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ESC’s draft 

decision for 

the maximum 

fares 

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WHAT’S INSIDE 

FEATURES 

4 Unveiling Uber’s Ugliness. 

ACT 

8 ACT is racing ahead on clean transport. 

VICTORIA 

10 The Uber reckoning. 

12 Victoria’s Regulator has a new name. 

14 

Victorian Metro Taxi Rank & Hail fare 

review. 

OVERSEAS 

NSW 32 Uber’s secret lobbying in UK. 

16 Taxi registration is now online. 

SOUTH AUSTRALIA 

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20 Increase in Rank & Hail fares. 

21 Changes to the annual vehicle inspection. 

22 

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Passenger Transport Act 1994 is under 

review. 

WEST AUSTRALIA 

WAV modification grant expressions of 

interest now open. 

23 New cameras will catch you! 

Taxi and PHV drivers should do advanced 

driving test. 


July 2022 

3

UNVEILING 

UBER’S 

UGLINESS 

by Isobel Sparrow 

Mark MacGann has taken ownership of being the one to have leaked more than 124,000 

company files to the news agencies that are now painting Uber in a negative light. His 

initiative was to shed light on some of the fundamental wrongs his former employer 

committed in order to achieve the stance they now have in the transport industry. 

But who is Mark MacGann, and how was he involved in Uber? He is the ex-chief lobbyist 

for the company’s Europe offices, where his job description entailed winning over 

governments across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. But after quitting and reflecting 

on his past work, he said enough was enough! 


He left the company after 

claiming that Uber’s culture 

left him feeling “powerless to 

question or change its ways” and 

that if he contested, it would 

“put his family’s safety at risk” 

(The Guardian). Ultimately, 

leading to his decision to release 

the company’s secret files. 

The information he has given 

showcased, in intricate detail, 

how Uber defied laws, deceived 

police, exploited violence against 

drivers, and furtively lobbied 

countries to intrusively build 

itself. Uber has even admitted 

that it did these illegal acts, 

masking their intensity by calling 

them ‘mistakes’, but still asks for 

our forgiveness. 

One of the company’s 

ambassadors, Jill Hazelbaker, 

called the public to judge what 

Uber has achieved in the last five 

years and what it can achieve in 

the future - instead of focussing 

on how the company broke the 

law. 

Here in Australia, the underhanded 

way that Uber 

represented itself and the lies 

it told about the Australian taxi 

industry, was not lesser than 

what it did overseas. Actually it 

was probably worse. 

Further, more documents have 

been released which show that 

Uber sought to lobby Australian 

governments, specifically the 

industry regulator, in all States 

and Territories, to legalise its 

illegal operation in Victoria. 

Guardian Australia reports that 


the documents reveal claims 

made within the company that 

it had struck a secret deal with 

Victoria’s taxi authority. 

Emails show in early September 

2014 that, Uber’s policy head for 

the Asia Pacific, Jordan Condo, 

met with the chair of Victoria’s 

Taxi Services Commission, 

Graeme Samuel – a former chair 

of the Australian competition 

regulator described by Uber staff 

as “a staunch pro-competition 

advocate”. 

“An agreement was reached 

[with the TSC] that will create a 

process to accredit uberX drivers 

in the coming months with a plan 

to license ridesharing in early 

2015,” Uber staff said in a weekly 

email roundup of lobbying 

activity around the globe. 

However, Samuels told Guardian 

Australia: “There was no secret 

deal done with Uber or anyone 

else associated with rideshare 

services.” 

Guardian Australia also reports 

that Uber hired lobbyist John 

Richardson, a former senior 

Labor staffer, to petition the 

New South Wales government on 

its In addition, claims emerged 

it was working with the NSW 

Labor opposition to write a bill 

to legalise Uber in that State. 

According to a 10 July 2014 

email that Richardson sent to 

a colleague, the former adviser 

to the Hawke, Keating and Carr 

governments was to “provide 

public affairs support to Uber for 

the state of New South Wales 


and advice regarding the rest of 

Australia”. 

Uber knew and fully 

understood that it was 

launched illegally in 

Australia, so it leaned on 

governments to change 

the law. 

Yes, that’s right! Uber, for lack of 

other words, wanted a free pass 

when it came to the law! 

And yes, Uber had and still has 

the money, power and means 

to wiggle its way into many 

countries. But where were our 

laws or preventative measures to 

stop this? 

Where were those in our 

governments worldwide, in our 

countries, who could have and 

should have, done their jobs? 

Hiding under their desks, burying 

their heads in the sand, because 

a big loud entity was making a 

noise, disrupting the taxi and 

hire car industry, and they didn’t 

know what to do to curb them. 

Lawyer Michael Donnelly, who 

is leading the Maurice Blackburn 

class action against Uber, told 

Guardian Australia: “We allege 

that the commencement of Uber 

in Australia, operating illegally, 

had a devastating effect on 

the holders of taxi licences in 

Victoria, Queensland, New South 

Wales and Western Australia.” 

“Taxi licence holders were often 

from working-class backgrounds 

and had invested enormous sums 

of money to acquire taxi licences 

in a full and regulated market. 

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The practices of Uber that we 

allege were illegal and caused 

the value of those licences to be 

severely impacted.” 

