Taxi Tax News & Views from Taxi Tax Australia

From: The West Australian.  This coming Monday will see the official opening of the new South Hedland taxi rank as the three month trial kicks off. The taxi rank will close at 8pm this Sunday night for the reopening on ...

From: The Queensland Times.  TAXI Council Queensland CEO Benjamin Wash has blasted the state for making 16 recommendations for new legislation, including that ride-sharing services such as Uber won’t have to have cameras installed. “Since the State Government’s regulatory changes ...

From: The Sun UK.  THIS is shocking moment a passenger attacks her taxi driver and wipes her snotty nose on the car’s backseat. Stephanie Young, 28, had booked a trip with the online cab company Lyft and hopped into the ...

From: Newcastle Herald. ZACHARY Joel Dowling was drunk and angry in May, 2014 when he called a taxi to Kurri Kurri, bashed and kicked the driver and threatened to cut his throat before driving the terrified driver at reckless speeds for three ...

From: Yahoo News.  The Queensland government will introduce legislation to state parliament on Wednesday to reform the operations of ride-sharing services like Uber. A parliamentary committee earlier this month made 16 recommendations for the new legislation, including that ride-sharing services ...

From: ABC News. Performer, Ariana Grande, had left the stage at Manchester Arena when there was an explosion near the foyer. The concert-goers, mainly young women and girls, attempted to flee the area. As they spilled out onto the streets, ...

From: Bay 93.9 News. Two men have threatened a local taxi driver in an early morning attempted armed robbery. The driver was waiting for a fare on Boundary Road, Newcomb around four this morning, when police say he heard a ...

From: Nine News.  A Melbourne taxi driver who covered his internal security camera before sexually assaulting an intoxicated female passenger has been jailed. Judge Wendy Wilmoth said Hayat Khan, 38, committed a brazen and gross breach of trust when he ...

From: The Australian. Victorian taxi drivers have lost homes and life savings and been driven to suicide as the value of ­licences for which they paid hundreds of thousands of dollars have been reduced to virtually nil by ride-sharing services, ...

From: Herald Sun. ENERGETIC great grandmother Patricia “Pat” Prendergast’s independent lifestyle came to an abrupt halt when an enraged taxi driver reversed into her in a moment of “Keystone Cops” madness. The now 96-year-old was forced to leave her Wendouree ...