not one complaint
was heard, he took the
illness in his stride and
continued to live life to
the fullest.
Even after being laid
up with the cancer, he
continually talked about
playing golf again.
SPECIAL FRIEND
Our sincere thoughts are with Hans’
wife, Ginger, and daughters, Samantha
and Natasha, and family. We are so
thankful that we have such wonderful
memories of a very dear and special
friend.
Hans Althoff
ONE OF A KIND
Hans was a dedicated taxi person, he loved the industry and the workers inside that industry, and he
worked tirelessly to improve the standards and the conditions for the drivers and operators. His articles in
Taxi Talk/Drive A2B were a must read!
The industry has lost a true champion of all that was right and should have been. When we look around
there are so few left! A mentor to many and a friend to even more. Rest in peace, Hans.
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AT THE AIRPORT
Do not
FEED
THE BIRDS
It is apparent that many taxi drivers
waiting in the Melbourne Airport
Holding Bays are just too lazy to
get out of their vehicle and place
their rubbish in the bins provided.
Do you realise how much danger
this is to the aircraft? No? The
birds gather to pick at the food,
crumbs, rubbish that is left lying
around. And it’s not just one bird -
it can be a flock of them.
Bird strikes are the number one
cause of damage to planes and
risk to passengers.
The Australia Transport Safety
Bureau (ATSB) recently found that
strikes have increased significantly
over the past two years and
continue to pose a safety risk to
aircraft operators.
Between 2006 and 2015, there
were 16,069 bird strikes reported to
the ATSB, most of which involved
high capacity air transport aircraft.
Approximately one in ten bird
strikes for turbofan aircraft
involved a bird ingested into an
engine.
Bird strikes can sometimes result
in the cracking of the surface of
the canopy or windshield. These
cracks can sometimes disrupt the
air pressure inside the cabin and
result in altitude loss or other flightrelated
problems.
Although bird strikes pose a
sizable threat to flight safety,
the number of major accidents
caused due to bird strikes are quite
low. The majority of bird strikes
(almost 65%) do little damage to
the affected airplane, but these
collisions are almost always
fatal to the birds involved in the
accident.
Bird strikes usually occur when an
airplane is flying at low altitudes.
Therefore, the most favorable
conditions for a bird strike are
during take-offs or landings (or
other related phases) of airplanes.
The reason for this is obvious;
most birds fly at low altitudes, to
there is a greater risk of hitting an
airborne machine.
One of our readers recently had the
idea that crumbs could be sprayed
with window cleaner or some other
substance that would make them
unpalatable to birds. This would
probably work well.
But do you know what would work
better? Everyone putting their
rubbish into the bins!
26 DRIVE A2B magazine · November 2017

RUMOUR MILL
What
we hear
Are these rumours, fiction or the
truth hidden in plain sight?
Noticed that Jacinta Allan
advertised the Disability
Commissioner role for the TSC in
October, just one week before closing
date. This position was announced a
very long time ago. Is the position
already filled and the advertising
just a formality?
Melbourne
Airport e-TAG
Taxi Management
System will go live
on 1 November.
TSC will have a name change
soon. It is to be known as the
Commercial Passenger Services
Commission. It will cost around
$5m to change the name.
Last
month Uber
Drivers were charging
$35 PER PERSON
to take passengers to
Caulfield Racecourse from
the city in the SAME CAR
at the SAME TIME.
It appears that
Uber has been gifted
their own portal to add
their drivers into the TSC
system - all paid for by the
taxpayers?
What’s more - there’s no
portal for non-Uber
drivers!
Verifeye
don’t supply the
taxi market with safety
cameras any more - that
leaves only one accredited
supplier - 13CABS. But don’t
worry - more suppliers are
going through accreditation
right now - come 2018 there
will be more options to
choose from.
The TSC couldn’t get the online system
working in time for the licence cancellation
date. But, under the guise of a trial, Uber has had
access to its own portal for their people for the past 6
months and still currently. This is rumoured to have
cost the taxpayer $50,000!
Melbourne
Airport has health
and hygiene signs near
toilets in the secondary
holding bay - but not at
the main? Why not?
BE PART OF THE STORY
Melbourne
Airport will soon be
using eTAGS instead of
Swipe Cards for access
to the taxi holding
system.
