Mr BARTON (Eastern Metropolitan) (13:28): Today I rise to express my relief that the taxi and hire car industry will be eligible for the $5000 business grants as part of the government’s business costs...

The commercial passenger vehicle sector is now eligible for payments from the Victorian governments $460 million business support package. Since the onset of this lockdown, Rod Barton has been advocating for the taxi and hire car...

On the 2nd of March 2021, Barton requested documents from Commerical Passenger Vehicle Victoria (CPVV) under the Freedom of Information (FOI) act. These documents were pertaining to the Multi-Purpose Taxi Program (MPTP) trial conducted...

This week Rod rose in support of the Electric Vehicle (EV) road user charge. He believes that we should be providing incentives to encourage the uptake of EVs. That is why Rod and his...

Rod Barton believes the 2021 Victorian budget is a Labor budget with Labor values. This budget has focused on mental health, education and healthcare, with significant investment in the Eastern Metropolitan region. Barton is...

Mr BARTON (Eastern Metropolitan) (17:39): I rise to speak on the tabling of the increase in Victoria’s road toll report by the Economy and Infrastructure Committee. As of 19 April 2021, 75 lives had been lost in...