This is what a Cabcharge looked like, Nationwide News, 10 May, 2004.

Cabcharges were a a vital part of every working day, procuring them, using them, trying to store up an extra one or two for emergencies, justifying to the bosses why you needed them.

The company would have periodic crackdowns on Cabcharges, only to realise  that reporters needed to be able to get to jobs one way or another, and asking them to use Sydney's antiquated public transport system wasn't in the end all that practical.

This is what they looked like: