Thursday, October 15, 2009

The Power of the Taxi Mafia

The Power of the Taxi Mafia

--- In Sydney_TaxiCorruption@yahoogroups.com, "Biplobi Faruque" wrote: Will you support a "NSW Taxi Royal commission"?

Will you support a "NSW Taxi Royal commission" for the sake of fairness and justice rather than the Telecrap's false crusade Cabbie cheats face the sack based on false and fabricated reasons and grounds? The choice is yours and you will be judged by the history.
Missing in the list:
Our attempt to have an ICAC Inquiry
Our attempt to have a Parliamentary Staysafe Committee Inquiry
Our attempt to have a NSW Taxi Royal Commission
Roy Morgan Report conducted by Ms Ann Matheson re ATIS
Keatsdale Report (the DoT and the NSW Workcover Authority) re Taxi Drivers' Safety
Dalziel Reports (Sydney University, Dept of Psychology)
However we have some interesting documents.


Faruque Ahmed
Moderator, Free Australia Now, Mobile: 041 091 4118, Email: union_faruque@...

Inquiries into the taxi and hire car industry

YEAR NAME OF INQUIRY AREA OF REFORM OUTCOME (Italic added).

2007 Taxi Licensing Review Rationalization of taxi plates - Never made public.
2006 Administration of the 'Nexus Scheme' - Final Report Probity investigation into the issue of free plates - Never made public
2006 Taxi Industry Safety and Security Task force - Final Report Driver safety (Madden Report) - Report released (Nothing was done) December 2007.
2005 WAT committee report Wheelchair-accessible services -Never made public.
2005 NSW Taxi Taskforce To address 2004 Ministerial Inquiry Interim Report Never made public.
2004 Wheelchair Accessible Taxi Taskforce Improve disabled services - Never made public
2004 Auditor-General annual review Examines Nexus Plates Probity investigation into the issue of free plates Government - review not released.
2004 Ministerial Inquiry In to the Taxi Industry All led by Allan Cook Interim report published and inquiry shut down.
1999 National Competition Council Recommends urgent reform of NSW taxi industry None.
1999 Ombudsman Inquiry into hire car license fees Hire car industry regulation by the MoT Licence fees, Eventually reduced from $16,100 to $8,235
1998 Taxi Legislation Review Anti-competitive regulations - Never Made Public
1995 Ron Cotton & Associates Review Recommended hire car license fees be halved. Never Made Public
1993 Arthur Anderson review of taxi and hire car plates. Recommended hire car license fees be halved. Never Made Public
1990 ICAC Operation ITA Corruption in Department of Motor Transport Overhaul of non-taxi driver licensing procedures
1987 Review of Hire Cars and Wedding Cars Recommended hire car plates be issued at market value None.
1984 Dawn Linklater Review Deregulation of the Hire Car industry. Never made public


Source: http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/Sydney_TaxiCorruption/message/1554

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