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Are we being punished?
by F Erciyas
I have invested twelve years in the
Taxi industry since 2005. I abided
by the laws and conditions of the
State of Victoria, the Victorian
Taxi Directorate then the Taxi
Services Commission. I completed
the Taxicare course (2005) to be
able to purchase the Licences
and maintained accreditation as
required.
The ATO and Centrelink defined the
Licences as assets that generated
a monthly income ($2,900 at peak).
With the State government reforms
and media releases of the past four
years the monthly income dropped
to an average of $1,400.
Then more announcements and
newspaper articles leading up to 9
October with an email (9 October
2017 at 09:34) from the TSC stating
that “Low cost taxi and hire car
licences are now available”, hence
our Operators have ceased monthly
lease payments as of 9 October.
In plain English: Our assets with
its monthly income has been
STOLEN from us hard working,
tax paying Victorians (without due
recompense).
We were given a “transition
payment” to tide us over.... in my
case it went straight onto my
loan AND I still have $250,000
outstanding which would have been
$400,000 if it wasn’t for my family
budgeting, scrimping, saving and
making extra loan payments.
We are still waiting on the (UN)
fairness fund after supplying all
our family’s financials to apply for
said fund. Payouts from the fund
should have been finalised before
we lost our monthly income! Many
people didn’t even apply for the fund
because it was too difficult for them.
Some people would like to apply
now that they realise they have lost
their assets and income.
Also, in my circumstance the
“transition payment” and “(un)
fairness fund” should go towards
my capital purchase price where I
will most likely be making a capital
loss.
Am I and fellow Licence holders
being punished for trying to be self
funded retirees?
A suggestion is that all Members
of Parliament take a reduction in
their salaries and pension perks to
compensate us.
Thanks Jeff
by The Phantom
It was pleasing to
see ex-Premier, and
champion of the taxi
industry, Jeff Kennett, in
favour of the Victorian
taxi industry when, I
understand, he sent
some 40 emails to
incumbent politicians
to advise them that
they have screwed the
local taxi industry with
the changes they have
made.
Whilst I didn’t agree with
Mr Kennett over some of
the decisions he made
in other areas when
he was the Victorian
Premier, he was always
a friend to the Victorian
taxi industry.
28 DRIVE A2B magazine · November 2017

Life boat ethics will sink
our industry
by J Glazebrook
Reading the October edition
of Drive A2B I’m struck by the
number of contributors, including
the editor, who seem to think
that the Victorian taxi industry
has only been impacted by an
unfair piece of legislation: The
Commercial Passenger Vehicle
Industry Act.
Hence all we need to do is to
get Jeff Kennett to be the next
Taxi Commissioner, improve
the toilets at the Melbourne
airport,and convince the present
Taxi Commissioner, Aaron de
Rozario that he needs to change
his attitude and make Uber more
accountable like taxis.
Are you kidding?
Jeff Kennett was the leader
of deregulation policy in the
1990s. He led the way with
the privatization of our roads
which are now dominated by
price-gouging international
corporations making record
profits from 30 year contracts,
thanks Jeff Kennett.
At the same time, our Magistrate
Courts are clogged up with the
victims of price-gouging:
record numbers of Victorians
being prosecuted by the state
police for defaulting on overpriced
road toll accounts.
Taxi Commissioners and taxi
CEOs are political appointments
made by the government of
the day. They invariably appoint
conservative individuals who
have no problem working within a
system based on life-boat ethics.
This is to say an economy built
on the politics of deregulation
and the privatization of public
assets; an economy that puts
free markets and the profits of
international corporation first and
ethics last !
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29

Legal
CODE OF
CONDUCT
Operators and Drivers will need to set and
abide by a code of conduct for setting and
accepting fares.
BY NADAV PRAWER, Partner, Mann Lawyers
Amongst legal theorists, a
persistent idea of law is what is
often described as the ‘bad man’
theory- that law is, in reality, only
that which will actually result in
punishment. In other words, law is
what a bad man cares about, not
lofty principles or ethics.
For most operators in the hire
car and taxi industries, an
overwhelming commitment to
compliance with both the letter
and the spirit of the law have been
basic tenets. The vast majority of
operators are carefully compliant
even with regulations that are
never enforced.
Unlike Uber, the prevalence of
unlicensed or unaccredited taxi
drivers is extremely low.