In a preliminary ruling in the 

case, Associate Justice Patricia 

Matthews found there were 

reasonable grounds to suggest 

that Uber was operating illegally 

in Melbourne from 23 January 

2014 and illegally in NSW, 

Queensland and WA from 14 April 

2014. 

She said that “the attempts 

made by the defendants [Uber] 

to avoid enforcement were 

an aspect of building scale, 

garnering public support, and 

growing the business (including 

by attracting and retaining UberX 

partners) until they had managed 

to flip a city”. 

“I accept the plaintiffs’ 

submission that ridesharing 

offences were being committed 

systemically and on a large 

scale,” she said. “Even if at trial 

it is found otherwise, there are 

reasonable grounds for making 

this finding as part of this 

application.” 

The ruling has allowed taxi 

licence operators to use 

documents that Uber claimed 

didn’t have to be disclosed 

because they contained legal 

advice. But the judge found that 

some of the documents could 

be used in court because they 

contained advice on how to 

circumvent the law. 

Guardian Australia reports that 

“Uber’s ultimate success in 

Australia had a devastating effect 

on holders of taxi licences, and 

“presents a serious case study 

of regulatory failure”, according 

to Michael Donnelly, a principal 

lawyer at Maurice Blackburn. 

“In the future, state government 

regulators have to be far 

more resistant to large private 

companies entering the market 

and seeking to bully them in the 

way that Uber did.” 

But how can we do this when 

Uber has our leaders in their 

pockets. World-renowned 

leaders from places like France, 

USA, Britain, and Australia have 

all fallen to the money and power 

Uber can, and has provided. 

When will it stop? 

In conclusion, the ubiquity of 

Uber today was achieved on a 

premise of unfairness and, let 

us not forget, illegal actions. 

But unfortunately, government 

officials, industry regulators, and 

other authoritative bodies let us 

down when they masked Uber’s 

behaviour. Still, maybe with 

some urgency and fairy dust, we 

can work together to help those 

treated adversely. 

This is not to say that all hope is 

lost. It is not. We can still fight 

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ACT News 

Racing ahead 

on clean 

transport 

FOSSIL FUEL PHASE-OUT 

The ACT government’s new zeroemission 

vehicles (ZEVs) strategy 

is a green light to carmakers and 

charging station companies to 

invest and will deliver Canberrans 

cleaner, cheaper roads, according 

to the Electric Vehicle Council. 

Behyad Jafari, chief executive of 

the EVC, said the ACT was leading 

the nation in a smooth, affordable 

transition to zero emissions. 

“The ACT Government is making 

the tough reform decisions now 

to ease an inevitable transition 

that’s only a decade away,” said 

Mr Jafari. 

“The Territory has shone a green 

light to car makers and charging 

manufacturers to come and invest 

now.” 

The new plan to phase out light 

internal combustion engines by 

2035 is informed by an ambitious 

target of 80-90% of new light 

vehicle sales being ZEVs by 2030. 

Andrew Stock, energy expert and 

Climate Councillor, said, “Australia 

has long been stuck in the slow 

lane when it comes to electric 

transport uptake, but the ACT’s 

game-changing policy to phase out 

new fossil fuel-powered cars is a 

welcome step forward.” 

“The ACT has set the bar for the 

rest of the country in reducing 

emissions from light passenger 

vehicle fleets while also delivering 

lower pollution levels and a 

reduced reliance on expensive 

petrol,” said Mr Stock. 

“By setting long-term targets 

in line with climate science, 

Canberrans will benefit from 

cheaper electric vehicles that cost 


a fraction to run,” Mr Jafari said. 

“Nearly a majority (42%) of the 

world’s car market have incoming 

bans on light combustion engines, 

while 16 car makers are phasing 

out petrol and diesel cars. Five 

years ago, both those numbers 

were zero. Can you imagine what 

the world will look like five years 

from now?” 

The strategy also includes financial 

incentives to remove the major 

barrier to people taking up electric 

vehicles. 

“We need the federal government 

to adopt fuel efficiency standards 

in line with those in Europe, the 

USA, and NZ. As a country coming 

from behind, we now need them 

urgently,” Mr Jafari said. 

“Taking action to price registration 

by emissions sets a clear 

expectation that lower and zero 

emissions vehicles should be 

better off compared to more 

heavily polluting vehicles under 

any future reform. 

While fuel efficiency standards— 

which limit the average amount 

of CO2 that a manufacturer’s fleet 

can emit—have been adopted 

across about 80 per cent of the 

global light car market, they are 

absent in Australia. 

“Australia’s poor track record 

on fuel emissions and electric 

transport have made us a dumping 

ground for some of the world’s 

highest emitting vehicles,” said Mr 

Stock. 

“All other Australian states and 

territories should step up and 

set similar targets to shift to 

an electric transport system 

that reduces emissions, and 

can be powered by affordable, 

homegrown renewable energy 

rather than imported oil,” added 

Mr Stock. 



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VIC News 

The Uber 

RECKONING 

In recent days we have had a number 

of reports released by the Guardian 

newspaper about a trove of 124,000 

confidential documents leaked from Uber. 

