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Bendigo joins push for Vic government to overhaul wheelchair-accessible taxi industry

When Bendigo's Deb Owen was robbed a few years ago, she never expected her taxi driver would be the one to sit with her at the police station.

"You don't get that in Melbourne," she said.

For Bendigo residents like Ms Owens who use a wheelchair or mobility device, Bendigo Taxis' wheelchair-accessible vehicles are often their only form of transport.

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