I recall, for instance, a client
whose hire car broke down.
Unable to arrange a quick
substitution (nothing was ever
quick with the TSC) he carried all
his passengers that day without
charge.
Similarly, there have been virtually
no instances of ‘bill shock’ with
taxis, with pricing set, displayed
on a visible taxi meter and all
fares required to be accepted.
Such an approach has been at the
backbone of the high degree of
trust that the general public have
held in the taxi industry, to the
point where inebriated passengers
being carried safely by taxi is an
expectation, not an exception.
Sadly, the government’s further
proposed changes to taxisostensibly
to allow deregulation
of the industry in full to allow
competition with Uber- risk
undermining the confidence
of consumers in the fair and
reasonable pricing of taxis. They
also threaten to create unseemly
price competition between taxis,
and a plethora of potential legal
issues for drivers in fare disputes
with passengers.
Whilst it is our firm hope that
drivers will unite, effectively, to
set rates which will be universal
across the taxi industry, such an
approach risks violating anti-cartel
behaviour and the Competition
and Consumer Act. (The present
approach, with prices fixed by the
Essential Services Commission, is
exempted.)
One possible approach is for
drivers’ groups or industry
organisations, such as the
Victorian Hire Car Association
(for whom Mann Lawyers acts)
to create a recommended set of
fares and a driver code of conduct
for accepting fares.
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Legal
continued .....
Mann Lawyers will be assisting the VHCA
in the development of materials and a code
which will be accessible to all members.
However, for most drivers, the big challenge
in the future is likely to be disputes with
passengers over whether, and what, fare was
agreed to.
A contract exists where there is both an offer
and an acceptance. However, proving the
terms of a contract is a separate matter.
We recommend that, should the proposed
changes be passed, drivers look to prepayment
of fares and/or travel equipped with
rate cards for passengers to sign prior to the
commencement of the journey.
Sadly, the challenges facing the taxi industry
are likely to increase in the coming months
as the industry migrates to a new normalthousands
of vehicles on the road, operating
at unsustainable rates, followed by a dramatic
shortage as operators exit the field in large
numbers.
Whilst there is a future for the industry,
we expect that it will involve many legal
complications and a fresh set of challenges.
We look forward to assisting all VHCA
members in the coming months.
case update
Melbourne
Airport
vs
Hire Car
Operator
As reported in “The Age”, “DRIVE A2B”
and elsewhere, Mann Lawyers has, and
continues to, act on behalf of a hire car
operator charged with parking at Melbourne
Airport without a permit.
Whilst it is improper to comment on cases
before the court, it is worth noting that
the proceeding has uncovered substantial
non-compliance with Federal regulations
on the part of Melbourne Airport’s operator
company, Australia Pacific Airports
Melbourne.
This includes an admission by the
company that it has not complied with
the regulations. Whilst the proceeding is
far from over, this highlights the power
of individuals and small companies,
properly supported, to challenge powerful
organisations.
Large corporations can, and should, be
held to account. Nowhere is this more than
in the transport industry, where consumer
confidence and a level playing field are
fundamental principles for a sustainable
future.
32 DRIVE A2B magazine · November 2017

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SMELL
GOOD
ALL
DAY every
Today there are so many different competitors vying for the same work within
the Victorian commercial passenger vehicle industry and if you want to beat the
ride sourcing business at its own game, then you are going to have to lift yours.
Here are some tips on keeping your body smelling fresh all day every day.
1
Shower
2
Wash
3
It’s
4
To
or bathe every day. This will get rid of
any odours that have built up on your skin or
hair over the last 24 hours. Use warm, rather
than hot, water.
your entire body with soap and a
washcloth. Pay special attention to the area
behind your ears, the back of your neck, your
feet, and sweaty spots such as your armpits
and your inner thighs. Don’t forget to wash
your chest, genitals and backside as well.
important to wash your hair regularly as it
absorbs scents from the atmosphere around
you. Massage shampoo into your scalp to
remove oil and product build up. Thoroughly
rinse your hair with clean water.
keep your breath smelling fresh, brush
your teeth in the morning and at night every
day. Be sure to clean every side of each tooth
as well as your gums and tongue.
