Taxi Tax News & Views from Taxi Tax Australia

From: The Courier Mail. THE assault on the value of taxi licences in Brisbane brought about by ride-sharing service Uber has intensified. Documents released under Right to Information show the price of licences has dropped significantly. Sixteen taxi service licences ...

From: Nine News. A man will face court accused of using a syringe to rob a Darwin taxi driver. Police say the cabbie picked up the 28-year-old who then threatened him with the empty syringe before making off with a ...

From: The Courier. Ballarat taxi owners say they deserve almost triple the state government’s $100,000 licence buy-back offer. Under the government’s proposal, taxi licence holders would receive $100,000 for their first license and $50,000 for their second, third and fourth licences. But Victorian Taxi ...

From: News.com.au. SYDNEYSIDERS can expect to enjoy cheaper taxi rides under new laws aimed at helping drivers compete with Uber. In a radical change to how the state’s taxi industry is regulated, drivers will be allowed to turn off their ...

From: News.com.au. Police are concerned for the safety of Sydney taxi drivers after three drivers were attacked in one day in the city’s inner suburbs. One man is believed to be behind the attacks which followed a similar pattern on ...

From: NT News. A TEENAGER who police allege was involved in a robbery of a taxi driver at knifepoint in Millner last month has been charged. Police allege the 14-year-old male was working with three co-offenders when the taxi driver ...

From: The Australian.  Sydney taxis will be able to turn off their meters as part of a radical package of reforms designed to help them compete with ride­sharing firms such as Uber. Although new regulations haven’t been finalised, fare de­regulation ...

From: Nine News. A proposed $2 levy to compensate taxi drivers as Uber enters the market in Victoria should be lower in country areas of the state and have a specific end date, a parliamentary committee said. The Andrews Labor ...

From: Yahoo News.  Warsaw (AFP) – Two thousand Polish taxi drivers on Monday snarled traffic in the capital Warsaw by driving at a snail’s pace to protest against competitors including the controversial ride-sharing app Uber. Traditional cab operators argue that ...

From: Australian Business Traveller.  High flyers may soon have a new way to get around Dubai, swapping taxis for one-person drones buzzing through the sky. They may look like an oversized version of the typical drone, but they’re far more ...