The personalised transport sector is embracing new technologies
and models. The most obvious illustration of this is Uber, who have
faced a significant struggle breaking in to the market. With over
700 fined issued since the crackdown in April, Queensland Premier
Annastacia Palaszczuk has now announced that ride-sharing services
will be legalized from 5 September 2016, allowing companies like
Uber to legally operate.
The new framework will be implemented progressively, and aimed
at levelling the playing field for taxis and Uber. Transport
Minister Stirling Hinchliffe framed the changes as 'innovation
done with fairness.' $100 million will be budgeted to support
the taxi industry through the spike in competition, acknowledging
that the taxi industry is unlike other industries facing
disruption, restricted by exhaustive Government regulation around
the service.
