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RedBook is still being allowed to undertake London Cabs in Australia were going to
vehicle safety checks for the Victorian take over the taxi industry nationally.
regulator - CPVV, even though it has been Well, that's what they said back in 2013
caught out on not checking vehicles when 100 London style cabs landed in
properly and thoroughly. Perth. What happened to the plan?

All around Australia there are vehicles operating as taxis which
multi fare can carry 6 or more passengers or transport 1 or 2 wheelchair
passengers. This is great! But the problem is that the drivers of
vehicles these vehicles are not servicing the wheelchair passenger market
effectively - they are often looking for the multi fares, or the fare
that will definitely give them the Lifting / Handling fee bonus.
Drivers - we need you to be doing your job and transport those
who are wheelchair bound - no questions asked.

Essential Services Commission should be taking the annual CPI increase into account when they next
revisit the maximum taxi fares. The arena in which the Victorian taxi industry operates has changed
very dramatically over the past few years - and yet the fares have not seen an increase. Prices of
everything else have gone up, cost of living has increased, so why not the taxi fares?

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