These consisted of emails, iMessages and 

WhatsApp exchanges between the Silicon 

Valley giant’s most senior executives, as 

well as memos, presentations, notebooks, 

briefing papers and invoices. The data reveals 

how Uber knowingly flouted the law, duped 

police, exploited violence against drivers 

and secretly lobbied governments across the 

world. 

I could not say it better than in the words 

of Dalia Gebrial, an English political 

commentator and journalist, who writes - 

“What the Uber files confirm is that Uber’s 

rise is not some ‘free market’ success story. 

It was a co-ordinated theft of our urban 

economies, based on exploitation and 

aggressive lobbying. Much of which was – in 

the words of Uber execs – ‘f***ing illegal’.” 

Rod Barton MLC 

Leader, Transport Matters Party 

The Uber files merely confirm what the 

taxi and hire car industry suspected for a 

very long time. In Australia, these claims 

form the basis of an ongoing class action 

lawsuit against the company represented by 

Maurice Blackburn on behalf of licenced taxi 

operators. 


VICTORIA news 

That Uber was able to operate without 

the required permits, and did so without 

consequence while regulators were 

asleep at the wheel caused the value of 

those licences to be severely impacted. 

It is clear Uber bulldozed its way 

into cities around the world with 

little regard for taxi regulations 

while simultaneously lobbying 

aggressively for those same laws 

or regulations to be altered to 

accommodate it. 

For example, despite 

Australian state laws 

requiring taxis and hire 

cars to obtain a licence 

prior to operating, Uber 

set up shop in Australia in 

2012 without the required 

permits. 

Taxi licence holders were often 

from working-class backgrounds 

and had invested enormous sums 

of money to acquire taxi licences in 

a full and regulated market. 

That Uber was able to operate 

without the required permits and 

did so without consequence while 

regulators were asleep at the 

wheel caused the value of those 

licences to be severely impacted. 

This led to devastating financial 

consequences for the incumbent 

industry, the legacy of which 

continues today. 


If Uber and their business 

approach is the poster boy 

for the gig economy then 

we are in serious trouble. 

This situation presents a serious 

case study of regulatory failure but 

is not without remedy. 

The whistleblower behind the leak, 

Mark MacGann, Uber’s former 

chief lobbyist in Europe, the 

Middle East and Africa, says he has 

decided to speak out. 

Mr MacGann believes Uber’s senior 

executives knowingly “sold people 

a lie” about the economic benefits 

to drivers of the company’s gig 

economy model. 

‘It is my duty to [now] speak 

up and help governments and 

parliamentarians right some 

fundamental wrongs. Morally, I 

had no choice in the matter.’ 

Hindsight is 20/20 vision. 

The revelation in the Uber files 

is a timely call for a serious and 

considered evaluation of how the 

local taxi and hire car industry was 

allowed to unravel, the part Uber 


played in steering these outcomes 

for their own benefit, and the way 

regulators enabled this. 

State governments and politicians 

across the spectrum should 

have been far more resistant to 

bullying by a large private company 

entering the market. 

In many cases, the enthusiasm 

of government to embrace the 

vision they were sold has resulted 

in the baby being thrown out with 

the bath water at the expense of 

law-abiding small business owners. 

Decision makers were sold a lemon. 

We cannot reverse the 

past. But we can repair it. 

As in the case of Mr MacGann, time 

and reflection have brought this 

matter to the fore. 

Morally, there is no choice but 

for Australian state governments 

across the country to clear 

their conscience and own their 

contribution to the financial 

destruction and decimation of 

a once viable and prosperous 

industry. 

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VICTORIA news 

VICTORIA’S REGULATOR HAS A 

New name with 

Same faces 

The Victorian Government has 

merged two of its safety entities, 

Commercial Passenger Vehicles 

Victoria (CPVV) and Transport 

Safety Victoria (TSV). 

Effective 1 July 2022, this new entity 

will be known as Safe Transport 

Victoria (STV). 

This is the fourth name for the 

regulator in 10 years - 

1. Victorian Taxi Directorate 

(VTD) -> 

2. Taxi Services Commission 

(TSC) -> 

3. Commercial Passenger 

Vehicles Victoria (CPVV) -> 

4. Safety Transport Victoria (STV). 

Safe Transport Victoria has been 

created to oversee the bus and 

maritime industries, along with the 

Multi Purpose Taxi Program. 

It apparently will continue to 

oversee commercial passenger 

vehicle regulation, including driver 

accreditation, vehicle registration, 

medical assessments, and vehicle 

inspections. 

Tammy O’Connor has been named 

CEO of Safe Transport Victoria 

and will lead STV into a new era of 

delivering support and direction to 

operators, managers and users of 

these critical services via one point 

of contact. 

Even though CPVV hasn’t been 

able to fulfil this role competently 

over the past years, the Victorian 

Government still decided to bring 

the CPVV’s current senior leadership 

over to the new regulator and 

additionally give them responsibility 

for the bus and waterway systems. 

Many of us hoped that this merger 

would mean appointing a new team 

of leaders passionate about fixing 

the industry. But, alas, this is not 

the case. 

“The regulator was unable to 

perform their duties correctly when 

they only looked after commercial 

passenger vehicles - how are they 

going to be able to look after 

additional areas added to their 

portfolio?” said Rod Barton MP, 

Leader of Transport Matters Party. 

