Victoria's Department of Transport has announced the details of this subsidy which will provide grants to support regional BSPs in ensuring vulnerable regional Victorians, including the elderly or those with a disability, retain access to CPV services.

This funding will provide grants to support SMALL BSPs that primarily service regional areas.

Grants on offer will be between $3,000 to $12,000.

Payments will be scaled according to the size of the BSP and the circumstances in the regional area.

Victoria's Department of Transport has announced the details of this grant.

Eligibility
All BSPs, including operators/drivers who are exempt from registering as a BSP with CPVV due to only operating 1 or 2 vehicles, ARE ELIGIBLE to apply for a Cleaning Support Grant.

CPV owners and drivers whose vehicle receives bookings through a BSP are NOT ELIGIBLE for this grant, as your BSP has been told to support you through the grant that they will receive.

Victoria's Department of Transport has announced the details of this subsidy. All BSPs that have at least one WAV in their fleet will receive this subsidy. In turn the BSPs must share this subsidy with all owners and drivers who are associated with them for the months of August, September and October. This is to be done through reduced depot/association fees.

BSPs will receive a $250 subsidy for the number of active vehicles that they had active during June 2020. This money will be paid for 3 months, representing August, September and October.

The $22m CPV Industry Assistance Package is a very welcomed offer of financial relief to the Operators and Booking Service Providers.

There are 2 parts of this package that have been actioned:

1. the alterations to the MPTP scheme (which is automatically happening) and
2. the refund of the $1 trip levy paid. The entity who paid the levy simply needs to log into their State Revenue Office portal and select for it to be refunded.

​Snippets of Rod Barton MP's guest speaker appearance at the recent TAA General Meeting (25/06/20).

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Victorian government have announced a $22.7million COVID-19 assistance package for the CPV industry – one of the largest support packages in the country for the taxi and hire car industry and it will be implemented in August 2020.

It includes:-

• Doubling the wheelchair lifting fee from $20.80 to $41.60 per lift for accessible vehicles
• Increasing the MPTP fund from 50 percent to 70 percent

One of the largest support packages in the country for the taxi and hire car industry.
 
Victorian government has announced a $22.7 million package for the Victorian Taxi and Hire Car industry.

This industry has suffered an enormous impact due to the COVID-19 crisis, seeing an 80% drop in taxi demand and close to 100% drop in hire car demand.

Taxis, in particular, are an essential service that play a vitally important role in our society. For many Victorians, taxis are the only form of transport available to them, especially people in wheelchairs and those who live in regional and rural Victoria. The government has an obligation to support taxi services for Victorians who rely on them and to ensure they are there as the economy recovers.