PoliticsLabor shelves new packaging laws to cut plastic waste, prompting unprecedented outrage

The Albanese government has abandoned its longstanding promise to introduce national packaging standards before the next election, saying it wants to avoid worsening cost-of-living pressures. Environmental groups, recyclers, businesses and state governments condemned the decision. The proposed rules would have required producers to reduce waste, improve plastics recycling and take responsibility for packaging throughout its life cycle.

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