What will change? How will this 

new entity make any difference 

to how regulations are enforced 

within the taxi, hire car and rideshare 

industry? 

“Notably absent from the 

announcement was a vision for the 


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future, strategic plan, or industry 

priorities. I believe that the merger 

appears to be nothing more than a 

change of name, falling short of the 

serious reform that is needed,” said 

Mr Barton. 

“The regulator has long had a 

fractured relationship with the 

industry. This is after years of 

policy that simultaneously fails to 

regulate commercial operators 

and drivers, while also crippling 

them with unjustified and 

unnecessary bureaucracy.” 

“We will not be taken for idiots. 

There needs to be some serious 

reform before the regulator can 

mend its relationship with the 

industry,” added Mr Barton. 

Over the years, there have been, 

and still continue to be, numerous 

issues that the CPVV could not 

handle. 

Firstly there is the lack of data 

management. CPVV cannot 

accurately determine who is active 

in the industry - not the number of 

drivers, operators or even vehicles. 

Then there is the poor 

management of the Multi Purpose 

Taxi Program (MPTP), which 

means there is a high probability 

that regional areas will not have 

any WATs for their disabled 

population. 

The recent report from the 

Inquiry into the MPTP, even found 

that the CPVV, ‘demonstrate a 

disdain for accountability which, 

it would seem, takes priority over 

its obligations to the safety of 

vulnerable Victorians.’ 

Right now, the CPVV are in 

VCAT fighting against a Privacy 

Commissioner ruling to release 

documents as part of an FOI 

request, and CPVV continues to 

stonewall this. Really! What are 

they hiding? 

The lack of regulatory 

enforcement of rideshare safety 

requirements has led to multiple 

cases of sexual assaults. This, in 

turn, fuels public opinion that 

rideshare vehicles/drivers are not 

as safe as they purport to be. 

The Regulator’s lack of control and 

enforcement on illegal commercial 

passenger vehicles, primarily 

wedding car operators and 

limousine operators, is a complete 

farce. 

So, where does our industry stand? 

Are we eventually going to 

have a level playing field 

and less bureaucracy in 

the Victorian taxi, hire car, 

and ride-share industry? 

Will there be better control and 

fairness to all by the regulator? 

Will there be better safety 

measures implemented for all 

facets of the industry? 

There is an economic crisis in the 

industry. There are 120,000 drivers 

on Victorian roads fighting for a 

smaller piece of the pie every day. 

It is critical for the regulators to 

understand that their decisions 

affect not only drivers but also their 

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VICTORIA news 

VICTORIAN METRO TAXI 

RANK & HAIL 

Fare Review 

The Essential Services 

Commission (ESC) are reviewing 

maximum fares for unbooked 

taxi services that begin in 

the metropolitan and urban 

zones, which cover most of 

metropolitan Melbourne, 

Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, 

Frankston, Dandenong, and the 

Mornington Peninsula. 

The ESC released their draft 

decision on maximum fares for 

unbooked taxis on 1 July 2022. 

Their draft decision is to 

increase the maximum 

fares for unbooked taxi 

trips that begin in the 

Melbourne metropolitan 

or urban and large 

regional zones by 10.4 per 

cent. 

The proposed increase will apply 

equally to the tariff components 

(flagfall, distance rate and time 

rate) for each tariff period. 

This is the first fare increase 

proposed since 2014 and reflects 

recent increases in the costs 

of providing unbooked taxi 

services. 

The new taxi cost index suggests 

that the costs of operating 

unbooked taxi services have 

increased by 10.4 per cent since 

the last fare review in 2020. The 

main contributors to the 10.4 per 

cent increase are: 

• fuel costs at 6 per cent - 

accounts for the change in 

fuel costs 

• driver labour at 4.3 per cent: 

accounts for the use of the 

Fair Work Commission's 

annual wage review as a 

cost inflator for driver labour 

instead of the wage price 

index (transport, postal and 

warehousing). 

The draft decision takes 

into account the Victorian 

government's recent 

amendments to the Commercial 

Passenger Vehicle Industry 

Act 2017, which gave the 

ESC discretion to consider 

the Fair Work Commission's 

annual wage review and the 

commercial viability of operating 

a taxi service when setting the 

maximum fares. 

The ESC proposes to include a 

fare adjustment mechanism in 

their price determination which, 

if needed, would allow maximum 

fares to automatically increase or 

decrease between fare reviews 

without requiring a price review. 

The fare adjustment mechanism 

will only account for any changes 

in fuel prices and next year's 

wage review by the Fair Work 

Commission. 

Taxi driver earnings depend on a 

combination of: 

• the demand for and supply 

of commercial passenger 

vehicle services 

• the demand for and supply 

of taxi drivers 

• fares charged 

• how revenue is shared 

between taxi drivers and 

operators, which is currently 

at a minimum 55:45 ratio. 


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NEW SOUTH WALES news 

NSW News 

Taxi 

Registration 

NOW ON LINE 

For the first time, almost 5,000 

taxi operators across NSW will 

be able to renew their vehicle 

registration online via the Service 

NSW website, saving them 

from having to visit a Service 

NSW Centre to complete the 

transaction. 

