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

The government also opposes these amendments. We'd rather see industry given the chance to deliver on its commitment to the national packaging targets and to establish a government accredited product stewardship scheme for packaging. We do not believe it's appropriate at this time to impose levies on industry as costs that would likely be passed on to consumers when there is a high degree of goodwill and activity seeking to achieve the outcomes already.