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TELL YOUR MP

TO STOP

VICTORIA TOUTING
NEWS

Transport Matters Party Leader Rod Barton is
encouraging members of the taxi industry and
the public to urge Labor Government Ministers
and Legislative Council members to vote in
favour of his private member's bill to put a stop
to the dangerous practice of touting in Victoria.
Members of Victoria's Legislative Council will
vote on the Commercial Passenger Vehicle
Industry Amendment Bill to end touting on
November 13.
"This aggressive and predatory behaviour is not
how we should be greeting people arriving in our
city," says Mr Barton.

"The number of touts at Melbourne Airport
is increasing daily with as many as 50 men
approaching passengers as they leave the
airport, and it's spreading into inner city streets
and at all our major events."

Mr Barton says his advice to anyone approached
by a tout is to walk away.

"You're not getting a cheaper deal. You're not
getting any deal. You don't know who this person
is, if they're an accredited driver or just a person
off the street out to make a buck. You don't know
if their vehicle is safe, if they have the appropriate
insurance or really where they might take you.
"Don't get into a car with a tout," advises Mr
Barton.
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