Waste export ban on mixed plastics now in force
As of Thursday 1 July, waste mixed plastics can no longer be exported from Australia. All future waste plastic exports must be licenced and as a minimum be sorted into either a single polymer bale or processed pellet/flake to a recognised industry specification.
The National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) supports the COAG export ban on unprocessed waste materials, and its members are working hard in collaboration with state and federal governments to upgrade existing sorting capacity and build new processing facilities across the country. Many of these we expect will come online over the next 12 to 18 months.
Laborâs electric vehicle tax set for a rough road ahead
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The Victorian governmentâs plan to tax drivers of electric vehicles is in jeopardy because the government does not have the support to pass the legislation in Parliamentâs upper house.
Key independent MPsintend to block the new tax that Treasury expects to raise $30 million over four years and is forecast to cost the average EV motorist between $260 and $300 a year after its proposed July start date.
Sales of electric vehicles are on the rise around the world.
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The state government wants to tax EV drivers, who do not pay fuel excise, 2.5 cents per kilometre and make them contribute to the cost of maintaining the road network. The tax is similar to one soon to be operating in South Australia and is designed to ensure the state does not suffer a revenue shortfall when EVs â which make up less than 1 per cent of Australian vehicles, 10 times fewer than
Infrastructure binge to dig country out of recession
Infrastructure binge to dig country out of recession
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Governments across the country will inject an extra $46 billion into the economy through roads, school upgrades and social housing to help drag the economy out of the coronavirus pandemic over the next four years.
Analysis compiled by Infrastructure Partnerships Australia shows the response by federal, state and territory governments will be worth almost $17 billion extra in spending on infrastructure in the current financial year before stepping up even further in 2021-22.
The Melbourne Metro project, due for completion in 2025, is one of the many infrastructure projects helping support the economy out of the pandemic recession.
Queensland second-last for infrastructure spending: Report
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Subscriber only Queensland s hamstrung budget has resulted in the state ranking second-last for infrastructure spending, according to a new report released overnight. It comes after Queensland last week was also revealed to be the second worst state for unemployment, with the Australian Bureau of Statistics projecting our joblessness rate was sitting at 7.7 per cent. The 2020 Australian Infrastructure Budget Monitor ranked only Western Australia worse than the Sunshine State in terms of infrastructure spending as a proportion of total government spending due to a constrained balance sheet . A spokesman for Treasurer Cameron Dick said Queensland would be only one of two states whose economy has grown in 2020. Picture: Josh Woning