The National Toxics Network calls on the Australian Government to open up their Waste Export Ban policy for greater stakeholder and community engagement. The Prime Ministers decision to ban Australian waste exports comes with significant local, national and international implications. Yet the Australian government has failed to provide stakeholder engagement commensurate with the scale of the changes proposed and the flow on impacts to our Asia Pacific neighbours.
Victoria and Western Australia are currently facing a waste and recycling crisis which is creating an unsatisfactory and pressured environment in which to make such profound policy decisions. NTN has written to the Federal government and State environment ministers requesting an extension of time and expansion of stakeholder and community engagement…