Minister for Customer Service 

and Digital Government Victor 

Dominello said the digitisation 

of the taxi registration process 

was the result of strong advocacy 

of the NSW Taxi Council and 

collaboration with Transport for 

NSW and Service NSW. 

“This is a small but significant win 

for taxi operators, and I want to 

thank the NSW Taxi Council for 

their advocacy for this change 

over several years,” Mr Dominello 

said. 

“Previously, to renew a taxi 

registration, operators were 

required to visit a Service NSW 

Centre during business hours 

or call the Contact Centre to 

complete the transaction,” Mr 

Dominello said. 

“We have listened to industry 

feedback, and as a result of this 

change, taxi owners and operators 

will now be able to renew their 

registration in a way that is most 

convenient to them.” 

“The online form has been 

extensively user tested and only 

takes a few minutes to complete.” 

Taxi operators are required to 

complete their Compulsory Third 

Party Insurance and eSafety 

inspection report before renewing 

their taxi registration online. 

Customers can still attend a 

Service Centre or call 13 77 88 to 

renew their taxi registration if they 

prefer. 


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SA News 

REVIEW 

PASSENGER 

TRANSPORT ACT 1994 

The South Australian Government 

is reviewing the point to point 

transport industry regulation under 

the Passenger Transport Act 1994. 

Point to point transport is any 

service in a vehicle with 12 seats 

or less (including the driver) that 

can take customers on the route 

they choose, at the time that suits 

them, for a fare. This includes 

taxis, chauffeurs and ridesourcing 

(rideshare). 

The review will focus on improving 

the regulatory standards of all 

taxi and ridesource (rideshare) 

operators to help ensure South 

Australians can expect a safe, 

clean and reliable ride, regardless 

of what transport provider they 

choose. 

To help inform the review, the 

Department for Infrastructure 

and Transport is seeking feedback 

about how point to point 

passenger transport should be 

regulated. 

Your feedback will help shape the future of point to 

point transport in South Australia. 

They are wanting feedback from all facets of P2P 

transport, including: 

• Customer experiences travelling around 

the community using taxi, chauffeur and/or 

ridesourcing (rideshare) services. 

• Driver, licence owner and operator experiences in 

providing point to point transport services. 

Fill out the Passenger Transport Act Review Survey to 

help the government better understand your views 

about point to point transport - https://yoursay.sa.gov. 

au/passenger-transport-act-review. 

The closing date for submissions is 1 August, 2022. 

The survey will take approximately 20 minutes to 

complete. 


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WA News 

INCREASE IN 

Rank & Hail Fares 

Maximum metered rank and 

hail (taxi) fares will increase by 

approximately 2% from Monday, 1 

August 2022. 

The increase aims to assist 

On-Demand Booking Services 

(OBDS) and drivers who provide 

rank or hail services, to manage 

increasing operating cost 

pressures. 

ODBSs are reminded that: 

• they cannot increase their 

metered rank or hail fares 

before Monday, 1 August 

2022; and 

• the regulated fares are 

maximums – ODBSs can 

choose to apply all, some, or 

none of the increase to their 

fares. 

This fare increase is an interim 

measure while Department of 

Transport (DoT) is progressing 

its review of the regulation of 

maximum taxi fares. 

The initial consultation stage 

conducted by KPMG has now 

concluded and DoT is currently 

considering the findings. 


WESTERN AUSTRALIA news 

CHANGES TO THE 

Annual vehicle 

inspection 

To assist operators in complying 

with the annual vehicle inspection 

requirement, the Department 

of Transport (DoT) has made 

improvements to the vehicle licence 

renewal process. 

A maximum licence expiry period 

of 12 months applies to any vehicle 

which is subject to an annual 

inspection requirement, which 

includes Passenger Transport 

Vehicles. 

This means that, regardless of which 

renewal period/s you choose (3, 6 

or 12 months), you will be unable to 

renew your licence for a combined 

licence period that is greater than 

12 months without first passing an 

annual inspection. 

Holders of vehicle licences for 

vehicles which are subject to annual 

inspection requirements should 

note the following: 

• You will be unable to renew 

your licence for any period that 

would result in your annual 

inspection being overdue. 

• You will receive an annual 

inspection reminder letter 42 

days before your maximum 

licence expiry date. 

• Once you have completed a 

successful annual inspection, 

you will be sent a renewal 

notice automatically. 

• If your vehicle does not pass a 

required inspection before the 

expiry of the maximum licence 

period (12 months) your vehicle 

licence will expire, the vehicle 

cannot be driven, can be 

impounded, and your insurance 

may be invalid. 

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MASK 

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like the FLU, common COLD and 

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WAV MODIFICATION GRANT 

Expressions of Interest 

Expressions of interest are 

now open for the Wheelchair 

Accessible Vehicle Modification 

Grant 

To help increase accessible 

transport options for people 

with disability, each year, 

Department of Transport (DoT) 

provides grants of up to $20,000 

to assist eligible operators with 

the cost of purchasing and 

installing a wheelchair hoist and 

restraint systems in a wheelchair 

accessible on-demand rank or 

hail (taxi) vehicle. 

Expressions of interest (EOIs) 

are now being accepted from 

authorised on-demand rank or 

hail (taxi) passenger transport 

drivers seeking a Rank or Hail 

Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle 

Modification Grant. 

