"A SUBMISSION CONCERNING ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION

"A SUBMISSION CONCERNING ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTIONWITHIN THE N.S.W. TAXI INDUSTRY: A CAUSE FOR PUBLICCONCERN AND INVESTIGATION."

Date of Submission: 24 July 1998.

From:Faruque Ahmed,
President,
Taxi Drivers' Section, NSW TWU,
6/12 Woodbury Street, Marrickville, 2204.
Phone - (02) 9564 1079, Fax 9559 6030, Mobile 0418 227 551.


To:
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Cnr George and Cleveland Street,
Redfern, 2016, New South Wales,
Fax - (02) 9699 8067.

Dear Commissioner,


I begin with two questions:

(1) Why has the Premier of New South Wales, Mr. Bob Carr, continually and consistently thwarted numerous submissions calling on the Parliamentary Stay Safe Committee to mount a full and open inquiry into the N.S.W. Taxi Industry, despite the matter having broad cross-party and cross-factional support?
(2) Why has the N.S.W. Ombudsman's Office, after a preliminary 0examination of some of the evidence presented below, privately suggested that the evidence would be more appropriately forwarded to the ICAC for examination?

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Source: Sydney Taxi Corruption