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PostSubject: OZschwitz: Statist taxi racket   OZschwitz: Statist taxi racket Icon_minitimeSat Mar 26, 2011 5:28 am
IN EARLY 2009, 12 Melbourne taxi operators — owners of middling suburban fleets that form the backbone of an industry now in meltdown — held crisis talks.

The chatter was that the Brumby Labor government and its troubled transport minister, Lynne Kosky, had a grand plan to put more taxis on the streets — maybe as many as 500. They wanted to create lucrative taxi licences and sell or lease them, making millions and flooding the streets with cars.

Six months earlier a shirtless mob of Indian taxi drivers halted city traffic, protesting about safety. The media, meanwhile, was reporting a congested, violent CBD, long taxi waiting times for disabled people and how the average poorly paid driver wouldn't know Malvern from Mitcham. The taxi industry was hot, and Kosky's ministry was under pressure.

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