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Liberals join Labor in turning their backs on taxi families

Liberals join Labor in turning their backs on taxi families

The Victorian Liberal Party have announced that they intend to scrap the Commercial Passenger Trip Levy which was introduced in 2018 to compensate taxi and hire car licence owners after deregulating the industry. Rod Barton MP is calling on Matthew Guy to reverse this...

Barton calls on major parties to address failing industry

Barton calls on major parties to address failing industry

With the Victorian election looming, there is one critical issue that has been neglected by the major parties, the commercial passenger vehicle industry. The industry has a ‘new’ regulator, Transport Safety Victoria, yet this mere name change has failed to alleviate...

Governments must act on trackless trams to Rowville

Governments must act on trackless trams to Rowville

“It is so critical that we improve mobility in the South-East economic corridor. Travel times may be bearable now, but we know that congestion will almost double by 2030. We must prepare for the future.”

Melbourne Airport Taxi Rank

Melbourne Airport Taxi Rank

It is clearly an unethical restriction of trade for these security guards to hold taxis at the holding bay while passengers are queued up at the taxi rank waiting for a taxi.