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Rideshare giant Uber has announced it will increase fares 10 per cent while it battles the Australian Taxation Office's recent GST ruling in the Federal Court.

As companies seek growth outside of WA, the reasons to remain domiciled here diminish.

Recent confusion at the political level and a philosophical discussion with some friends has prompted a revisit to the taxi debate.

Taxi and Uber drivers are set to compete on a level playing field after Transport Minister Dean Nalder revealed the state government's green paper into the industry.

The Oracle of Omaha may not be a new investor in Australia, but it is a good sign.

July 1 will be little more than a date on a calendar for business, with only incremental change likely in the conditions that made 2014-15 such a grim year.

New leadership at the helm of Swan Taxis offers a chance to turn away from past mistakes.

Perth's tight-knit angel investment community is growing more comfortable with soft tech plays, but there are calls for more investment in the ‘trickier' tech.

A change of leadership at Swan Taxis is part of a strategy to shake up the company's image, but there will be a tough fight ahead.

Having taken Perth by storm in the past year, Uber is planning a new car pooling product that could cut traffic congestion and transportation costs if the experience in other cities is repeated, general manager (Australia) Simon Rossi told a Business News Success & Leadership breakfast this morning.

Swan Taxis has targeted its Perth customers with a new app aimed at making taxi bookings more convenient.

After moving at crawl for decades, the taxi industry is heading backwards.

I've been taken for a ride twice in the past month. And while that personal experience might be of little interest to anyone else, it does throw some light on Perth's Uber versus taxi debate.

Legal action is being taken against ride-share company Uber for not having the appropriate licence to operate in Western Australia.

We need to be careful we understand the detail when debating tax changes.

Private driving service Uber has announced it will reduce fares for its budget UberX service in Perth by 20 per cent, making trips with the company up to 50 per cent cheaper than a taxi.

Small iron ore miners operating in a $70/t environment are struggling, but in a different way so are the majors battling to satisfy investor expectations.

The learned professors behind deregulation recommendations for the state's taxi industry were cautious not to go too far.

How would you go at your job if you had to pay someone else's mortgage off before you received any income? Would that be an incentive to turn up to work?

The low-cost version of Uber has launched in Perth today, despite the state government publicly stating it's breaking the law.

Charter vehicle company Uber is consciously breaking Western Australian laws in what it has described as an act of ‘civil disobedience'.

Businesses drawing on the emergence of a ‘sharing economy' are infiltrating Western Australia's traditional transport and hospitality sectors.