Taxis
Made a mess in a cab? Now you'll be asked to pay for it
Cab drivers won't be able to charge more for unbooked fares, but they will be able to make dirty users pay for their mess.
- by Anthony Colangelo
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Uber
McGowan defiant in the wake of taxi legislation death threats
Following death threats to MPs Premier Mark McGowan has warned if the taxi plate buyback legislation doesn't pass parliament then there won't be any compensation.
- by Hamish Hastie
Taxis
State government drives transport reform with taxi plate buyback bill
Uber, Ola and taxi rides are due to become a bit more expensive to pay for the taxi plate buyback scheme.
- by Hamish Hastie
Taxis
Charter vehicle owners voice concern over taxi plate levy
Small charter vehicle operators want the government to revise its 10 per cent taxi plate buyback levy.
- by Hamish Hastie
Taxis
Queensland taxi passenger brandishes large knife
A Brisbane taxi driver flagged down a passing police car after his passenger allegedly produced a knife.
Taxis
Brisbane Ubers outnumber taxis more than three-to-one, leading to calls for a cap
A Brisbane Uber driver said the number of rideshare licences should be capped after seeing their income drop since the end of 2017.
- by Toby Crockford
Botched handling of $50m fund added to taxi industry pain: Ombudsman
Victoria’s Ombudsman says distress of financially stricken taxi licence owners was made worse by botched handling of $50 million “fairness fund”.
- by Adam Carey
Goodbye yellow: Melbourne taxi operator to dump distinctive colour
Melbourne's yellow taxis could be a thing of the past, with one of the city's biggest taxi operators deciding to ditch the iconic colour.
- by Evan Grahame & Timothy Cox
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Hospitals
Ambulance Victoria orders taxi to take woman with acute appendicitis to hospital
Danielle was in excruciating pain, but Ambulance Victoria told her to take a taxi to hospital. It turned out she had acute appendicitis.
- by Aisha Dow
Taxis
Taxi driver attacked by three men in Melbourne's CBD
A taxi driver was assaulted in Melbourne's CBD early Saturday morning.
- by Matilda Boseley
Daniel Andrews
'Vile abuse': Online death threats against premier, minister aired in parliament
Death threats against Premier Daniel Andrews and Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan from members of the taxi industry have been aired in parliament.
- by Adam Carey