Brave new world for taxis: What the proposed law changes mean

By Timna Jacks
Updated October 19 2017 - 7:53am, first published 7:46am
The Minister for Public Transport Jacinta Allan holds a media doorstop outside Parliament House in Melbourne, Wednesday, October 17, 2017. Mrs. Allan was giving her reaction to the proposed taxi industry's massive shake-up, with taxi companies able to set their own prices under the latest set of reforms, due to be introduced in State Parliament on Wednesday. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING
The Minister for Public Transport Jacinta Allan holds a media doorstop outside Parliament House in Melbourne, Wednesday, October 17, 2017. Mrs. Allan was giving her reaction to the proposed taxi industry's massive shake-up, with taxi companies able to set their own prices under the latest set of reforms, due to be introduced in State Parliament on Wednesday. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING

Taxi drivers would go to war over customers and plaster low fares on their doors if a proposed shake-up of Victoria's taxi industry became a reality, a spokesman for drivers has warned.

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