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NEWS UPDA TE

Taxi Licence
values and

lease prices

SOUTH
AUSTRALIA
NEWS The South Australian Department of Planning,

Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) has
advised it will no longer be providing details
of lease and transfer prices to the industry.
Unless the industry can share the
information, there will be no accurate data to
provide to Agencies such as Centrelink, the
ATO or financial institutions which may be
considering lending on the taxi licence asset.

This comes on top of the industry not being
provided with details of compliance activity
on taxis and separately for rideshare vehicles.

CTP REVIEW

The Compulsory Third Party Regulator is
preparing for the next round of premium
settings and invited the industry to provide a
submission. It would be useful to have more
information on the types and average cost
of claims which at this stage the Regulator
has not agreed to provide. There is some
evidence that the cost of claims is reducing
so we are hoping for a further decrease in the
premiums. Regardless of any small decrease,
the industry will not be satisfied until there
is a level playing field with rideshare and taxi
premiums. The Taxi Council has asked for a
review of the premium setting for all point-to-
point providers.

ADELAIDE AIRPORT TAXI RANK

The Taxi Rank Concierge program at the
Adelaide Airport Taxi Rank was managed by
the Taxi Council SA from February 2009. On

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