After petitioning by horse and cart, Uber legalised in a**ther Aussie state
 

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 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 services such as Uber will be legalised from Sept. 5. in the state with the cutting of "80 pieces of taxi red tape."

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Like New South Wales (NSW), which legalised ridesharing in late 2015, 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...

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