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This 10-minute trip cost $325: Rampant rorting in taxi industry

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:13:51
Publish Date: 2025-02-17 18:00:00
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Did the nation’s biggest taxi company fail to stem the rampant rorting of passengers?

Leaked documents to investigative journalist Nick McKenzie allege Australians are being ripped off by drivers at a massive scale, from everyday passengers going to and from work, to vulnerable people travelling from disability services and aged care homes. 

In one of the most shocking cases, a cabcharge account belonging to an elderly person who had died was charged dozens and dozens of times over just a few days. 

Today, McKenzie on his joint investigation with The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes, and what happened when they sent someone undercover to expose the scam. 

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Read McKenzie's stories here.

Watch the 60 Minutes here.

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