❓ Hon Ken Baston asks the Minister for Transport about meetings held with regional taxi operators regarding on-demand transport reform. The Minister confirms meetings occurred and provides details of dates, attendees, and the agenda, which focused on on-demand transport reform.
AnsweredQoN 681Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
ON-DEMAND TRANSPORT
REFORM
681. Hon KEN BASTON to the minister representing the
Minister for Transport:
I refer to the letter sent to my
office on 11 April 2018—reference 72-08244—regarding the
on-demand transport reform consultation process.
(1) Has the
Department of Transport and/or the minister and/or staff from the minister's
office met with representatives of regional taxi operators?
(2) If yes, on
which dates did these meetings occur, who was present at these meetings, and
what topics were discussed?
REFORM
681. Hon KEN BASTON to the minister representing the
Minister for Transport:
I refer to the letter sent to my
office on 11 April 2018—reference 72-08244—regarding the
on-demand transport reform consultation process.
(1) Has the
Department of Transport and/or the minister and/or staff from the minister's
office met with representatives of regional taxi operators?
(2) If yes, on
which dates did these meetings occur, who was present at these meetings, and
what topics were discussed?
AnswerView source ↗
(1) Yes.
(2) The first
part of the answer provides the date, attendees and the agenda and is in a table.
Upon the appointment of the member
for Armadale, Dr Tony Buti, as the taxi and on-demand transport reform
coordinator, over 50 hours of meetings were held across industry including
representatives from the WA Country Taxi Operators Association, 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.
I seek leave to have the first part
of the response to (2) incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The
following material was incorporated —
Date
Attendees
Agenda
3 April 2017
Western Australian Country
Taxi Operators Association (WACTOA) members; Member for Armadale; Ministerial
staff
On-demand Transport Reform
19 June 2017
WACTOA members; DoT Staff
On-demand Transport Reform
27 July 2017
Mandurah Taxis; DoT Staff
On-demand Transport Reform
24 January 2018
Albany Taxis; DoT Staff
On-demand Transport Reform
2 February 2018
WACTOA members; DoT Staff;
Ministerial Staff
On-demand Transport Reform
12 April 2018
WACTOA members; Member for
Armadale; Ministerial staff
On-demand Transport Reform
14 May 2018
Mandurah Taxis; DoT Staff
On-demand Transport Reform
14 June 2018
Peel Taxis; DoT Staff
On-demand Transport Reform
(2) The first
part of the answer provides the date, attendees and the agenda and is in a table.
Upon the appointment of the member
for Armadale, Dr Tony Buti, as the taxi and on-demand transport reform
coordinator, over 50 hours of meetings were held across industry including
representatives from the WA Country Taxi Operators Association, 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.
I seek leave to have the first part
of the response to (2) incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The
following material was incorporated —
Date
Attendees
Agenda
3 April 2017
Western Australian Country
Taxi Operators Association (WACTOA) members; Member for Armadale; Ministerial
staff
On-demand Transport Reform
19 June 2017
WACTOA members; DoT Staff
On-demand Transport Reform
27 July 2017
Mandurah Taxis; DoT Staff
On-demand Transport Reform
24 January 2018
Albany Taxis; DoT Staff
On-demand Transport Reform
2 February 2018
WACTOA members; DoT Staff;
Ministerial Staff
On-demand Transport Reform
12 April 2018
WACTOA members; Member for
Armadale; Ministerial staff
On-demand Transport Reform
14 May 2018
Mandurah Taxis; DoT Staff
On-demand Transport Reform
14 June 2018
Peel Taxis; DoT Staff
On-demand Transport Reform
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.