Rent seekers fight back over Uber ridesharing

Friday 26 June 2015

The war over ride sharing is heating up across Australia.

Earlier this week, The Brisbane Times reported that the state government has fined Uber-x drivers $1.7 million over the past 12 months, with 1,536 infringement notices issued against 538 drivers.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.