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Trip levy non-compliance is rife says Barton
The $1 per trip levy to fund transition payments is an overly burdensome administrative requirement with widespread non-compliance, according to Eastern Metro MP and Transport Matters party leader Rod Barton.
Trip levy non-compliance is rife says Barton
The $1 per trip levy to fund transition payments is an overly burdensome administrative requirement with widespread non-compliance, according to Eastern Metro MP and Transport Matters party leader Rod Barton.
Rod’s Maiden Speech – Unfinished Business
It is an honour and a privilege to address this house as a member of the Legislative Council for Eastern Metropolitan Region. I am a lucky man, but I believe strongly that luck can be manufactured. I am here today representing an industry that has seen major changes over the past few years. We have unfinished…
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Transport is essential to our economy, our quality of life and our freedoms of choice. Rod will bring attention to the state of our roads, our decaying regional networks and the growing need to expand our public transport infrastructure and make it more accessible and desirable.
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Recently I met with Brett and Robbie from Wallard Automotive in Bulleen, who are part of a thriving ecosystem of small businesses waiting to hear if the North East Link will wipe them out.
Read rodbarton.com.au/bulleen-businesses-need-a-plan/
Dan Andrews
Jacinta Allan
#fairnessmatters
"... one of our clients committed suicide two days after seeing us, so we did see the very worst side of this ... that is another sort of
lesson for the future—that whatever the justification for reforms, particularly where you are talking about small business or very ordinary people, the notion that there should be services, social workers and psychologists to assist people with the emotional trauma that reforms cause should be part of the package. Because there was always going to be significant emotional trauma as well as financial trauma." - Denis Nelthorpe, Chief Executive Officer, WEstjustice
Read the full transcript at bit.ly/EICWEstjustice
Just because some of haven’t committed suicide doesn’t mean we have forgotten and go through the mental anguish every single day. I am sure people have thought of taking their lives but just haven’t followed through. Which means more depression and anguish for families which we have to live with this everyday including me and my family
There shouldn’t have to be assistance!! The Government should have paid market value for the cancellation of licenses so that everyone could have moved on without the burden of the debt they now have.
Please help save the Hire Car Industry in NSW..and to also save our HC number plates from being taken off us in June 2020 by our terrible govt. I’ve started this campaign because I know that friends like you will surely support it. Do add your name by signing this petition. http://chng.it/S8Zdk8Y4
Lives lost on country roads is up 80% this year. We can do better.
Be part of the conversation by attending the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) regional road safety forum in #Sale tomorrow - Tuesday, August 20. See www.tac.vic.gov.au/road-safety/towards-zero/regional-road-safety-forum
#safetymatters #transportmatters