Expressions of interest close 

5.00pm, Friday 2 September 

2022. 

There are a limited number of 

grants – submitting an EOI does 

not mean you will be successful 

in receiving a grant. 

Please note: If you’re operating 

primarily in the Perth and Peel 

areas, you will need a current 

association arrangement with 

DoT’s dedicated Multi-purpose 

Taxi Dispatch Service (currently 

Black & White Cabs, trading as 

BWC MPT). 



IF YOU SPEED, USE THE PHONE 

OR DON’T WEAR A SEATBELT 

New cameras will 

catch you 

Perth drivers who use their mobile phones and travel 

without wearing seatbelts will be caught on camera in 

a trial of new Australian-first technology. 

For the next three months, six mobile point-to-point 

road safety cameras will be placed in pairs around 

Perth's metropolitan area and up to 200km out on 

regional roads, detecting average and top speeds of 

road users. 

Road Safety Minister Paul Papalia said no fines would 

be issued under the trial, but those caught acting 

egregiously will have their details forwarded to police 

for investigation. 

“Say someone speeding well in excess of the speed 

limit and doing something really dangerous. That 

information obviously can be used by police to 

investigate,” he said. 

Last year, 14 of more than 160 fatalities on the roads 

had not been wearing a seatbelt. 

Papalia said the trial would help inform where large 

numbers of certain types of offences were occurring 

and where to deploy more law enforcement. 

Western Australians are fined $500 for touching or 

using a phone plus three demerit points, but using it 

as a streaming service while driving gets a $1,000 fine 

and four demerit points. 

Not wearing a seatbelt starts at $550. 

There is no limit on the number of cars the cameras 

can photograph at a time, with each car detected. 

Images that do not detect offending behaviour will be 

discarded. 



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QLD News 

MAXIMUM 

FARE 

5.5% INCREASE 

An increase to maximum taxi 

fares of 5.5% took effect on 1 July 

2022, following a review by the 

Department of Transport and 

Main Roads of maximum taxi 

fares. 

Maximum fares apply to all rank 

and hail taxi services. In addition, 

booked hire services are subject 

to maximum fares only if the 

service is for a member of 

the Taxi Subsidy Scheme or 

is provided in a Wheelchair 

Accessible Taxi to a person using 

a wheelchair. 

Maximum fares do not apply for 

all other personalised transport 

services that are booked. Booked 

hire services include booked taxi 

services, limousine and ridebooking 

services. 

A fare estimate (in Australian 

dollars) must be provided before 

the journey commences, or the 

fare is agreed to upfront. 

All taximeters must comply with 

the maximum fares notice and 

must be configured in such a way 

as to only reflect the approved 

fare components. 

New taxi fare stickers are being 

distributed to taxi operators 

throughout the state via TMR’s 

Passenger Transport Offices and 

must be displayed in all taxis by 

29 July 2022. 


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Live Payments, one of Australia’s leading payment providers with over 11,000 

merchants, have announced a new partnership with Visa to help Australian small 

and micro businesses, and taxi operators, accept digital payments securely and 

conveniently using Visa technology. 

Brian McGrory from Visa and Reuven Barukh from Live Payments 


In a game-changer for small 

businesses and a first for taxi 

operators in Australia, Live 

Payments will employ Visa’s Tap to 

Phone technology to transform a 

merchant’s smartphone[1] into a 

point-of-sale device. Participating 

merchants will be able to 

accept fast, secure payments 

from any contactless-enabled 

Visa card, device or wearable, 

which a customer simply taps 

to pay against the merchant’s 

smartphone or tablet. 

With no additional hardware or 

device required, Tap to Phone is an 

especially exciting option for small 

and micro businesses that may not 

have the resources for full point of 

sale infrastructure. 

Brian McGrory, Visa’s head of 

merchant sales and acquiring 

for Australia, New Zealand and 

South Pacific said, “This is opening 

another door to the digital 

economy for small businesses. By 

making it easier to accept digital 

payments anywhere, anytime, Tap 

to Phone is creating new ways 

for small and micro businesses 

to reach customers, prevent lost 

sales, and support cash flow.” 

Research shows consumer 

appetite for the technology too. 

Despite Tap to Phone being new 

to the Australian market, a YouGov 

study of over 1,000 consumers[2] 

shows nearly half (45 per cent) 

would already be likely to use the 

payment option if available, citing 

ease of use (50 per cent), time 

savings (44 per cent), security (43 

per cent) and eliminating the need 

to carry cash (42 per cent) as the 

most popular reasons. 

In a further sign there is appetite 

for Tap to Phone, two in three (66 

per cent) Australians reported 

being inconvenienced having 

to find an ATM to withdraw 

cash to pay businesses such as 

tradespeople or cleaners who 

can’t accept card payments on the 

spot. 

McGrory added, “Given the rapid 

adoption of digital payments and 

the major role smartphones play 

in our day-to-day lives, we expect 

Tap to Phone will become an 

increasingly popular way to pay 

among Australian consumers.” 

Reuven Barukh, CEO at Live 

Payments added: “This is an 

exciting partnership for Live 

Payments. Our integration of 

Visa’s Tap to Phone solution is a 

first for taxi operators and will 

revolutionise the way customers 

and small businesses make and 

receive payments. 

