❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses WA's non-participation in the COAG electricity reform agreement due to its physical separation from the National Electricity Market (NEM) and seeks information on competition payments related to electricity reform.
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(1) Is WA a signatory to the agreement of the Council of Australian Governments relating to electricity reform; and, if so, when did Western Australia sign the agreement? (2) If no to (1), what policy considerations dictated WA’s decision not to sign up for this COAG reform? (3) What quantum of the competition payments has been received or is anticipated by WA as a result of electricity reform? (4) What competition payments have been received by other individual States or Territories for electricity reform in each of the past five years? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am always interested in answering other members’ questions related to national competition policy because I sometimes think that we are treated somewhat differently in this matter. (1) No. (2) The reform obligations under the Council of Australian Governments electricity agreement apply only to jurisdictions participating in the national electricity market. Western Australia is physically separate from the NEM. (3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
(2) If no to (1), what policy considerations dictated WA’s decision not to sign up for this COAG reform? (3) What quantum of the competition payments has been received or is anticipated by WA as a result of electricity reform? (4) What competition payments have been received by other individual States or Territories for electricity reform in each of the past five years? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am always interested in answering other members’ questions related to national competition policy because I sometimes think that we are treated somewhat differently in this matter. (1) No. (2) The reform obligations under the Council of Australian Governments electricity agreement apply only to jurisdictions participating in the national electricity market. Western Australia is physically separate from the NEM. (3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
(3) What quantum of the competition payments has been received or is anticipated by WA as a result of electricity reform? (4) What competition payments have been received by other individual States or Territories for electricity reform in each of the past five years? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am always interested in answering other members’ questions related to national competition policy because I sometimes think that we are treated somewhat differently in this matter. (1) No. (2) The reform obligations under the Council of Australian Governments electricity agreement apply only to jurisdictions participating in the national electricity market. Western Australia is physically separate from the NEM. (3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
(4) What competition payments have been received by other individual States or Territories for electricity reform in each of the past five years? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am always interested in answering other members’ questions related to national competition policy because I sometimes think that we are treated somewhat differently in this matter. (1) No. (2) The reform obligations under the Council of Australian Governments electricity agreement apply only to jurisdictions participating in the national electricity market. Western Australia is physically separate from the NEM. (3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am always interested in answering other members’ questions related to national competition policy because I sometimes think that we are treated somewhat differently in this matter. (1) No. (2) The reform obligations under the Council of Australian Governments electricity agreement apply only to jurisdictions participating in the national electricity market. Western Australia is physically separate from the NEM. (3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am always interested in answering other members’ questions related to national competition policy because I sometimes think that we are treated somewhat differently in this matter. (1) No. (2) The reform obligations under the Council of Australian Governments electricity agreement apply only to jurisdictions participating in the national electricity market. Western Australia is physically separate from the NEM. (3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
(1) No. (2) The reform obligations under the Council of Australian Governments electricity agreement apply only to jurisdictions participating in the national electricity market. Western Australia is physically separate from the NEM. (3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
(2) The reform obligations under the Council of Australian Governments electricity agreement apply only to jurisdictions participating in the national electricity market. Western Australia is physically separate from the NEM. (3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
(3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
(4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
(2) If no to (1), what policy considerations dictated WA’s decision not to sign up for this COAG reform? (3) What quantum of the competition payments has been received or is anticipated by WA as a result of electricity reform? (4) What competition payments have been received by other individual States or Territories for electricity reform in each of the past five years? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am always interested in answering other members’ questions related to national competition policy because I sometimes think that we are treated somewhat differently in this matter. (1) No. (2) The reform obligations under the Council of Australian Governments electricity agreement apply only to jurisdictions participating in the national electricity market. Western Australia is physically separate from the NEM. (3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
(3) What quantum of the competition payments has been received or is anticipated by WA as a result of electricity reform? (4) What competition payments have been received by other individual States or Territories for electricity reform in each of the past five years? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am always interested in answering other members’ questions related to national competition policy because I sometimes think that we are treated somewhat differently in this matter. (1) No. (2) The reform obligations under the Council of Australian Governments electricity agreement apply only to jurisdictions participating in the national electricity market. Western Australia is physically separate from the NEM. (3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
(4) What competition payments have been received by other individual States or Territories for electricity reform in each of the past five years? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am always interested in answering other members’ questions related to national competition policy because I sometimes think that we are treated somewhat differently in this matter. (1) No. (2) The reform obligations under the Council of Australian Governments electricity agreement apply only to jurisdictions participating in the national electricity market. Western Australia is physically separate from the NEM. (3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am always interested in answering other members’ questions related to national competition policy because I sometimes think that we are treated somewhat differently in this matter. (1) No. (2) The reform obligations under the Council of Australian Governments electricity agreement apply only to jurisdictions participating in the national electricity market. Western Australia is physically separate from the NEM. (3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am always interested in answering other members’ questions related to national competition policy because I sometimes think that we are treated somewhat differently in this matter. (1) No. (2) The reform obligations under the Council of Australian Governments electricity agreement apply only to jurisdictions participating in the national electricity market. Western Australia is physically separate from the NEM. (3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
(1) No. (2) The reform obligations under the Council of Australian Governments electricity agreement apply only to jurisdictions participating in the national electricity market. Western Australia is physically separate from the NEM. (3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
(2) The reform obligations under the Council of Australian Governments electricity agreement apply only to jurisdictions participating in the national electricity market. Western Australia is physically separate from the NEM. (3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
(3) Competition payments are conditional upon progress in all areas of national competition policy. While electricity reform is undoubtedly a key factor in securing competition policy payments in Western Australia, the National Competition Council has not outlined the amount attributed to each reform that has taken place. (4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
(4) The NCC has not detailed the amount of competition policy payments attributed to each reform.
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