Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

Labor opposes these amendments. We believe producers should be held responsible for ensuring that the products they manufacture can be recycled, and producers should be expected to shift towards circular and sustainable use of materials. That is how we will achieve better outcomes for waste and recycling, and that means better environmental outcomes, less resource depletion and new manufacturing opportunities. However, without any expert analysis of the impacts and the benefits for plans such as those proposed in these amendments, Labor can't support these amendments. It's not really clear that this is the best way of achieving the change that's intended, and there has not been sufficient engagement with producers and other stakeholders.