Passengers are using prepaid kiosks to book a ride but some taxi drivers are refusing to accept the fares, causing chaos.

Uber trips from CBDs and wealthy parts of Sydney and Melbourne now cost much more than rides of identical distance and duration booked in outer suburbs.

Uber passengers in well-off Melbourne suburbs and inner-city areas will be disproportionately slugged by higher fares from the ride-sharing giant after it upped prices in response to surging petrol ...