2008-08-18 Victoria trial for 10 cent environmental levy on plastic bags

For the next four weeks, customers in three Victorian country towns will be paying a 10 cent levy on every plastic bag they take from their local supermarket. With more than 4 billion bags currently consumed annually, a national levy could potentially raise tens of millions of dollars. So will the Victorian trial set the template for a lucrative, new environmental tax? A spokesperson for Environment Minister Peter Garrett told Breakfast yesterday that environment ministers would be looking 'very closely' at the results of the Victorian trial at their next meeting in November..

 Mon Aug 2008 12:08 (4 months, 3 weeks ago)
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