The NSW Taxi Council is urging the state government to buy back taxi licences and lease them to the industry “at an appropriate rate for the market that we have” as cabs struggle to compete with ride-share services.
Taxi Council CEO Martin Rogers said his council is having “constructive conversations” with the NSW government about how to fix the problem of taxi drivers having to pay extra costs compared to ride-share drivers and he believes “it can be fixed”. “Let’s look at those costs that operators have to level the playing field and let’s make sure that drivers who want to operate can, and can make a decent living,” he said.
nswtaxi A KFC opened next to my Chicken Shop & just sent me broke. They had Govt subs to employ kids at half the price I could. Just like Govt. Subsidies given to Woolies, Coles, McDonalds etc. WILL THE GOVT. PLEASE PAY ME MY INVESTMENT BACK AS MY CHICKEN SHOP WAS MY RETIRMENT FUND?
nswtaxi The Taxi Industry is own worst enemy. People were sick of getting into smelly unsafe vehicles with non speaking English drivers & the theft & assaults that were also instigated by the Drivers! The Taxi Industry allowed this to happen to itself. UBER was the savior of Pub-trans!