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NSW taxi industry accepts $150,000 payout per cab, after initial rebuff

The taxi council accepts a multi-million-dollar offer from the NSW government to compensate the industry after initially rejecting the proposal. It means a new levy will be applied to fares.

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Higher taxi plate levy proposed in New South Wales

New South Wales rideshare and taxi passengers will be slugged $1.20 for every trip until 2030 to appease taxi licence plate owners.

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NSW government plan to hit rideshare, taxi customers with new levy

A NSW government plan to charge all taxi and rideshare passengers an extra 20 cents per trip to fund a compensation package is rejected by cabbies.

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Proposal to keep NSW rideshare tax to 2030

A $1 levy on every taxi and rideshare trip in NSW will be increased to $1.20 and last until 2030 under a new proposal to compensate taxi plate owners.

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NSW Liberal MPs face potential preselection battles amid a frontbench exodus

Possible challengers from within the party are emerging in Holsworthy and Camden ahead of March election

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Inadequate ‘Victorian era’ NSW prisons below state’s own standards

United Nations inspectors have suspended plans to look at Australian prisons after NSW and Queensland blocked access.

The New Daily

Quitting, quietly and otherwise: more than two dozen Victorian, NSW pollies are heading to the exits

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and his NSW counterpart Dominic Perrottet have both lost a number of high-profile government MPs going into their respective state elections.

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On the home stretch

House prices in Australia will have fallen by up to 20% by the end of 2024, and NSW Transport Minister David Elliott’s spear-throwing days are over: he’ll leave politics at the March election.

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Blame game after UN drops NSW jail visits

The NSW government says some of the state's prisons are sub-standard but blocked UN inspectors should visit countries not signed up to international protocols.

AAP

NSW Transport Minister David Elliott hits out at party factions as he announces retirement

Transport Minister David Elliott takes aim at factional power within the Liberal party as he becomes the latest Coalition member to announce their resignation ahead of the 2023 state election.

ABC News

Divisive MP David Elliott announces retirement from politics

Lacking support for preselection in new seat of Castle Hill, NSW transport minister is the latest MP to retire before 2023 NSW state election

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NSW transport minister to retire at poll

NSW Transport Minister David Elliott has announced he will not contest the next state election even after Premier Dominic Perrottet encouraged him to stay.

AAP

NSW minister Elliott finds a seat to seek

The Transport Minister whose north west Sydney electorate is being abolished at the March election will seek to contest a nearby seat instead.

AAP

Rail union halts plan to turn off Opal card readers after NSW government court action

Rail union secretary Alex Claassens says the NSW government's court action to stop a planned switch-off of card readers amounts to a "vicious" attack on workers.

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Out-of-control train carriage ran 1.5km through Sydney Metro tunnel in one of several safety incidents

Exclusive: Whistleblower says pressure to meet deadlines has led to a culture of trying to avoid delay at all costs, including those caused by safety concerns

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YIKES: The NSW Government’s Set To Take The Rail Union To Court Over Its Opal Machine Plan

The NSW Government looks set to take the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) to Federal Court over its plan to shut down Opal readers.

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NSW government to seek damages from rail union over plan to turn off Opal gates

Minister David Elliott claims the NSW government will seek to recoup the millions of dollars it's set to potentially lose in the latest round of industrial action.

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Australia’s sovereign capability to… manufacture nonsense

If only we could have a sovereign worker manufacturing facility — then the demands for manufacturing protectionism might not sound so silly.

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COVID-19 mask mandate on NSW public transport to be scrapped from September 21

It's one of the last COVID-19 rules still being enforced in NSW, but Premier Dominic Perrottet says now is the time to change track.

AAP

Bid to block NSW rail union Opal action

The NSW government has moved to stop the state's rail union from deactivating Opal card readers as part of its ongoing industrial action.

ABC News

Transport Minister David Elliott says rail union plan to switch off Opal card readers is illegal

NSW Transport Minister David Elliott says he will take rail workers to court if they are seen switching off Opal card readers next week as part of ongoing industrial action.

AAP

Rail union's Opal action 'may be illegal'

The NSW transport minister is seeking advice on whether the rail union is allowed to deactivate Opal readers next week in its stoush with the government.

AAP

NSW govt's electric bus fleet is off track

A plan to convert a fleet of 8000 NSW buses to electric vehicles has been delayed, as one minister describes it as a "castles in the sky" scheme.

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NSW govt reveals future transport strategy

NSW will move to a road user charge for electric vehicles but won't slug people for driving into congested areas such as CBDs.

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Blak mark

The referendum on a Voice to Parliament is a ‘waste of money’, says Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe, and NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet tells rail unions he’ll see them in court.

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