{"id":36190,"date":"2023-10-20T14:42:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/sex-party-leader-fiona-patten-introduces-circuit-breaker-bill-to-legalise-uber-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:42:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:42:38","slug":"sex-party-leader-fiona-patten-introduces-circuit-breaker-bill-to-legalise-uber-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/sex-party-leader-fiona-patten-introduces-circuit-breaker-bill-to-legalise-uber-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex Party leader Fiona Patten introduces \u201ccircuit breaker\u201d bill to legalise Uber – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sex Party leader and Victorian MP Fiona Patten will introduce a \u201ccircuit breaker\u201d to parliament in an attempt to force the state government to legalise ridesharing app Uber.<\/p>\n

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Patten has announced<\/a> she will be introducing the Regulation of Ridesharing Bill 2016 <\/em>to the Upper House on Thursday and says the bill will \u201cestablish a system for regulation, accreditation and administration of ridesharing services across the state\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Andrews government has taken far too long to act on regulating ridesharing,\u201d Patten says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhile other states and territories have been able to tackle this issue \u2013 whether in a regulatory or legislative environment \u2013 Victoria seems incapable of doing so.<\/p>\n

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\u201cServices like Uber are part of our new sharing economy and they aren\u2019t going away. It\u2019s time for a circuit breaker \u2013 and I believe this piece of legislation will do exactly that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Uber was legalised and regulated in the ACT<\/a> and NSW<\/a> last year but remains effectively illegal in the other states and territories.<\/p>\n

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In an interview on 3AW Patten was unable to provide much further detail on what will be included in the bill and said one of its main aims is to put pressure on the state government.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI am trying to push them a little bit,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Patten did say that the bill will include background checks and licences for Uber X drivers, although the prices have not been revealed.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe don\u2019t need to reinvent the wheel on this,\u201d Patten said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe can look towards NSW and ACT.\u201d<\/p>\n

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