Let’s Get the Facts on the Table
There are a few loud voices trying to shut down Uber and prevent the people of Perth from deciding for themselves how they get around town.
Click where you live on the map below to find your electorate and send an email to your local MP telling them why you choose Uber.
The taxi industry has been using fear and misinformation to scare people.
As you know, Uber’s technology and processes make it a safe way to get from A to B.
These are the facts:
With your help we can secure the future of Uber in Perth.
Thanks for your support!
Uber Perth Team
Join the chorus for change.
“The government is committed to sensible reform of the taxi industry to benefit both consumers and drivers. The government encourages innovation in the delivery of on-demand transport services, and is considering policy options for integrating new technology and service delivery models into the regulatory framework.”
The Hon. Dean Nalder MLA
WA Minister for Transport
“The approach being taken by some governments to penalise Uber drivers and to penalise Uber itself, I think, I have to say to you, is doomed to fail. And the reason it’s doomed to fail is not because of the might and substance of Uber and those backing Uber, it’s rather the might and substance of the public.”
“As a woman on her own I would take an Uber over a taxi . . . because I feel like it’s safer. I think our taxi Industry in Sydney and perhaps in Australia is appalling. They’re expensive and I don’t particularly feel safe in Taxis . . . That’s how I feel and I think a lot of woman would agree with me.”
“Government needs to consider how it embraces the productivity benefits offered by the sharing economy, while ensuring that all industry participants and consumers are treated fairly and we don’t stifle the opportunity for innovation through inefficient regulation. We can’t stop the change that is occurring, but we do have a role to play in ensuring we harness it to achieve the best outcome for Australians.”
The Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, Member for Kooyong
Federal Assistant Treasurer
Commonwealth of Australia
Mobile technologies are emerging that compete with traditional taxi booking services and support the emergence of innovative passenger transport services. Any regulation of such services should be consumer-focused, flexible enough to accommodate technical solutions to the problem being regulated and not inhibit innovation or protect existing business models.”
“I support Uber coming to Canberra [and] the taxi reform will specifically address allowing Uber to operate in the territory, “
Andrew Barr, MLA, Chief Minister
Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development,
Minister for Urban Renewal, Minister for Tourism
Australian Capital Territory
“Because innovation is the best friend we have ever had. Innovation, through the use of technology, is going to transform our lives like no generation before us.”