Uber has defended the controversial high commissions it charges to restaurants using its Uber Eats platform, saying the company helps to drive business back to the restaurants via marketing and other support.

Speaking as part of The Australian Financial Review's Future Briefing on Tuesday, Uber community operations director for Australia and New Zealand and North Asia, Mark Capps, indicated that there were no plans to further lower its 30 per cent commission rate, having dropped it by 5 percentage points earlier this year.