Lost retirement in Australian taxi plates

Before Uber illegally entered NSW, the cost of a licence climbed to $425,000 and above.  Do people have to go bankrupt, suffer severe depression, commit suicide, lose their superannuation and dignified retirement or alternatively land up on unemployment benefits because of bad political manipulation and interference? This has absolutely nothing to do with market forces.

Long term lack of delivery of hardship package to the NSW taxi industry

Hard working Australians who purchased taxi plate licences in NSW as part of their superannuation and retirement are financially and emotionally suffering due to the ill advised decisions made by the NSW State Liberal Government and to make it worse, to date have continued to fail on the delivery of the Additional Assistance package which was promised to be closed in July 2017. This amount is both too little and too late.

Many of our NSW taxi licensees have been under tremendous pressure due to this onslaught of an unequal level playing field competition from app-dispatched services.

Relief for the NSW Taxi Industry is here in 2018

Reforms to compulsory third party insurance (CTP) will mean a level playing field for taxis, hire cars and ride sharing vehicles. Taxi premiums will be reduced by up to 40 per cent. A long awaited boost for the taxi industry.

Taxis currently pay much higher CTP premiums than other point-to-point services. Under the reforms, taxi CTP premiums will be reduced by up to 40 per cent. The Motor Accident Injuries Bill 2017 was passed by the NSW Parliament on 30 March 2017. The new CTP scheme will commence in December 2017. As a result, premiums paid by point-to-point transport vehicle owners, such as taxis, hire cars and ride sharing vehicles, will be based on usage.

See the table below to find out how much you’re likely to save when the new CTP scheme starts in December 2017 as stated by SIRA.

Taxi Owner’s Small Business Association (TOSBA)

The Taxi Owner’s Small Business Association Inc. (TOSBA) was established to represent the interests of taxi owners acting as small businesses in New South Wales.

Failure by RMS to enforce fines on rideshare vehicles. Not a level playing field and it never was.

NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance in June 2015 says fines continue for UberX drivers, flags overhaul of taxi regulation. Regrettably the facts state otherwise.  Andrew Constance has not directed nor followed up with RMS on these fines or prosecutions. According to the article, the government has been fining and attempting to prosecute UberX drivers, using the Passenger Transport Act, but has faced difficulty doing so.

It is clear and apparent that the NSW State Government task force has failed to deliver. UberX drivers continue to avoid hundreds of thousands of dollars in CTP costs and other expenses that are regulated upon the taxi industry. Costs which continue to be incurred by taxi plate licence owners and therefore UberX / commercial ride sharers are not playing on a “level playing field”. How is this allowed?

No safety cameras in commercial ride share vehicles! Shame on the NSW State Transport Services Division.

The NSW Transport Department has failed to minimise safety risk  to the public and driver in commercial ride share vehicles. Sydney Uber driver says he had ‘consent sex’ with passenger and pleads not guilty to rape, that is just one example. There is no legislative requirement for commercial ride share vehicles to have surveillance cameras installed nor public liability and both these issues must be addressed for the safety of all. It is a core value of NSW Transport, yet it is not enforced for rideshare. Why is this so??? Taxi vehicles in NSW by law must have security cameras installed and public liability as directed by Transport Services Division.

No safety camera in commercial ride share vehicle = lack of evidence in court of law = less chance of a rightful conviction = not safe for public

No one should be a victim because of bad policy decision or regulation ruling.

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Mission

The extreme importance of hard working Australian taxi owners in Sydney and rural New South Wales areas being united, communicating with each other, placing pressure on the NSW Liberal State Government and other politicians to change their position and keeping you up to date with developments and other parties who become involved in our plight.

NSW Taxi place licence holders/owners in the Sydney metropolitan  now realise that the value of their investment, livelihood and income are being destroyed by the lack of consultation, transition and proper planning by the NSW Liberal State Government and other politicians influenced by the multinational conglomerate UberX and other commercial ride sharing transport suppliers.

‘U’nconscionable, ‘U’n-Australian, ‘U’nfair, ‘U’nacceptable