Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

If I may bring us back to the question before the chair, I understand we are on the amendments sheet 1052, in which the Australian Greens are seeking to re-establish the Product Stewardship Advisory Group. The government's view is that this amendment is unnecessary and duplicative, in the sense that the government has already provided amendments to recognise the advisory role of the newly announced Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence. This Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence, supported with $1 million, will play a key role in driving Australia's circular economy towards an 80 per cent recovery rate across all waste streams by 2030. The new export body will provide mentoring and best-practice guidance to both new and expanding product stewardship schemes. I understand the centre of excellence will be housed or coordinated by the University of Technology Sydney, and clearly it will provide the type of independent, excellent advice that is appropriate in these circumstances.