5
Apply
6
Put
Spend at least 2 minutes brushing each
time. Replace your toothbrush every 3 to 4
months to keep bacteria from building up and
to prevent damage to your gums from worn
bristles.
deodorant and/or antiperspirant at
night. Though it may seem counterintuitive,
you should actually apply your deodorant or
antiperspirant at night, rather than in the
morning. This gives the ingredients time to
soak into the skin and prevent your glands
from producing foul-smelling odors and
sweat. You can even shower in the morning
without worrying about the effectiveness of
your deodorant—it’s already been absorbed!
on clean clothes every day. Fresh clothes
will keep you smelling great all day long. If
you have especially stinky or sweaty feet,
change your socks throughout the day.
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7
Wash
8
Shoes
9
Avoid
your clothes after each use. Your
detergent doesn't have to be expensive, and it
doesn't have to be loaded with strong
fragrances. However, it does need to get rid
of hidden odors within your clothes and leave
you with fresh garments.
can easily become smelly, if they aren’t
cleaned often, due to accumulation of sweat
and bacteria. When they get especially dirty
or stinky, wash them in your washing
machine and allow them to dry in direct
sunlight. In between washings, stuff your
shoes with newspaper overnight to remove
odors. If your shoes cannot be washed, use a
cotton ball dipped in alcohol to wipe out the
interior and kill bacteria. Alternate between
several pairs of shoes if possible.
eating spices, onion, and garlic. Though
these foods are good for you, the odors come
out through your pores and stink up your
breath. Alcohol and red meat also change
your body odor, so try to cut down on
consumption of those items as well.
10
Staying
11
Spray
12
hydrated keeps your skin
moisturized, which actually allows
pleasant scents from lotions or
fragrances to adhere to your skin
better. Men should drink 15.5 cups (3.7
L) of water per day, while women
should drink 11.5 cups (2.7 L) of water
per day.
on your favorite scent. Target
pulse points on your body when using
perfume or cologne, such as your
wrists, behind your ears, the back of
your knees, and the insides of your
elbows.
Keep a kit full of items you may need.
Gum, mints, mouthwash, wet wipes
(to clean your armpits or other areas
of your body), deodorant, cologne or
perfume, foot spray, scented lotion, and
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Overseas News
DUBAI
Residents will receive free parking
spots and free Salik 1 tag among
other incentives if they choose to
own an electric vehicle and leave
their fuel-powered cars behind,
Dubai Road Transport Authority
(RTA) officials announced last
month.
The RTA will also provide free
parking spots in 40 different
locations across Dubai. E-car users
will also be exempted from RTA
registration and renewal vehicle
fees.
E-car users can charge their vehicles
at 100 green charging stations
across Dubai for free until the end
of 2019.
Although the electric car sector has
grown by about 30 per cent between
2014 and 2016, the ownership of
the zero-carbon emission vehicles
in Dubai remains unsatisfactory.
The introduction of such incentives
will hopefully help authorities solve
challenges in implementing and
promoting electric cars in Dubai.
1
Salik is Dubai’s road toll system that
operates without toll booths or barriers.
SINGAPORE
Amid rapid developments in the taxi industry causing
most players to shrink their fleet in the last few months,
electric taxi operator HDT is going in the other direction
by eyeing a multifold expansion in the next four years.
The company, which started operations last year,
intends to add 800 taxis to its 100 on the streets so as
to achieve economies of scale, said Mr James Ng, the
managing director of HDT Singapore Holding.
Mr Ng said demand for point-to-point transport is
outstripping supply and continues to grow — also on the
company’s books are 30 private-hire electric vehicles.
Today, 60 to 70 per cent of its drivers’ takings come from
Grab rides. Street hails and corporate bookings make up
the rest.
HDT’s electric taxis can travel nearly 400km after a full
charge, which takes 1.5 hours.
Other taxi operators rent their vehicles to drivers, but
HDT offers its drivers a basic salary of S$1,600 (AU$
1,520) with benefits, such as Central Provident Fund
(CPF) contributions and annual leave. With overtime pay,
drivers can earn up to S$2,800 (AU$ 2,660).
On top of that, drivers who reach certain revenue targets
will earn bonuses. Good performers are eligible for
“revenue-sharing”. Earnings go to HDT, but the company
allows drivers to retain incentives dished out by ridehailing
app Grab.
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Overseas News
UBER WORLD NEWS
LONDON, ENGLAND
Uber last month appealed
Transport for London’s
decision to deny the ride-hailing
company a renewed private hire
licence. Uber can continue to
operate as normal in London
while the legal business plays
out, which is expected to take
several months.
