What Department of Transport has NOT said about the Depot Fee Subsidy

Many of the drivers/operators believe that they will be receiving funding assistance to the tune of $250 per operator and that they will be entitled to any extra funds – i.e. if the BSP was only charging $120 per month, the driver believes that he/she is entitled to be refunded $130 from the BSP.
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1. Is Department of Transport (DoT) going to inform the drivers and operators exactly how the Depot Fee subsidy will be working?
2. What constitutes a Large BSP?
3. Do we presume correctly that the Large BSPs are 13cabs, Silver Top Taxis, Black & White Cabs, Crown Cabs, Ballarat Taxis, Bendigo Taxis and Geelong Taxis?

4. How long after a Small BSP has completed and lodged their answers to the Survey, will they receive their allocated funding?

5. Since the Premier has implemented Stage 4 lockdown and additional restrictions, thus further delaying the re-opening of businesses, will government also consider extending this Depot Fee subsidy for the next ¼ - November 2020, December 2020, January 2021?

DoT conducted a presentation on Wednesday 23 September for industry stakeholders, and we have these questions and more. So many questions, that we have emailed them to DoT for answers, answers which we are yet to receive... we will keep our members updated.