Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia

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Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia
FormerlyWestern Potatoes
Company type Statutory body
of the WA Government
IndustryPotato
Founded1946
Defunct2016
HeadquartersPerth, Western Australia
Area served
Western Australia
Servicesmarketing, research, licensing
Parent Government of Western Australia
Website pmc.wa.gov.au (archived)

The Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia (PMC) was a statutory corporation created by the Government of Western Australia's Marketing of Potatoes Act 1946. [1] It was charged with managing the supply of fresh table potatoes in Western Australia. [2] The statutory corporation operated to ensure licensed growers supplied potatoes all year round to the WA consumer market. [3] The corporation was self-funded by revenue from licence fees and did not receive financial support from the state government. [3] The agency dictated the varieties and volume in the WA potato market. [4]

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History

The statutory marketing body was created in 1946. [3] The PMC has 78 licensed growers in its books as of 2014. [3] They output 50 000 tonnes of potatoes to the market. [3] In 2004, there were 151 growers. [3] Further consolidation of growers is expected as the market changes due to technology and market pressures. [3]

The PMC is remembered for a high-profile dispute with Tony Galati, potato grower and founder of the Spudshed supermarket chain. In 1998, the PMC refused to accept trucks of potatoes from Galati for not arriving on time. [5] Galati proceeded to give the potatoes away for free whilst calling for the regulatory agency to be scrapped and allow free competition. [6] [7] The campaign succeeded in 2015 when the state government confirmed it would abolish the agency within two years. [8]

The President of the Potato Growers Association of WA, Dean Ryan was opposed to scrapping the agency [9] and claimed it would put growers out of business. This came from the Harper Competition Policy Review and also the Economic Regulation Authority of WA which points to this as a case study of regulation restricting competition. [10] The Potato Growers Association of WA launched a new website to counter criticism from those in favour of scrapping the board. [4]

Abolition

The passage of the Marketing of Potatoes Amendment and Repeal Act 2016 in September amended the Marketing of Potatoes Act 1946 to abolish the PMC on 31 December 2016 and to provide transitional provisions as to its winding up.

Former Marketing boards and the date of disestablishment.

Name of statutory bodyStateEstablishedDefunctRef
Potato Marketing BoardNSW02/04/194720/07/1956 [11]
Potato Marketing Board of TasmaniaTAS01/01/192731/12/1977 [12]
Queensland Potato Marketing BoardQLD19471954 [13]
ACT Potato Marketing BoardACT19491951 [14]
SA Potato BoardSA19481986 [15]
Potato Marketing BoardVIC19351958 [16]

Varieties

The PMC has approved the following varieties of potatoes that growers can grow. [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "MARKETING OF POTATOES ACT 1946". www5.austlii.edu.au. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia". www.pmc.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ACIL ALLEN CONSULTING. "POTATO MARKETING CORPORATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MARCH 2014 REGULATION AND THE POTATO INDUSTRY IN WA" (PDF). erawa.com.au. ACIL ALLEN CONSULTING. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Potato association launches website to combat criticism". ABC News. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Boylen, George (17 January 1998). "Bargain hunters grab growers' hot potatoes". The West Australian .
  6. ↑ "Potato king digs in for spud war". 12 March 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Galati and PMC sign peace treaty". 28 July 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "WA's Potato Marketing Corporation to be abolished in two years" . Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Relevance of WA's potato board questioned". ABC News. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Farmers, food producers welcome recommendations of competition policy review". ABC News. April 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Potato Marketing Board - State Records NSW". search.records.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Tasmanian Archives Online". search.archives.tas.gov.au. January 1977. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  13. ↑ Conroy, Denise K; Queensland. Dept. of Primary Industries; Queensland. Potato Marketing Board; Queensland. Onion Marketing Board (1981), Beyond the farm gate : an anatomy of failure of the Queensland Potato Marketing Board 1947-1954 and the Queensland Onion Marketing Board 1949-1952 and 1959-1962 , retrieved 19 May 2015
  14. ↑ Services, ACT Government; PositionTitle=Director; SectionName=ACT Library and Information Services; Corporate=Territory and Municipal (30 November 2013). "HMSS 0364 ACT Potato Marketing Board Records" . Retrieved 19 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ↑ Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA). "South Australia's Potato Industry" (PDF). South Australia's Potato Industry - pirsa. Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA).
  16. ↑ "Marketing of Primary Products Act 1958" (PDF). www.austlii.edu.au. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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