Taxi ballots

In Alice Springs and Darwin, there is a cap on the number of licences granted.

As part of the current review of the commercial passenger vehicle (CPV) industry, the Northern Territory (NT) Government has approved to remove this over the next 3 years until 2026.

If there is no further demand or eligible applicants during this period, the cap will be removed.

Otherwise, the cap is scheduled to be removed following the 2026 ballot.

Read more about the CPV review on the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics website.

2023 taxi ballots

Eligible applicants can apply for the 2023 Alice Springs and Darwin taxi licence ballots from Tuesday, 2 January 2024 to 4pm CST on Wednesday, 31 January 2024.

The ballots seek to allocate licences in:

Alice Springs:

• 4 multiple purpose taxis
• 3 standard taxis

Darwin:

• 8 multiple purpose taxis
• 11 standard taxis.

Conditions

Applicants are only permitted to enter into one ballot draw and can't submit multiple applications.

The 2023 Alice Springs and Darwin taxi licence ballots will be conducted in a 2 tiered structure, with priority being given to persons who have been active in the taxi industry for 3 or more years.

Priority applicants – tier 1

For applicants who have had experience driving a taxi for a minimum of 3 years.

Applicants must have driven at least 15 days per month for 9 months of every year for a minimum of 3 years.

Subsequent applicants – tier 2

For applicants who have had experience driving a taxi for a minimum of 12 months.

Applicants must have driven at least once a month for 9 months out of the last 12 months.

To find out more get the 2023 information pack:

2023 taxi licence ballots information pack PDF (289.1 KB)
2023 taxi licence ballots information pack DOCX (209.5 KB)

2022 taxi ballots

The 2022 Alice Springs and Darwin taxi ballots were held on Tuesday 6 June 2023.

There were 15 multiple purpose taxi (MPT) licences for allocation:

• 10 in Darwin
• 5 in Alice Springs.

To find out more about the 2022 ballots, get the information pack.

Information pack PDF (898.5 KB)
Information pack DOCX (208.3 KB)

Successful applicants

The successful applicants for the MPT licences are listed below.

Alice Springs

Harsimran Singh
Amritpal Singh Sra 
Harpreet Singh Deol
Palwinder Singh Bhoma
Md Tauhidul Islam

Darwin

Mayur Dineshbhai Vaghasiya
Kiran Manilal Patel 
Varghese Baby 
Arun Das 
Amandeep Singh 
Neil Dineshkumar Gadhiya 
Bimal Sharma
Shamsher Singh 
Andonis Papandonakis 
Khushhal Kumar

Returned or cancelled licences

If any of the new taxi licences issued under the 2022 taxi ballots are returned within 6 months of the ballot draw, or before the next ballot is announced, it will be offered to the applicant next in line from the same ballot draw.

Any licences returned or cancelled past this timeframe will be placed in future taxi ballots, should the ballot process continue.

Contact

For more information, call 08 8924 7580 or email cpv.compliance@nt.gov.au.

You can also find CPV information bulletins and forms.