We recently undertook a survey on the type, make and colour of vehicle that our members within the taxi, hire car and limousine industry prefer and had quite a resounding response. Here are the results.

Top 5 vehicles that would be purchased for use in this industry.
1. Toyota 41%
2. Lexus 10%
3. Hyundai 2%
4. Holden 1%
5. Ford 1%

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.