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Victory For Melbourne’s Stripping Cabbies! You Can’t Stop The Sexy!
10:42AM Clem Bastow | We thought those of you who were entertained by the slow and sensual strip show protest staged by Melbourne’s taxi drivers yesterday would like to know that their bare-chested protestations didn’t go unnoticed, and all but two of their demands will be met by the State Government.
Maybe the teachers’ unions should start looking into massed nudity?
Pre-payment of fares between 10pm and 5am — a key demand from drivers to deal with the frequent problem of passengers who “do a runner” without paying — will be introduced in the next few months.
Drivers will estimate the amount of the fare before the journey and then the difference, if there is one, will be paid by either the driver or passenger.
The State Government will pay 50% of the cost of introducing safety screens, with the balance to be paid by taxi operators.
The screens, worth $1000 to $1200, will be removable, allowing drivers who do not want them to store them in the boot. At first the installation will cover about 75% of Melbourne’s 3800-strong taxi fleet.
This is great news for the cabbies, though we’re slightly disappointed that Jazz Randyman didn’t turn up again as a mouthpiece for the protest.
Now, if they could just work on the taxi drivers who, upon one’s entering the cab and requesting one’s destination, turn around looking slightly frightened and as, “Do you know how to get there?” we’ll all be laughing. More » 
Who Knew Melbourne’s Taxi Drivers Were Such A Sexy Bunch?
9:13AM Clem Bastow | We should preface this piece by making it clear we support the Melbourne cabbies’ protest and think that taxi drivers really get a bum deal these days (excluding the ones who actually don’t know where anything is/have the heater on 43 degrees and windows up/smell like Don Skinless Franks).
However, we couldn’t help but laugh in a somewhat bemused fashion at the following highlights from this morning’s reportage of the cabbie strike in Melbourne’s CBD. We’ve underlined the best bits, just in case you miss them in your first scan:
Taxi drivers blockading a major intersection in Melbourne’s CBD have started to remove their clothing and have released their demands, saying they will not move until authorities meet with them.
Several hundred drivers are sitting and standing in a circle around the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets in central Melbourne, holding up placards and protesting against violence and abuse of taxi drivers.
The protest started yesterday evening and has continued overnight. One of the organisers, Indian-born taxi driver Jazz Randyboy, said the protest had been peaceful.
We bet it’s been peaceful, Mr Randyboy – and sexual.
Seriously, is this a hack? Why are they stripping? Are they protesting by unleashing such a torrent of taxi-bound sensuality that the CBD grinds to an orgasmic halt, thereby greatly reducing productivity and sending the economy into a tailspin?
For god’s sake someone tell us what is going on!
UPDATE!!
Are you ready for this jelly? The Age has a photo of the bare-chested cabbies’ protest. Over the jump for all the righteous sexy you can handle! More » 
