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

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….

Buyback Submission with Appendices A B and C and Confirmation of Receipt

Our Proposal and Pathway to Negotiation and Resolution: We believe that success with our proposal is only likely if: (a) You consider a buyback and the expenditure of taxpayers’ dollars is fair, appropriate and justified; (b) You consider taking out a loan (as had been the case before) from the Macquarie Bank (or elsewhere) for…

To All ACTTPOA Members – UPDATE 12th June 2018

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…

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INNOVATION WORKING GROUP STAKEHOLDER FORUM – CONSULTATION TAXI INDUSTRY INNOVATION REFORM

ATTENTION : To all ACT Taxi Plate Owners, The Australia Capital TerritoryINNOVATION-WORKING-GROUP-STAKEHOLDERS-FORUM  (PDF) is attached as our submission (as stakeholders) lodged today with the Innovation Reform Group in ACT.

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Implementation ACT Working Group Survey of Taxi Plate Owners – Survey Form attached

To all ACTTPOA members, The above attached re-drafted Survey for taxi plate owners has been received again from Government.  Having received some reaction and responses from owners to the Survey last sent out just a few short weeks ago I was hesitant to send it out again.  In fact I  conveyed to government at that time…

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ACT TAXI OWNERS AGM Reminder – 12 Noon, Saturday 22 July, 2017 at the Ainslie Football Club, 52 Wakefield Avenue, AINSLIE

To all ACTTPOA members, Our AGM will be conducted from 12 noon, on Saturday 22 July, in the “Gungahlin Room” of the Ainslie Football club, 52 Wakefield Avenue Ainslie.  It is MOST important that every member make a concerted effort to attend this meeting as the subjects on the agenda are those of most concern to each of us. …

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ACT Plate Owners – Request for Input – Taxi Industry Reform – Consultation

To all Australian ACT Taxi Plate Owners (Canberra) The Innovation Working Group has undertaken to consult with all interested parties involved in the ACT taxi Industry concerning reforms being undertaken by them.  As part of their “Phase Two (2)” which requires amendments to legislation and developing detailed regulations they have sought to consult with all…

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Taxi leases crash to $5,000 for ACT taxi owners in 2017 to 2022

ACT Taxi Lease Fees manipulated by Government The taxi industry in ACT has been in a downhill spiral since the coming of Uber in 2015, which ended the duopoly that the perpetual taxi owners and ACT government mutually shared in the local market. Investments of up to $275,000 were made by licence owners on the…