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six-month subsidy Point to Point
of CTP insurance,
registration fees and
other on road costs. Transport Vehicle

Any vehicle de- Sanitisation Station
registered since 1
May 2020 can be re- Trial
registered by 30 June
2020 to be eligible.

• $1.55m has been set
aside to cover up to
six months of the taxi
licence fee to holders of
annual renewable Taxi
licences issued by the
NSW Government.
This will provide around
$7,000 assistance to
these holders of annual
licences.

• $968,000 has been
set aside to provide The first Sanitisation Station Program the Dubbo Region to offer this service,
a waiver of the first for Regional/Country NSW was to re-assure the local community that
$500 payable of the opened on Tuesday 19 May 2020 in ongoing cleaning practices were in
2018/19 authorisation Dubbo. place in order to protect passengers
fees for all authorised and drivers from COVID-19”.
service providers, which The Sanitisation Station has been set
includes Taxi service up at Dubbo Buslines and will service An official media announcement
providers and booking all Point to Point vehicles in Dubbo event was held on Wednesday 20
service providers. and surrounding areas. May 2020, with Minister for Regional
Transport and Roads, Paul Toole,
The President of the Country Taxis together with Local Member for
Applications for the support Operator Association, Mr Geoff Ferris
package are expected to start said, “This was a great opportunity for Dubbo, Dugald Saunders also in
in June 2020 via Service NSW attendance.
website and Service NSW
Centres.

Whilst this package is
welcomed in supporting
the Taxis that are currently
operating, the next challenge
for the NSW Taxi Industry is
to see how we get the over
3,000 Taxis that are currently
de-registered back into
circulation.

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