First Australian state bans coffee cups as peak body warns about “limited resources” of small business Hospitality Emma Elsworthy 27 September 2022 Western Australia will become the first Australian state to ban takeaway coffee cups in a sign of things to come for east coast cafes.
State-by-state plastic ban timelines a ‘headache SMEs could do without’, peak retail body says Retail Emma Elsworthy 19 July 2022 Australian Retailers Association CEO Paul Zahra says national consistency is urgently needed as 18 separate single-use plastic items are phased out over eight different state and territory jurisdictions.
