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ACT On Demand Transport Industry reforms – ODTI industry roundtable session (5 Dec 11.00AM – 2.00PM)

ByConcerned Taxi Owner

The ACT Government’s 2015 reforms to the on-demand transport industry have had a significant impact on consumers and industry participants. That package of reforms and their impacts have been formally evaluated, with extensive input from industry and the community.  The ACT Government has taken up most of the formal evaluation’s recommendations for follow-on reforms.  We…

To All ACTTPOA Members – UPDATE 12th June 2018

ByConcerned Taxi Owner

12th June 2018 To All ACTTPOA Members It is with great frustration that I write to you to advise that ACTTPOA still cannot give you any worthwhile information on what is happening with your taxi plate in the ACT. I am regularly in contact with the Ministers office to try and gleam some information for…

Melbourne cab drivers sue Uber for $500 million in damages and ‘lost profits’

ByConcerned Taxi Owner

As stated at 9News.com.au, Melbourne cab drivers are suing Uber for $500 million, claiming the ride sharing giant deprived them of their livelihoods. The class action law suit, set to be filed in the coming weeks, will look to recover profits allegedly lost during Uber’s operation in Melbourne prior to being legalised. Drivers are also suing…

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‘People in are crying to me on the phone’: Taxi owners face bankruptcy

ByConcerned Taxi Owner

A reporter for The Canberra Times, Daniel Burdon has highlighted on 19 September 2018 the injustice being faced by taxi owners in ACT and have taken the liberty to share his report verbatim. Read below: Canberra’s taxi plate owners are facing potential bankruptcy as the ACT government looks to increase the territory regulated taxi plate…

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ABC Report: Lives and livelihoods destroyed in response to collapse of Australian taxi licence values

ByConcerned Taxi Owner

Taxi suicides in Australia After a spate of recent suicides, taxi licence holders and their families are warning of the mounting human toll of deregulating their industry. Since the arrival of Uber and other ride-sharing apps, a once lucrative investment has plummeted in value. Background Briefing is daring narrative journalism by an Australian investigations with impact….

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AGM on Sunday 16 September, 2018 at the Ainslie Football Club, 52 Wakefield Avenue , AINSLIE 2pm

ByConcerned Taxi Owner

This is to confirm that the convening of a SGM/ AGM on Sunday 16 September, 2018 at the Ainslie Football Club, 52 Wakefield Avenue , AINSLIE from 2.00 PM The meeting is considered vital in determining the future of the association and all members are urged to make every effort to attend. An agenda, with motions submitted (as an attachment…