Merchants across the board have 

had to rapidly change how they 

do business, and this new solution 

will facilitate the type of seamless, 

flexible and “no fuss” payment 

processing that people are now 

looking for.” 

Live Payments has also integrated 

their Tap to Phone solution 

with Cybersource, Visa’s global 

payment and fraud management 

platform that provides businesses 

with a one-stop solution for 

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There’s yet 

ANOTHER 

Ride-Share App! 

PASSENGERS 

PITCH the FARE and 

SELECT the DRIVER 

There’s a new ride-sharing app 

in Melbourne, because we need 

more Uber-adjacent services. But 

this one is a little different, as it 

lets you [the passenger] pick your 

driver and suggest a fare. 

It’s called inDriver. 

inDriver announced its Aussie 

launch earlier this year with the 

tagline of being a “revolutionary 

ride-hailing service”. 

“Revolutionary” because it 

“promotes justice in the market”. 

inDriver said it enables passengers 

and drivers to set their own prices 

by negotiating directly. 

How this works is the passenger 

makes a request for a ride (by 

selecting pick-up and drop-off 

locations), and then they suggest a 

price they want to pay for the trip. 

They can also add additional info, 

such as a request for a child’s car 

seat or another stop. 

Drivers nearby can either accept 

the offered fare or make a 

counteroffer. 

The passenger is then presented 

with offers from multiple drivers 

and they choose the one they 


want. In addition to the pitched 

fare, picking your driver can be 

based on their rating (you can see 

this ahead of time), the type of car 

they drive (it’s gonna be a Toyota 

Camry, it always is) and how quick 

they say they can arrive. 

Like with other ride-share services 

[and taxi services], passengers can 

contact the driver before arrival 

and see the car’s approximate 

arrival time and real-time 

geolocation point on the map. 

However, something we can get 

behind is that inDriver does not 

increase prices based on high 

demand or weather. Many of us 

know this as ‘surge pricing’. And 

to get drivers to sign up, inDriver is 

waiving commission requirements 

for the first six months. inDriver 

isn’t saying how much their cut 

is but said it “assures drivers” its 

“commission will be the lowest on 

the market”. 

inDriver currently operates in 

Brisbane and Melbourne. 

by Asha Barbaschow | Gizmodo 

ONLINE 

Safe Driver Training 

RACV has launched its new online 

Safe Driver Training program, 

ensuring participants have access 

to RACV’s high-quality driver 

training program created by 

RACV’s own fleet and road safety 

experts. 

Whether new on the road or 

experienced, the ‘Safety Mindset’ 

approach helps drivers prepare, 

plan ahead, and most importantly, 

have good awareness to help 

avoid incidents. 

RACV Executive General Manager 

Motoring and Mobility, Phil 

Turnbull said RACV’s new program 

was an evolution of RACV’s 

existing classroom-based driver 

safety sessions and in-vehicle 

driver assessments and can help 

make our roads and workplaces 

safer. 

“The online training covers every 

aspect of driver training and 

provides practical advice about 

the vehicle, the road and driver 

behaviours to keep drivers and 

everyone else on the road safe,” 

Mr Turnbull said. 

“It assists participants evaluating 

their unique situation and make 

decisions about how to apply 

their learnings to their work 

environment and become a leader 

for others in their workplace.” 

RACV’s training aligns with the 

Victorian Government’s Road 

Safety Strategy 2021 - 2030, which 

focuses on increasing safety for 

those using the road to get to 

work or from work. 



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overseas news 

Uber’s ‘secret’ lobbying 

meetings with ministers 

after branding Boris Johnson ‘a problem’ to its 

London expansion 

should spark public inquiry 

by Josiah Mortimer | MyLondon 

Uber’s executives should be hauled 

before a public inquiry, the head 

of London’s black cabbies has 

told MyLondon, following fresh 

revelations into the scale of the 

firm’s efforts to fight tougher 

regulations. It comes after the leak 

of 124,000 files on the US giant, 

including 83,000 internal emails 

between 2013 and 2017 - which 

show a concerted campaign to 

urge Boris Johnson not to toughen 

up regulations on the private hire 

company while he was London 

mayor. 

On July 11, 2022 the Guardian 

revealed a “remorseless” lobbying 

campaign to stop Johnson bringing 

in tougher regulation of Uber, 

targeting then-chancellor George 

Osborne as well as ex-PM David 

Cameron who were close to the 

London mayor. 

The firm’s leaked strategy 

in 2014 stated: “The need is 

for a more positive image 

of Uber to be conveyed 

to Boris, by people that 

he trusts and respects,” 

with targets including Tory 

assembly members, No 10 

aides and the regulator, 

Transport for London (TfL) - 

chaired by Johnson. 

The firm hired high-profile lobbyists 

as TfL launched a review of rules 

regulating private hire companies 

like Uber. 

Mr Johnson was viewed as being 

on the side of the black cabs, but 

after a campaign by the company’s 

“friends in government”, the 

paper reported, Mr Johnson 

was “deluged” by complaints 

from Conservative allies about 

his proposals. The Conservative 

mayor’s efforts to regulate Uber 


largely failed. While it is not clear if this was a direct 

result of Uber lobbying, the firm celebrated victory 

in 2016 when several proposals to regulate the firm 

were dropped in TfL’s review. 

