Australian Associated Press
February 14, 2018
The NSW premier admits the government’s controversial container deposit scheme has had “teething problems” after the opposition revealed consumers were out of pocket by $100 million.
Under the so-called “return and earn” scheme, which started December 1, the NSW public had paid $110 million in higher beverage prices but only $8.3 million had been returned to consumers as of Monday, the opposition said.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian conceded on Wednesday “there is no doubt, and I’m not going to take away from the fact, this program had major teething problems and we knew that would be the case.”
Posted in Industry News
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