Government on Notice Below is the letter sent to ACT Minister: Dear Minister Re ACT Taxi Plate Owners Association objection to release of taxi plates I write to you in your capacity as Minister for Business and Regulatory Affairs. I act on behalf of the ACT Taxi Plate Owners Association (“the Association”). The Association is…
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…
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…
To Taxi Owners, Please download and fill in the proxy form template below. It is a MS Word Document. Please email the filled in proxy form to the appointed person representing you. ACTTPOA Proxy Form TEMPLATE Kind Regards ACTTPOA Association
Australian Taxi Suicides Journalist: Alex Mann from ABC covers the heart of the story. Its all about Mums and Dads purchasing their taxi licences in good faith borrowing against the value of their house. Some now have a $600,000 debt. “To take it away from me without compensating me fairly is not fair at all.”…
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….
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…
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…
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.
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…