YOUR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Looking after the interests of those
The $22m CPV Industry Assistance Package is a very welcomed offer of financial relief to the Operators and Booking Service Providers.
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Outdoor exercise permitted for 2 hours per day
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There are 2 parts of this package that have been actioned:
Public outdoor gatherings of two people or a household for up to two hours
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Playgrounds have reopened
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the alterations to the MPTP scheme (which is automatically happening) and
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Single "social bubbles" - where 1 visitor is allowed if living alone or a single parent.
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the refund of the $1 trip levy paid. The entity who paid the levy simply needs to log into their State Revenue Office portal and select for it to be refunded.
The CPV industry operators and drivers need all the financial assistance they can possibly receive. We have written to Victorian Minister for Public Transport, Mr Ben Carroll, and asked him what he is waiting for.
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We are disappointed with the Victorian government that the $250 BSP fee assistance has not yet been provided and neither has the sanitsation grants. Also, as at the time of writing, no eligibility criteria has been circulated for BSPs in regional towns to register for a share in the $1m allocated government assistance. With lockdown in metro Melbourne lasting for quite a few more weeks, there won't be many people travelling around and therefore not much work for taxi and hire car drivers. In a nutshell, the Melbourne metropolitan lockdown looks like this:•
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Curfew from 9pm to 5am
ESC update The Essential Services Commission (ESC) is required to review and set the maximum fares that commercial passenger vehicles in metro or urban and large regional zones can charge for UNBOOKED trips every two years. On 8 September 2020, it announced its decision to keep maximum fares unchanged and ‘time and distance’ tariffs remain optional. In its report the ESC stated, "Given the current and uncertain future impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the commercial passenger vehicle industry, keeping maximum fares unchanged will provide some level of stability for consumers and unbooked taxi service providers."
DRIVE A2B magazine · www.drivea2b.com.au · September 2020
