❓ Hon Neil Thomson questions the fairness of WARRRL's click and collect app, alleging anti-competitive behaviour and market domination. The parliamentary secretary states WARRRL is independent and no contravention of relevant acts has been evidenced.
AnsweredQoN 1546Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
WESTERN AUSTRALIA RETURN
RECYCLE RENEW LTD
1546. Hon NEIL THOMSON to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Environment:
I refer to the decision of Western Australia
Return Recycle Renew Ltd to apply an additional 1� to 2� per container to
depots and service providers that use the newly launched WARRRL-owned click and
collect app.
(1) Does the
minister believe it is fair that WARRRL exercises its government-sponsored
complete market domination to crush a small private sector innovator that has
been in the market for approximately two years?
(2) Will the
government undertake a review of WARRRL's actions in accordance with
the Competition Principles Agreement?
(3) If yes to
(2), and if WARRRL is found to be acting in an anti-competitive way, what
sanctions, if any, will be applied to WARRRL?
RECYCLE RENEW LTD
1546. Hon NEIL THOMSON to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Environment:
I refer to the decision of Western Australia
Return Recycle Renew Ltd to apply an additional 1� to 2� per container to
depots and service providers that use the newly launched WARRRL-owned click and
collect app.
(1) Does the
minister believe it is fair that WARRRL exercises its government-sponsored
complete market domination to crush a small private sector innovator that has
been in the market for approximately two years?
(2) Will the
government undertake a review of WARRRL's actions in accordance with
the Competition Principles Agreement?
(3) If yes to
(2), and if WARRRL is found to be acting in an anti-competitive way, what
sanctions, if any, will be applied to WARRRL?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. On behalf of the Minister for Environment, I provide the
following answer.
(1)–(3) Western
Australia Return Recycle Renew Ltd is not an agent of the state. WARRRL is an
independent not-for-profit public company that was appointed, following a request
for proposal process, as the scheme coordinator
of the Western Australian container deposit scheme under the Waste Avoidance
and Resource Recovery Act 2007. WARRRL is responsible for the financial
management, collection, logistics, processing, recycling, auditing and validation
of the container deposit scheme. The Department of Water and Environmental
Regulation is aware of complaints from a commercial operator about WARRRL's
click and collect scheme for home and business container collections, but has
not been provided with any evidence that WARRRL is contravening the Waste
Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 or the Competition and Consumer Act
2010.
of the question. On behalf of the Minister for Environment, I provide the
following answer.
(1)–(3) Western
Australia Return Recycle Renew Ltd is not an agent of the state. WARRRL is an
independent not-for-profit public company that was appointed, following a request
for proposal process, as the scheme coordinator
of the Western Australian container deposit scheme under the Waste Avoidance
and Resource Recovery Act 2007. WARRRL is responsible for the financial
management, collection, logistics, processing, recycling, auditing and validation
of the container deposit scheme. The Department of Water and Environmental
Regulation is aware of complaints from a commercial operator about WARRRL's
click and collect scheme for home and business container collections, but has
not been provided with any evidence that WARRRL is contravening the Waste
Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 or the Competition and Consumer Act
2010.
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