The Essential Services Commission is conducting their bienniel review of Unbooked Taxi Fares.
You can read the full ESC consultation paper and provide a direct submission of your own here.

Send your thoughts by email before 30 April to - linda.demelis@taa-national.com.au.

Dateline: April 2020 Melbourne, Australia

In the lead up to Christmas 2020 the streets are slowly coming back to normal, but society has changed from where it was just months ago, 12 months ago.  There are fewer people around, as we all got used to the idea of tele-working. There are fewer vehicles on the road and more green spaces.

Representatives from TAA once again attended the Commercial Passenger Vehicles Victoria industry stakeholders’ video meeting on Wednesday 15 April 2020. There were no major updates to report and still nothing about further financial assistance for CPV industry stakeholders. We can only hope that next week's meeting will bring welcome news.

The restrictions imposed on us all as a result of this pandemic have reduced rank and hail to being almost non-existant while bookings coming through the networks are few and far between. Many are experiencing a drop in earnings in excess of 70% yet the discounts being offered by the major networks on their monthly fees in response to the pandemic are far from comparable.

Did you know that Taxi Drivers are Sole Traders?

TAA has been keeping up to date with announcements from the Government and has rounded up the grants and funding available to sole traders and businesses. The following applies to sole traders at the time of publishing (8 April 2020).

TAA recommends you contact your accountant for advice relating to your individual circumstances.

Supplies of sanitiser, personal hygiene and cleaning products will be available to commercial passenger vehicles driver and operators in the next few days after TAA Victoria state director André Baruch and industry stakeholders asked for assistance to secure products at the regulator industry group meeting on Wednesday.

Drivers have struggled to access products due to increased demands through normal retail outlets.