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Uber agrees $178m payout to Australia taxi drivers

The class action was brought on behalf of more than 8,000 taxi and hire car owners and drivers.

Uber has agreed to pay A$271.8m ($178.3m; £140m) to settle a lawsuit in Australia, according to a law firm for taxi operators and drivers. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers filed the class action on behalf of over 8,000 taxi and hire car owners and drivers. In Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia, cases were brought against governments and all of them failed," Maurice Blackburn principal lawyer Michael Donelly said.

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