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(Australia) 51 Uber drivers fined in Transport Department blitz as ‘tougher laws’ come into effect
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/queensland-government/51-uber-drivers-fined-in-transport-department-blitz-as-tougher-laws-come-into-effect/news-story/547b007af8ece6ef218340c64adf8febMay 9, 2016 9:49pm - Jason Tin, The Courier-Mail
MORE than $120,000 in fines were handed out to Uber drivers during a blitz during the Labour Day long weekend.
Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said the tougher laws recently passed in the State Parliament have allowed transport officers to better enforce the law.
“Since the changes came into effect on the 27th of April, transport inspectors and law enforcement officers undertook 78 hours of enforcement activity over the last long weekend,” he told the Parliament.
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“54 fines for the amount of $2356 were issued for providing a taxi service for using a motor vehicle that is not a taxi.
