Australia Taxi News

The Fells inquiry into the taxi industry has been labelled a "dud" by the former Taxi Services Commissioner...

After years of intense lobbying to get the privileges of the taxi industry, ride sharing app Uber has refused to be labelled a taxi in order to avoid GST.

TAXI drivers are preparing to be slammed this weekend due to the combination of new state alcohol laws, the three-day Supercars event and more than 1100 medical students attending a conference in the city.

An unlicensed taxi driver dragged a female cab inspector 50 metres while her head was in the car before she managed to scramble into the vehicle and make a citizen's arrest in Melbourne.

CONTROVERSIAL rideshare app Uber will support a proposal to give taxis exclusive ­access to the lucrative “rank and hail” system.

PEOPLE with disabilities have waited 16 years for the New South Wales Government to increase its subsidy for wheelchair-accessible taxi trips.

Uber has launched a campaign urging Queenslanders to 'fine' the premier for punishing drivers of the ride-sharing service who face nearly $800,000 in penalties. The company is running advertisements featuring a link to a website which enables the public to create infringement notices addressed to Annastacia Palaszczuk for 'fining people for providing safe, reliable and affordable rides'. Uber drivers have been slapped with $786,405 in fines since laws cracking down on illegal taxi services came into force a month ago.

CONTROVERSIAL ride-sharing service Uber will attempt to bolster public support with an aggressive advertising campaign as it goes on the offensive against the State Government over legislation passed last month.

WESTERN Australia’s 1035 taxi plate owners will each receive about $20,000 in compensation, following a State Government decision to legalise ride-sharing services such as Uber.

Taxis Finally Decide To Run At Uber Head-On By Introducing Fixed Fares...

A NEW ride-sharing app being designed by a Clifton Hill single mother is hoping to make women feel safer when getting around town.

A NEW taxi booking service launching next week will give passengers a fixed price guarantee for their ride, as new entrants take advantage of reforms to the industry.

Melbourne's taxi drivers protested against Uber outside parliament Tuesday morning. Uber's drivers probably did not care – they'd already made bank on Monday.

Magistrate cites police delay in laying charges as his reason for not jailing driver who sexually assaulted young woman in cab...

Angry taxi drivers accuse the government of abandonment, as they clash with police in an Uber protest

CATCHING a cab may be about to get slightly less frustrating.

Taxi industry amasses war chest to fight for survival...

Neil Mitchell spoke with Uber's newest high profile supporter has called for the Taxi industry to introduce surge pricing...

The man who was once charged with saving Victoria's troubled taxi industry has taken a job with its nemesis - Uber.

Taxis would become more commonplace on Sydney's streets under a controversial proposal by Cabcharge.

Disabled groups can't understand why new rules for ride sharing services like Uber were approved overnight but they have to wait until 2017 for changes to the ...

The last thing governments can afford to do is ignore the boom in peer-to-peer services and their impact on the economy

South Australia has become the latest state to legalise ride sharing services, opening the gates for the likes of Uber and GoCatch to enter the market.

As a result, the local government is spending $34 million, paying $30,000 in compensation to each of the 1,137 taxi licence holders, funded by a $1 tariff on fares. Licence lessees will receive $50 a week compensation for up to 11 months...

The ride-sharing company threatens to stay out of the Adelaide market unless the South Australian Government relaxes new regulations that would legalise its operation.

Laws to make ride-sharing services like Uber X legal in South Australia will be introduced into Parliament by the State Opposition, but the Government says the proposal lacks detail.