London CNN —Uber will pay more than 8,000 taxi and hire car drivers in Australia almost 272 million Australian dollars ($179 million) in compensation for losses they suffered after the ride-sharing giant entered the country in 2012, lawyers representing the drivers said Monday.
It has also made “significant contributions to various state-level taxi compensation schemes” in Australia since 2018, according to the company.
Uber now teams up with taxi drivers in many countries.
“This caused loss of income to authorized taxi drivers and operators, and hire car operators.
In a statement on its website, Uber Australia said ride-sharing regulations did not exist anywhere in the world when it launched more than a decade ago.
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London CNN — Uber, Maurice Blackburn, Uber, ” Maurice Blackburn, “, ” Uber, —, ”, Elizabeth O’Shea, Letitia James, Lyft, Dhruv Tikekar
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Australia, — Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, United States, United Kingdom, York