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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2019-05-01" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <endPage num="3304" />
  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <text id="20190501936bfd53425f46aeb0000631">
      <heading>Answers to Questions</heading>
    </text>
    <subject>
      <name>Taxi Industry</name>
      <text id="20190501936bfd53425f46aeb0000632">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Taxi Industry</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4867" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. T.T. NGO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-04-30" qonNum="131">
            <name>Taxi Industry</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20190501936bfd53425f46aeb0000633">
          <inserted>131 <by role="member" id="4867">The Hon. T.T. NGO </by>(30 April 2019).  </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20190501936bfd53425f46aeb0000634">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;How much money did the $1 passenger levy on taxi services raise for the government in the 2017-18 financial year, and how much has it raised for the 2018-19 financial year so far?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20190501936bfd53425f46aeb0000635">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;What is the breakdown of the government revenue being collected from the taxi industry, as well as all other various ride sharing companies?</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-04-30" qonNum="131">
            <name>Taxi Industry</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20190501936bfd53425f46aeb0000636">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer):</by>  I have been advised the following:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20190501936bfd53425f46aeb0000637">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;The total Point to Point Service Transaction Levy raised $9.9 million in the 2017-18 financial year and as at 4 April 2019, it has raised $5.8 million in the 2018-19 financial year.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20190501936bfd53425f46aeb0000638">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;The Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure report the total levy raised from all of the point to point industry. Individual company collections are considered commercial in confidence. A breakdown of the levy collected by type of service would allow for the identification of each company.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20190501936bfd53425f46aeb0000639" />
      </talker>
    </subject>
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