But Steve McNamara, General Secretary at the 

Licensed Taxi Drivers Association - which represents 

London black cabbies - said to MyLondon he believed 

the watered-down review was a result of Uber’s 

lobbying. He claimed: “Within minutes of launching 

a review [into Uber and other private hire firms] 

at TfL, Johnson’s deputy mayor for transport was 

getting phone calls from Cameron’s secretary, 

basically saying ‘what the hell is going on?’” 

“Thousands of rides were taking place in London 

in vehicles that weren’t insured. Why has there 

never been an inquiry into what went on? This is 

the biggest scandal of the 21st century. Forget 

partygate. This company was walking in and out of 

No 10. That work paid off with Johnson,” the taxi 

drivers’ leader said. 

The leaked Uber files reveal that Uber 

representatives met with at least six Conservative 

ministers, including then-chancellor George 

Osborne, which were not declared by the ministers, 

between 2014 and 2016. Uber denies allegations the 

meetings were secret. The firm has also claimed that 

some of the lobbying tactics revealed in the leaked 

messages no longer reflect the company. 

However, Mr McNamara said: “They’ve got a 

massive lobbying campaign - they’re still doing it. Go 

to any party conference, and events are sponsored 

by them. But ‘this time they’re [lobbying] better or 

nicer’ they say…” 

“Leopards don’t change their spots - these 

lot are very rich leopards who came in and 

out of No 10 at will.” 

Last year Uber lost a major Supreme Court case that 

meant their drivers now have to be classed as formal 

‘workers’. It entitles them to pay and minimum 

hourly rates from the moment they log on - but 

unions and cab firms have accused Uber of ignoring 

the ruling. 

Taxi and PHV drivers 

should undergo 

Advanced 

Driving Test 

by Perry Richardson | taxi-point.co.uk 

UK - ALL taxi and private hire drivers (PHV) drivers 

should have to undergo an Advanced Driving Test 

(ADT) before being licensed says taxi representative 

after new best practice guidance responses are 

submitted. 

The Government recently closed a 12-week consultation 

to update vital Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle (PHV) 

guidance supplied to local authorities to better cope 

with new digital ways of working following the boom in 

ride-hailing services. 

The London Cab Drivers Club (LCDC) responded, 

making several points around private hire vehicle (PHV) 

recognition, tinted windows and passenger safety. One 

of the recommendations included bringing back the 

ADT to improve the standard of driving in London and 

help the Mayor of London’s ‘Vision Zero’ ambitions. 

Vision Zero aims to eradicate deaths and serious 

injuries from London’s roads and make London a safer, 

healthier and greener place. 

Grant Davis, LCDC, said: “If TfL and the Mayor are really 

serious about their “Net Zero” project in London then 

TfL MUST bring in all these additional changes to their 

licensing process.” 

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, confirmed that the 

ADT will be looked at only once the updated guidance 

is published. Khan said: “The Department for Transport 

is carrying out a consultation on updates to its taxi and 

private hire best practice guidance. Once the updated 

guidance has been published, Transport for London 

(TfL) will give consideration to all the points within it, 

including any guidance on advanced driving tests.” 



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Want a change of scenery? Want to work in a country town with 

a wonderful community? Cohuna and Koondrook Taxi Service is 

up For Sale. We have 2 taxi vehicles - 1 x FG XR6 (100,000 kms) 

and 1 x FG XR6 (200,000 kms). We do everything including DVA 

work and blood transfers from Cohuna Hospital to Swan Hill, 

Echuca and Rochester. Interested? Call Chris or Sue on 0427 

562 974 to find out more details. 

FOR SALE: Taxi Business - VIC 

Surfcoast Taxis. Working along our beautiful coast lines, Great 

Ocean Road through to Colac, Bannockburn and Geelong. Great 

growth areas with room to expand. We have 5 x10 seater Maxi 

vans all with 2 wheelchairs access and 10 late model Hybrid 

Camrys. Permanent work for all cars. Call Stan - 0429 672 888. 

FOR SALE: Taxi Business - WA 

Situated on the south coast of WA servicing two towns. Very 

profitable business consists of 2 x 7-seat people movers and 3 

sedans. Also associated are two further vehicles, an eight seat 

people mover and a small SUV. In the process of converting to 

computer dispatch and reporting. Contact Ian 0423 279 809. 

CPV Centre www.cpvcentre.com.au 

ONE STOP SHOP FOR ALL YOUR CPV REQUIREMENTS 

• Latest Taxi Camera Technology - 1080 1TB HD 

• RIDESHARE Mini Internal Cameras 

• Taxi Domes - Stickers - Tactile / Braille Numbering 

• Independent Taxi SET-UP • Car Window Tinting 

• Cabcharge supply - installation - repairs 

• 30 years Master Mechanic Equipment Installation 

COMPETITIVE PRICES Call us on: 0434 423 423 

LEASES WANTED - Brisbane 

We are expanding in Brisbane. We will pay $100 to lease 

assignments. Call into our office in Salisbury & ask for Tuna 

Guclu or call 0419 484 666 to discuss price & terms.

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