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Allan Fels says reforms<br />
into the taxi industry<br />
recommended in his report<br />
were expected to take three<br />
to five years to implement.<br />
<strong>Taxi</strong> inquiry head Prof Allan Fels<br />
has given the Ballieu Government<br />
his final report into the industry.<br />
Prof Fels handed over the tome on<br />
September 28.<br />
He said the final report addressed<br />
serious and systemic problems<br />
in the industry and the sweeping<br />
reforms recommended were expected<br />
to take three to five years to<br />
implement.<br />
“The inquiry received significant,<br />
additional information since the<br />
draft report was released earlier this<br />
year and this is reflected in the final<br />
report,” Prof Fels said.<br />
“I thank the government for giving<br />
me this opportunity and look forward<br />
to the government response in<br />
due course”.<br />
Roads Minister Terry Mulder must<br />
table the report in parliament within<br />
14 sitting days.<br />
Not surprisingly, owners of taxis<br />
are about to step up lobbying in a<br />
last-ditch effort to get the report buried.<br />
Larissa Garvin, a spokeswoman<br />
for Mr Mulder, said the government<br />
had received the report and would<br />
consider it.<br />
Prof Fels unveiled his 550-page<br />
draft report, titled Customers First:<br />
Service, Safety, Choice, on May 31.<br />
He will continue as chair of the<br />
<strong>Taxi</strong> Services Commission until the<br />
government appoints a new Commissioner<br />
to oversee the next phase<br />
of the industry’s reform.<br />
Since 1981 there have been seven<br />
inquiries into the taxi industry, but<br />
all have come to nought.<br />
by: Amelia Harris, Herald Sun D<br />
<strong>Taxi</strong> <strong>Talk</strong> - Voice of the <strong>Taxi</strong> Industry
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