“While we have filed our appeal
so that Londoners can continue
using our app, we hope to
continue having constructive
discussions with Transport
for London. As our new CEO
has said, we are determined
to make things right,” an Uber
spokesperson commented.
TfL concluded last month that
Uber was not “fit and proper” to
hold a private hire licence. “TfL
considers that Uber’s approach
and conduct demonstrate a
lack of corporate responsibility
in relation to a number of
issues which have potential
public safety and security
implications,” the regulator’s
statement read.
Specifically, TfL isn’t happy
with how Uber reports serious
criminal offences and conducts
driver background and medical
checks. Uber’s controversial
‘Greyball’ tool, which helped the
company track and deliberately
evade authorities, was also
mentioned, though Uber claims
it has never been used “for
those purposes” in the UK.
While Uber will contest
TfL’s decision in court, legal
proceedings are also buying
the ride-hailing outfit muchneeded
time. It’s possible Uber
could address the regulator’s
concerns before it even
exhausts the appeals process.
TORONTO, CANADA
Last month the Toronto Sun
published an article sponsored
by the city’s most visible cab
company, Beck Taxi.
The piece is a predictably
fluffy ode to the 50-year-old
orange and green cab service,
specifically to its renewed
commitment to customer
service and its development
in 2012 of “Canada’s first taxi
ordering app”.
The article also predictably
includes what is presumably a
not-so-veiled dig at the popular
and controversial ride-hailing
service, Uber.
In the words of Beck operations
manager Kristine Hubbard,
who is quoted throughout
the piece, “We see ourselves
as a company made up of
people using technology. Not
technology using people.”
It’s entirely reasonable that cab
companies are trying to adapt
to a new urban travel climate
in which many passengers are
accustomed to getting free
beverages and breath mints every
time they climb into an Uber.
Despite all their griping about
the new ride-hailing order, cab
companies continually neglect
to mention that they offer
something that Uber cannot: a
fleet of drivers who actually
know instinctively where they
are going.
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WINNIPEG, CANADA
Committee hearings began at the
Manitoba legislature for Bill 30, which
would give Winnipeg a mandate
to create bylaws allowing Uber to
operate in the city while dissolving the
taxicab board.
More than 160 people were
scheduled to speak to the bill, ranging
from private citizens to labour
representatives to representatives
of the ride-sharing company from
Toronto.
Uber representatives presented a
petition of support with more than
11,000 signatures, saying that shows
a lot of people in Winnipeg are in
support of the idea.
“We operate in cities across Canada,”
said Chris Shafer of Uber. “In fact,
Winnipeg has the advantage of
learning from what other cities have
done in terms of regulating the ridesharing
industry.”
But not everyone backs the
Conservative-sponsored bill, and
NDP Leader Wab Kinew recently
stood with cab owners on the
steps of the legislature.
He said cab owners should
be compensated once Uber is
allowed in the province, and
wants provisions in the legislation
making sure ride-sharing
companies follow the same rules
and regulations as taxis.
“This is a law that simply, at the
stroke of a pen, eliminates an
industry,” said Scott McFadyen
of the Winnipeg Community Taxi
Coalition.
He said the taxi industry is simply
superior to ride-sharing: “Taxi
drivers require a shield, a camera,
extensive training, criminal
background check, child abuse
registry, vehicle inspections.”
NEW YORK, USA
A group of plaintiffs, which also
include taxicab medallion holders,
are challenging a district judge’s
March ruling that New York medallion
holders are not subject to disparate
treatment because hailing a cab in the
street is different from summoning a
car through a computer application.
U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan of
the Southern District of New York said
that taxis effectively, have a “collective,
government-sanctioned monopoly
over one particular form of hailing”
and that courts around the country
have found that monopoly justifies
subjecting the industry to a different
set of regulations than ride-sharing
services.
The city’s Taxi & Limousine
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right to accept passengers by street
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Cabs are also required to comply with
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Apparently it is a given that the
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Major
Events
Showcase of
Melbourne’s
upcoming major
events.
