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A taxi driver has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a passenger.

Taxi driver jailed for 10 months after sexually assaulting unconscious passenger

The driver stole his victim’s engagement ring during an attack that she says left her a fearful shadow of her former self.

  • Brittany Busch

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Predatory pricing has been outlawed.

Scammed and stranded in the city – by predatory taxi drivers

A night out at a concert; time to catch a cab home. But these taxi drivers want to scam everyone. Do they consider the danger facing those they leave stranded?

  • Tony Wright

I can’t wait for driverless taxis to arrive in Australia

They’re becoming more commonplace in the US, and I can’t wait to hail my first driverless cab.

  • Gary Nunn
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Some New Yorkers are rank

Give the Doc a fare go.

Taxis at Melbourne Airport.

I’m over taxis. With service like this, is it any surprise Uber has taken over?

Taxis, I used to love you, but I’ve had it. I deserve better. I’m using a ride-sharing service from now on.

  • Carolyn Webb
Musk’s failure to convince his investors and analysts that he has the answers to robotic challenges turned out to be costly.

Elon Musk’s vision of robotaxis and humanoid robots triggers a $99.6 billion sell-off

Elon Musk’s Tesla gave investors and analysts a briefing on plans to roll out robotaxis and humanoid robots. They weren’t convinced and dumped their Tesla shares.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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In the taxi v Uber war, I choose taxis ... until I choose an Uber, of course

As a customer, your foe is not one or the other, it’s anti-competitive behaviour that results in monopoly power.

  • Malcolm Knox
Passengers wait for Ubers at the new Uber rank at the International Terminal.

Fare’s fair as passengers win in Uber shake-up at Sydney International

Sydney’s cab industry is crying poor over rivals Uber being given kerbside pick-up space at the airport.

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Taxi drivers are furious about a new Uber kerbside pickup trial at Sydney Airport.

Passengers are flocking to Ubers at Sydney airport. Taxis will miss out on millions

Uber’s new rank and hail zone prompted a one-day strike by Sydney’s cab drivers. Now, NSW’s taxi boss warns the scheme will cost drivers a 20 per cent loss in fares.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Taxi drivers recently refused to pick up passengers at Sydney Airport in protest over a new Uber pick-up zone.

Taxi drivers upset with Ubers at the airport? Cry me a river

I’ve been to a place where ride-share services are banned and, let me tell you, it’s not pretty.

  • Ben Groundwater

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