by admin | Nov 25, 2020 | Advocacy, News, Parliament
Today, Member for Eastern Metropolitan and the leader of the Transport Matters Party, Rod Barton moved that the house recognise that perpetual taxi licences were valuable items of property and asked that the Andrews Labour Government properly compensate the industry....
by admin | Nov 24, 2020 | Achievements, News, Parliament
Today Rod read in his motion which he will debate in the Upper House tomorrow afternoon. Notice of Motion 24th November 2020 Repairing the past. I give notice that, on the next day of meeting, I will move — That this House — acknowledges that — in 1998, the...
by admin | May 30, 2019 | Parliament
Mr BARTON (Eastern Metropolitan) (09:50): Around three years ago I sat down at a dinner table with a couple of my mates, Mr Andre Baruch and Nadav Prawer. Nadav is a lawyer, and we were discussing the illegal entry into Victoria of Uber. That evening set the wheels in...
by admin | May 3, 2019 | Media Releases
What began with two struggling hire car drivers has resulted in a new political party, a representative in the Victorian Parliament, and more than 6000 people being represented in Australia’s largest ever class action. Today, lawyers from Maurice Blackburn...
by admin | Mar 28, 2019 | Media Releases
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will undertake a review of the Victorian Fairness Fund payments to the taxi and hire car industry following a query from Eastern Metro MP Rod Barton. Earlier this month Mr Barton wrote to the ATO on behalf of a number of former...