INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT to the Members of  Cabcharge Australia Limited and its Controlled Entities We have audited the financial report of Cabcharge Australia Limited for the financial year ended 30 June 2001, consisting of the statement of financial performance, statement of financial position, statement of cash flows, accompanying notes and the Directors’ declaration set out on pages 17 to 33. The financial report includes the consolidated financial statements of the consolidated entity, comprising the Company and the entities it controlled at the year’s end or from time to time during the financial year. The Company’s Directors are responsible for the financial report. We have conducted an independent audit of this financial report in order to express an opinion on it to the members of the Company. Our audit has been conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards to provide reasonable assurance whether the financial report is free of material misstatement. Our procedures included examination, on a test basis, of evidence supporting the amounts and other disclosures in the financial report, and the evaluation of accounting policies and significant accounting estimates. These procedures have been undertaken to form an opinion whether, in all material respects, the financial report is presented fairly in accordance with Accounting Standards and other mandatory professional reporting requirements and statutory requirements in Australia so as to present a view which is consistent with our understanding of the Company’s and the consolidated entity’s financial position and performance, as represented by the results of their operations and their cash flows. Scope Audit Opinion In our opinion, the financial report of Cabcharge Australia Limited is in accordance with:  Dated at Sydney this 11th day of September 2001. (a) the Corporations Act 2001, including:  (b) other mandatory professional reporting requirements.  (i) giving a true and fair view of the Company’s and consolidated entity’s financial position as at 30 June 2001 and of their performance for the year ended on that date; and  (ii) complying with Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001; and  Bryan Bird Partner BLACKETT & LEWIS Chartered Accountants SULH 4 Leuss CABCHARGE AUSTRALIA LIMITED  AND CONTROLLED ENTITIES 34 ABN 99 001 958 390