E&OE…. Topics: Ministerial Roundtable, plastic shopping bags, microbeads GREG HUNT: Let me start in welcoming everybody here, by thanking Nadia – she talked about Cam Kerr as one of the big bosses, and I always agree with that – but she talked about the custodianship of Indigenous leaders for land and country, and being out…
E&OE…. Topics: Ministerial Roundtable, plastic shopping bags, microbeads, election timing TOM ELLIOTT: Mr Hunt, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon Tom. TOM ELLIOTT: Okay, so you've just been talking to your state counterparts about this very issue. Have you banned plastic bags? GREG HUNT: No. What has happened… TOM ELLIOTT: Are you about to…
The Australian Government is taking further steps to tackle the detrimental impact of plastics on our environment. Last December, Commonwealth, state and territory Environment Ministers announced plans to achieve a voluntary phase out of microbeads by no later than July 2018. “Today I am pleased to announce that the Federal Government is taking a stronger…
The Australian Government will commit an immediate $60,000 to kick-start urgent research into the best way to reduce plastic pollution in our oceans, reefs and waterways. The funding, under the National Environmental Science Programme’s (NESP) emerging priorities stream, will investigate the major sources of marine plastic waste around Australia and determine the most cost-effective options…