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08-11-2016, 08:12 AM
After petitioning by horse and cart, Uber legalised in a**ther Aussie state
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Uber's headline-grabbing protest, in which the company delivered 15,000 emails (http://mashable.com/2016/05/03/uber-queensland-letters-delivery/) to the Queensland state government in a horse and cart, seems to have won out in the end.
On Thursday, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk an**unced on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/APalaszczukMP/posts/1206151319416043) services such as Uber will be legalised from Sept. 5. in the state with the cutting of "80 pieces of taxi red tape."
SEE ALSO: Uber's web of partners gets more complex with Didi investment (http://mashable.com/2016/08/01/uber-didi-investments/)
Like New South Wales (NSW), which legalised ridesharing in late 2015 (http://mashable.com/2015/12/16/uber-legalised-in-nsw/), Queensland will accompany the legal change with a taxi industry assistance package worth A$100 million and more than A$4 million in waived taxi fees over 12 months. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/uber-legalised-in-queensland/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Uber's headline-grabbing protest, in which the company delivered 15,000 emails (http://mashable.com/2016/05/03/uber-queensland-letters-delivery/) to the Queensland state government in a horse and cart, seems to have won out in the end.
On Thursday, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk an**unced on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/APalaszczukMP/posts/1206151319416043) services such as Uber will be legalised from Sept. 5. in the state with the cutting of "80 pieces of taxi red tape."
SEE ALSO: Uber's web of partners gets more complex with Didi investment (http://mashable.com/2016/08/01/uber-didi-investments/)
Like New South Wales (NSW), which legalised ridesharing in late 2015 (http://mashable.com/2015/12/16/uber-legalised-in-nsw/), Queensland will accompany the legal change with a taxi industry assistance package worth A$100 million and more than A$4 million in waived taxi fees over 12 months. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/uber-legalised-in-queensland/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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