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‘It’s irresponsible by the regulator’: MP slams taxi and hire car authority – 3AW
Transport Matters Party MP Rod Barton says touting at the airport and other large scale events will only get worse because of the massive inflation of driver numbers that the Taxi Services Commission has allowed. Mr Barton, who was a cab driver for almost 30 years, told Neil Mitchell Melbourne Airport gets “hundreds of complaints” […]
Mr BARTON: I move: 1. Clause 2, line 2, after “sections” insert “22A,”. The amendments to this bill are slightly different to the previous ones we put up. The intent has not changed but the mechanism of how we achieve it has. These amendments will deliver a modest...
Mr BARTON (Eastern Metropolitan) (12:59): My constituency question today is for Minister Allan in the other place. We recently met with Banyule council, and they expressed to us their frustration with regard to the distinct lack of community consultation in planning...
Mr BARTON (Eastern Metropolitan) (17:56): My adjournment tonight is for Minister Allan, the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. Last week I was pleased to meet with both Vicinity Centres and Monash University regarding their proposal for trackless trams between...
