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.

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.

A hygiene training course for taxi and personalised transport drivers was launched today to ensure drivers understand and use hygiene best practises during the COVID-19 crisis.

TAA and driver professional development provider, DRVR Training, have partnered to ensure drivers and operators are up to speed on cleaning and sanitising requirements and standards needed to keep drivers and passengers safe.

The industry we represent has gone through many upheavals, changes and ideals over the past decade. The name Commercial Passenger Vehicle Association of Australia (CPVAA) is synonymous with the taxi and hire car industry in Victoria, as the government refers to these vehicles as commercial passenger vehicles.

To keep up-to-date with all that is happening in Victoria and Australia, we have reached out to other States and are now setting up State branches and we feel it necessary to change our name to something more appropriately reflecting all participants in the transport industry.

Registrants in the Class Action against Uber received notification this week that the case is ready for filing in the Victorian Supreme court. 

Commercial Passenger Vehicle Association of Australia president André Baruch, who is also a registrant, said he was delighted to see the Class Action gathering momentum.