Dear members,
We are approaching the date on which the taxi industry in Perth will be totally deregulated. Despite asset/property laws, despite the constitution, the WA politicians decided to bend over to lobbyists of multinational companies.
This Newsletter contains:
Rita Saffoti letter please click the link to read
Questions and answers in regards to the reforms (May2019)
Please explain:
Please refer to the previous answers provided to TOLD on 8 March 2019, published online in the March TOLD Newsletter. Specifically questions 3 and 4.
From mid-2019 all taxi plates, taxi-car, regular passenger transport and charter vehicle licences will be replaced by a single Passenger Transport Vehicle (PTV) authorisation. The PTV authorisation fee will be about $115 for a 12-month authorisation, with a one-time application fee of approximately $15 per application.
Booking services are required to be transparent in the determination of their fares. If a vehicle is using a taxi meter fares must not exceed the maximum amounts outlined in the Regulations. It will be up to individual businesses to decide whether to charge a surcharge based on time or availability, or to charge less than any regulated maximums. Surge pricing is not permitted if there is a declared state of emergency for the area.
The Department of Transport will continue to require all on-demand vehicles to be inspected on an annual basis.
Motor Injury Insurance (MII) premiums are currently under review by the Insurance Council of Western Australia (ICWA). Once the review is complete the Department of Transport will communicate any changes in MII to customers.
Multi-affiliation has been available to taxi operators since July 2016. It will be a business arrangement between the operator and their dispatcher(s) as to the number of meters that would be used.
All on-demand vehicles will need to be identifiable from mid-2019. Existing requirements for rank or hail taxis to be identifiable as a taxi will remain, charter vehicles will need to have prominent livery or display identifiable signage when operating. Signage requirements will be specified in regulations, with the intent being that the logo or brand of the booking service is recognisable from the rear of the vehicle from a reasonable distance and be visible at both day or night.
Country taxi-car licensees in the Mandurah and Murray local districts have been included in the liveable area due to their close proximity of operation with the Perth metro area. Operators in these areas have been given an Adjustment Assistance Grant (AAG) of $10,000 per licence to support their move from country restricted operation to a metropolitan one. This grant was stipulated in the Act.
Buyback payments are expected to be made in the first week of July 2019, once the relevant regulations have been made and applications have been assessed.
Brocken promise on the 4 years cap, The Ministers answer:
See the letter:
Message from Small Business Party
The executives of TOLD have asked for our recommendations/suggestions on ‘How to Vote’ in the forthcoming federal election. The Small Business Party (SBP) is a state organisation and are not running in the forthcoming Federal Election.
We focus our efforts on helping small businesses in our state. The Small Business Party is more aware about the injustice done to the taxi plates owners than any other party and we will continue to fight for fair compensation.
The members of the major parties (Labor & Greens or Liberal & Nationals) have let you down and plainly do not deserve your vote. The duopoly of Australian politics is falling apart as new smaller parties emerge. It is time to do away with Libs/Laborcartels and give some power to the real people. Small Business Party recommends voting for the minor parties ONLY.
We have selected ten minor parties running in this election based on past support for our cause and the likelihood of support in the future.
To make you vote formal/valid you must put a minimum six (6) numbers. Please vote above the line only, since this will reduce the chances of your vote being declared informal, on a technicality.
Make your vote formal/valid by following this simple process:
A Pick a party you wish to vote for
B Find that party on the Ballot Paper. The position on the ballot paper is indicated by the letter in brackets. For example, Pauline Hanson One Nation (PHON) are first on the ballot and have the letter (A). Australian Christians are eleventh on the ballot paper and have received the letter (K) i.e., eleventh letter of the alphabet.
C. Number at least six parties and vote above the line ONLY.
Here are our recommended parties
1.Pauline Hanson One Nation(A)
2.Australian Christians (K)
3.Fishers and Shooters (P)
4.WA Party (H)
5.CEC(O)
6.Sustainable Australia (V)
7.Animal Justice(L)
8.Health Australia(T)
9.Great Australian Party (R)
10.Yellow Vest Party (S)
We hope this will help. But don’t forget our priority is the next State Election in two years time.
Small Business Party, 10th May 2019
Please Note: the politicians were hoping that once paying the plate owners compensation (such an inadequate amount) the issue would simply ‘go away’. This is not the first time they are completely wrong.
TOLD executives have promised to fight for faircompensation, we will fight and do whatever it takes. We are people of honour, unlike our current politicians. We are communicating with other states to achieve our goal. More information will be forwarded in our July Newsletter. Please note that due to the time consuming buy-back and deregulation process there will be no Newsletter in June.
TOLD Directors
