November 5, 2024 • 3 mins
There's suggestions that public servants should be allowed to use Uber and other rideshare services over taxis to save money.
ACT has written to new Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche - calling for more ways to improve value-for-money.
ACT MP Todd Stephenson says there are inconsistent rules across the public sector - and everyone should be allowed to expense a rideshare service if needed.
"We're not making people do it, but saying - yes, you're allowed to use a rideshare service like Uber."
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Either do for Celan. Now there is a push to
get public servants using the ubers rather than the taxis
to try to save some money. It's come from the
Act Party MP Todd Stevenson, who's written to the New
State Services Commissioner. Brian wrote to try to get him
to change the rules.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
In Todd's with us A Todd, hello, how are you well?
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Thank you? Are these actually the rules? Because I've got
a text before saying MB staff are told they have
to use ubers and not corporate cabs.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Well, that's actually very encouraging. I think there's basically a
lot of inconsistency. And when I wrote to the Public
Service Commissioner, I said, look, it seems to be there.
It seems to be some blanket rules they can't be
used to send to me some inconsistencies. Can you just
kind of do across the public service ruling that it
is an option, So again not making people do it,
but saying yes, you are allowed to use the right
(00:44):
chavis like uber.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
So in some instances they're actually not allowed.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Yes, yes, definitely some departments they are not allowed to.
Why then they wouldn't Well that's a great question. Heither
maybe it's historic. But yeah, if they try to claim
using a an uber for example, then they wouldn't get reinvested.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Why do they not explain?
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Well, yeah, I don't know. It's a great question. Look,
it may be historic. I mean about a decade ago
when Uber was getting going, they did actually operate in
a bit of a gray area. But as you know
now hither you know it's very well manculated because.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Because when you get your little uber thing that says
you caught the ride from here to hear it like
it's quite comprehensive, you know what I mean, Like it's
it's actively more comprehensive than anything you'd get from a taxi,
isn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
That's it And that's why I like it. I mean,
you know, I think before the news you're talking about
the cost of going somewhere where you can sent advance
it with an uber, how much it's going to cost? Right,
you get the exact trip detail, where you went to
where you went common that's why ARM is it all
the time. And then I can just you know, pull
down the receipts out of my out of my app,
which is great because you don't lose any paperwork.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
What about Todd, You've got this cool You've got this
cool option. We've got this at work where I can
have my personal Uber account, but then there's the work
credit card loaders, so I can actually use the work
credit card account if I need to. And it gets
like it's on it's incumbent on me to obviously be
sensible and not do the wrong way around. But that
surely would like is up on a thousand times on
the admin that a department would have to do.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Absolutely And in fact I use that exact feature as well.
I actually used it before I came to parlament my
corporate life. The other great thing too, hither is if
you actually do make a mistake, is actually an option
you can go back and actually have the transaction reversed right,
so actually credits the right card as long as you
do it with those within a few hours of the trip.
So look, I think there's a lot of advantages to it.
(02:30):
Always saying is let's just make it an option. What
you know, absolutely available across the public service, a lot
of public so we're very happy to do it. You know,
they probably find Uber convenient, like you.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Know, Todd, did you when you're off a sweep steak.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
I did you heard that?
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Now I heard that? How much money did you put in?
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Look, we all put in. There are five dollars tickets.
I had a couple of tickets. We had had two
sweep steaks, so I want about one hundred dollars.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
So you guys are obsessed with money at the ACT party,
like you're really keen on not spending too much. We've
had a debate in our office. We had to put
ten bucks in. Is that too much? Do you think
for an office sweepstake?
Speaker 2 (03:05):
No, I thank you. I think tickets around five or
ten dollars is all right?
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Yeah, okay, okay, thank you X Party. This is okay, Todd,
Thank you, Todd Stevenson EX Party MP nineteen Away from six.
For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to
news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
Either do for Celan. Now there is a push to
get public servants using the ubers rather than the taxis
to try to save some money. It's come from the
Act Party MP Todd Stevenson, who's written to the New
State Services Commissioner. Brian wrote to try to get him
to change the rules.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
In Todd's with us A Todd, hello, how are you well?
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Thank you? Are these actually the rules? Because I've got
a text before saying MB staff are told they have
to use ubers and not corporate cabs.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Well, that's actually very encouraging. I think there's basically a
lot of inconsistency. And when I wrote to the Public
Service Commissioner, I said, look, it seems to be there.
It seems to be some blanket rules they can't be
used to send to me some inconsistencies. Can you just
kind of do across the public service ruling that it
is an option, So again not making people do it,
but saying yes, you are allowed to use the right
(00:44):
chavis like uber.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
So in some instances they're actually not allowed.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Yes, yes, definitely some departments they are not allowed to.
Why then they wouldn't Well that's a great question. Heither
maybe it's historic. But yeah, if they try to claim
using a an uber for example, then they wouldn't get reinvested.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Why do they not explain?
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Well, yeah, I don't know. It's a great question. Look,
it may be historic. I mean about a decade ago
when Uber was getting going, they did actually operate in
a bit of a gray area. But as you know
now hither you know it's very well manculated because.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Because when you get your little uber thing that says
you caught the ride from here to hear it like
it's quite comprehensive, you know what I mean, Like it's
it's actively more comprehensive than anything you'd get from a taxi,
isn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
That's it And that's why I like it. I mean,
you know, I think before the news you're talking about
the cost of going somewhere where you can sent advance
it with an uber, how much it's going to cost? Right,
you get the exact trip detail, where you went to
where you went common that's why ARM is it all
the time. And then I can just you know, pull
down the receipts out of my out of my app,
which is great because you don't lose any paperwork.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
What about Todd, You've got this cool You've got this
cool option. We've got this at work where I can
have my personal Uber account, but then there's the work
credit card loaders, so I can actually use the work
credit card account if I need to. And it gets
like it's on it's incumbent on me to obviously be
sensible and not do the wrong way around. But that
surely would like is up on a thousand times on
the admin that a department would have to do.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Absolutely And in fact I use that exact feature as well.
I actually used it before I came to parlament my
corporate life. The other great thing too, hither is if
you actually do make a mistake, is actually an option
you can go back and actually have the transaction reversed right,
so actually credits the right card as long as you
do it with those within a few hours of the trip.
So look, I think there's a lot of advantages to it.
(02:30):
Always saying is let's just make it an option. What
you know, absolutely available across the public service, a lot
of public so we're very happy to do it. You know,
they probably find Uber convenient, like you.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Know, Todd, did you when you're off a sweep steak.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
I did you heard that?
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Now I heard that? How much money did you put in?
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Look, we all put in. There are five dollars tickets.
I had a couple of tickets. We had had two
sweep steaks, so I want about one hundred dollars.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
So you guys are obsessed with money at the ACT party,
like you're really keen on not spending too much. We've
had a debate in our office. We had to put
ten bucks in. Is that too much? Do you think
for an office sweepstake?
Speaker 2 (03:05):
No, I thank you. I think tickets around five or
ten dollars is all right?
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Yeah, okay, okay, thank you X Party. This is okay, Todd,
Thank you, Todd Stevenson EX Party MP nineteen Away from six.
For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to
news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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