❓ The Minister for Transport details meetings held with regional taxi operators regarding on-demand transport reforms, referencing previous parliamentary questions and outlining various consultations and meetings with industry representatives and individual operators.
AnsweredQoN 5822Legislative Assembly
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Since 17 March 2017, can the Minister please list all meetings she has personally attended with regional taxi operators regarding their concerns relating to the state government's on-demand transport reforms, detailing the following: (a) Date of meeting; (b) Location of meeting; and (c) Regional taxi operator/s who attended the meeting?
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Answered
12 February 2020
Responded by
Minister for Transport
Response time
3 days
Meetings held with regional taxi drivers been previously outlined in previous Parliamentary Questions C723, 2083, C354, and C1421.
Upon appointment of the member for Armadale as the taxi and on-demand transport reform coordinator, over 50 hours of meetings were held across the on-demand transport industry including with representatives from the WA Country Taxi Operators Association (WACTOA), the Taxi Operators Legal Defence Group, Swan Taxis, Black and White Cabs, Uber, Shofer, Combined Taxi Management, W.A. Taxis, the Motor Trade Association of Western Australia, the Wedding Car and Limousine Association WA, and CabRyder, along with a number of individual taxi and on-demand drivers and taxi plate owners with a broad range of personal circumstances and financial situations.
The Minister and Member for Armadale also spoke with a range of plate owners and taxi drivers at a range of events such as Meet the Member events and other forums, such as town hall meetings.
WACTOA was consulted over the course of the reform process. DoT representatives attended the WACTOA AGM in March 2019 to discuss concerns and what further could be done to assist.
The Minister Transport met with representatives of the regional taxi industry in Albany on 10 May 2019.
In August and September 2019, senior DoT staff and the Minister’s office met with 16 individual country taxi-car operators.
More recently the Minister for Transport met with representatives of the regional taxi industry at Community Cabinet in Murray-Wellington on 9 December 2019
DoT staff continue to meet with regional operators to provide support in understanding and meeting obligations under the new legislation. DoT has also conducted over 25 Regional advisory visits with taxi operators across WA, and met with operators in Albany and Kalgoorlie about specific issues.
Upon appointment of the member for Armadale as the taxi and on-demand transport reform coordinator, over 50 hours of meetings were held across the on-demand transport industry including with representatives from the WA Country Taxi Operators Association (WACTOA), the Taxi Operators Legal Defence Group, Swan Taxis, Black and White Cabs, Uber, Shofer, Combined Taxi Management, W.A. Taxis, the Motor Trade Association of Western Australia, the Wedding Car and Limousine Association WA, and CabRyder, along with a number of individual taxi and on-demand drivers and taxi plate owners with a broad range of personal circumstances and financial situations.
The Minister and Member for Armadale also spoke with a range of plate owners and taxi drivers at a range of events such as Meet the Member events and other forums, such as town hall meetings.
WACTOA was consulted over the course of the reform process. DoT representatives attended the WACTOA AGM in March 2019 to discuss concerns and what further could be done to assist.
The Minister Transport met with representatives of the regional taxi industry in Albany on 10 May 2019.
In August and September 2019, senior DoT staff and the Minister’s office met with 16 individual country taxi-car operators.
More recently the Minister for Transport met with representatives of the regional taxi industry at Community Cabinet in Murray-Wellington on 9 December 2019
DoT staff continue to meet with regional operators to provide support in understanding and meeting obligations under the new legislation. DoT has also conducted over 25 Regional advisory visits with taxi operators across WA, and met with operators in Albany and Kalgoorlie about specific issues.
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