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Cabbie anger at bash fine
THE NSW Taxi Council is outraged over a $1000 fine imposed on a man who bashed a cab driver. (…)
Man to face court over cabbie robbery
A man will face court on Sunday on charges relating to the robbery of a taxi driver in Sydney's inner west. (…)
Shorty St 'bad boy' accused of bashing cabbie
Former Shortland Street "bad boy" Paul Reid has been charged with bashing a taxi driver. (…)
Cabbies in language jam
THE strained relationship between taxi drivers and passengers could be improved if some cabbies spoke better English, a government report suggests. (…)

Taxi driver guilty over passenger death
A taxi driver has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a teenage passenger he ran down following an altercation. (…)
Deadly cabbie found guilty
A TAXI driver who ran down a rowdy teen passenger was yesterday found guilty of manslaughter. (…)

Taxi driver faces drink-drive charge
A Rotorua taxi driver has been charged with driving drunk after a passenger complained the man smelled of alcohol in the middle of the day. (…)
Taxi driver jury out
A JURY has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a taxi driver accused of running down a passenger and killing him. (…)

Tough new rules for taxi drivers
Tough new rules announced for taxi firms mean drivers will need to pass a gauntlet of tests to prove they know where they are going and what is required of them. (…)

Police talk to accused cabbie
POLICE yesterday interviewed a Geelong taxi driver accused of raping a Whittington woman in the back seat of his cab. (…)

Taxi driver finds man dying on street
A 23-year-old man has died of unexplained head injuries after a taxi driver found him dying on a street in the state's central west. (…)
Taxi `mafia' invented Work Choices
One of the major issues on which the next federal election will be fought is Work Choices, the “revolutionary” new workplace relations system the Howard government is taking credit for. (…)
Time to sue pubs: cabbie
WOLLONGONG cabbie Peter Coleman says it is time the taxi industry sued pubs, clubs and nightclubs for injuries and damages arising from drunken passengers. (…)
Teenagers bash taxi driver
Police are searching for two teenagers who allegedly assaulted a taxi driver over the weekend. (…)

Another pedestrian hit by car in CBD
A pedestrian has been taken to hospital with suspected head and internal injuries after being hit by a taxi at a busy city intersection this afternoon. (…)
Teen given bail for mugging cabbie
The State Government is seeking a report on how a teenager accused of mugging a taxi driver was granted bail. (…)

Taxi driver praised
Police have praised the actions of a Christchurch taxi driver who narrowly avoided plunging his van, loaded with passengers, into the Avon River yesterday. (…)
Sydney taxi driver 'became an al-Qaeda boss'
A former Sydney taxi driver arrested in Lebanon during an anti-terrorism sting has been identified as a possible leader of an al-Qaeda-linked organisation. (…)

Police find body near missing cabbie's car
Police investigating the disappearance of a Sydney cab driver have found a body near where he went missing. (…)
Man to face court accused of robbing cabbie
A 19-year-old man is due to appear today before Townsville Magistrates Court, in north Queensland, charged with robbing a taxi driver on Saturday night. (…)

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