International Festival
of Hockey
8 - 12 November
State Netball Hockey Centre,
Parkville
This world-class tournament sees the nations
of Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Japan,
Pakistan and the USA battle it out across a weeklong
competition. Watch the world’s second
ranked men’s hockey team - the Australian
Kookaburras along with the world’s number
five women’s team, the Hockeyroos compete
with some of the best international teams in
the world, including the number one ranked
women’s team from Netherlands.
City2Sea Fun Run
12 November
Yarra Park, Brunton Avenue, Jolimont
With summer on the horizon, participants are
set to start the ‘new season’ by getting back into
a new fitness regime, challenging themselves or
striving for a new personal best.
In its seventh year, the City2Sea is expected
to bring over 10,000 people together to round
out this year’s City Run Series. Participants
will run, jog, walk or stroll the scenic 5km and
15km courses, starting in Melbourne’s CBD and
finishing along the iconic Beaconsfield Parade
and Catani Gardens in St Kilda.
Melbourne Music Week
7 - 25 November
Melbourne Town Hall & various locations
around Melbourne
Driven by its vision as a uniquely Melbourne event
—it’s the only event of its type in Australia - MMW
teams up with a range of independent promoters,
venues, labels and businesses to create a dynamic
program. From intimate, interactive experiences in
non-traditional venues to headline performances
at Melbourne Town Hall, showing the diversity of
Melbourne’s creative music industry.
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AAMI VICTORIA
DERBY DAY
Saturday, 4 November 2017
EMIRATES
MELBOURNE
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Tuesday 7 November 2017
KENNEDY
OAKS DAY
Thursday 9 November 2017
EMIRATES
STAKES DAY
Saturday 11 November 2017
Widely regarded as one of the most prestigious days of racing
in Australasia, AAMI Victoria Derby Day is known as a day of
exceptional racing, fabulous fashion and colourful entertainment.
The day features a card of nine Group races, with four at the elite
Group 1 level. The feature Group 1 AAMI Victoria Derby, worth over
AU$1.5 million, is Australia’s premier staying classic for 3 year olds.
This is the last chance for horses to qualify for the Cup, so there’s a
lot at stake on the track.
Although the dress code is black and white, it’s an incredibly
colourful day. Myer’s Fashions on the Field competition begins for
both men and women.
Official flower for AAMI Victoria Derby Day is the cornflower.
As the world looks on, Australasia’s best-known raceday explodes
with colour, action, excitement and celebration. Emirates
Melbourne Cup Day is known as ‘the race that stops the nation’,
and with good reason.
For a few minutes in the afternoon more than 100,000 people at
Flemington Racecourse watch in awe as the world’s best stayers
run the world’s most famous race – the AU$6.2 million Emirates
Melbourne Cup. As the horses cross the finish line the crowd
erupts and you can hear the cheers for miles.
Run over 3,200 metres, the Emirates Melbourne Cup is widely
considered to be the best staying handicap in the world. Offering
the richest prize in Australian sport – an 18ct solid gold trophy
valued at AU$175,000. Off the field the drama doesn’t stop
either. Outrageous fashion, delicious food and drinks plus bands,
celebrities and more all RSVP to the race that stops the nation.
Official flower for Emirates Melbourne Cup Day is the yellow rose.
The main race of the day is the Group 1 Kennedy Oaks, a classic
for three-year-old fillies over 2500m, with AU$1 million in prize
money and a coveted winner’s trophy.
Off the track, there’s just as much competition, excitement and
colour. The National Winner of Myer Fashions on the Field’s
women’s competition is announced. The ultimate experience for
lovers of world-class racing, glamour and fashion, the Kennedy
Oaks Day celebrations bring out the very best of everything you
love about the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
Official flower of Kennedy Oaks Day is the pink rose.
Emirates Stakes Day is the final raceday of the Melbourne Cup
Carnival — but by no means the quietest. The racing highlight
of the day is the AU$2 million Group 1 Emirates Stakes (formerly
Mackinnon) — 2000m of pure excitement at weight-for-age, sure to
attract the stars of international racing.
This is a day packed with free activities and live entertainment for
children of all ages. Highlights include the Emirates Stakes Day
Fashions on the Field, a light-hearted event for younger racegoers
and families, offering the opportunity to impress in the fashion stakes
and claim fantastic prizes.
For young, old and in-between, it’s the perfect way to finish off the
Carnival in style.
Official flower for Emirates Stakes Day is the red rose.
Melbourne Cup Carnival
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