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❓ Ms. Mettam questions the selection process and potential disadvantage to egg producers excluded from the new producer-owned egg marketing company established after the deregulation of egg marketing in 2004. The answer refers to the legislation and a transition advisory committee, deeming a later partnership a private commercial matter.

AnsweredQoN 1975Legislative Assembly

Asked

5 September 2017

Member

Ms L. Mettam

Portfolio

Agriculture and Food

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I refer to the former State Labor Government's deregulation of egg marketing in 2004, and the Marketing of Eggs Legislation Expiry Regulations 2005 which outlined the process for distribution of the Egg Marketing Board's assets to a producer-owned egg marketing company based on cooperative principles, and I ask: (a) how were producers selected for the new producer-owned egg marketing company (Golden Egg Farms, now known as the AAA Egg Company) based on cooperative principles; (b) what consideration was given by the former State Labor Government to those egg producers excluded from the new producer-owned egg marketing company to ensure that they were not commercially disadvantaged by the gifting of the Egg Marketing Board's assets to the new producer-owned egg marketing company; (c) what redress was made available to egg producers that were excluded from the producer-owned egg marketing company; and (d) has the producer-owned egg marketing company since formed a partnership with Finbar Group to develop land?

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Answered

10 October 2017

Responded by

Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Food

Response time

9 days

(a) (b) and (c) On the 19 August 2004, Parliament passed the Marketing of Eggs Amendment Bill 2004 that provided for the expiration of the Marketing of Eggs Act 1945 , and the dissolution of the Western Australian Egg Marketing Board and the transfer of the Board’s assets to a producer-owner egg marketing company established on co-operative principles. As part of that decision, the Government set up a transition advisory committee to deal with all aspects of the transfer of assets to the new producer-owned egg marketing company including membership of that new company. Membership concerns raised were dealt with at the time.
(d) This is a private commercial matter between the two companies concerned.

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