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35 stories · most recent 25 August 2026 · this page is generated at build, so it is never out of date
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Both labels on your certified stock are being rewritten at once, on clocks five years apart
25 August 2026
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The one packaging deliverable with a deadline is waiting on a meeting that has not been called
24 August 2026
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The 5 per cent contamination cap is not a paperwork threshold. It is a criminal offence
20 August 2026
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Orora wrote down $742.8 million on glass. Its Australian glass plant was not the problem
19 August 2026
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The REDcycle stockpile has been processed, and the deal that cleared it has expired
18 August 2026
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Everyone agrees packaging EPR is coming. Nothing is scheduled to deliver it
17 August 2026
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The Senate committee agreed with almost everything the packaging bill wanted, then recommended it not pass
16 August 2026
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Vistaprint’s owner grew 10 per cent. Only 4 of it was organic, and its Melbourne plant kept expanding
9 August 2026
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Since 1 July every exported bale must be 95 per cent paper, and clearing that is still not compliance
5 August 2026
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Paper recycling fell 17 per cent while paper waste fell 7. The Senate votes on packaging EPR from data this old
4 August 2026
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The packaging EPR inquiry finally has a public transcript, and nobody can say yet who the scheme would capture
3 August 2026
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The margin tailwind just turned: printers’ input costs rose 1.3 per cent while their prices fell
31 July 2026
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Europe’s deforestation rules are reaching the standard behind certified Australian fibre, and comment closed 7 August
28 July 2026
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We read the AS/NZS 4708 draft. Europe’s 2006 deforestation cut-off is now written into an Australian standard
28 July 2026
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For the financial year just begun, packaging producers keep paying the old way: APCO’s new EPR fee model is on hold for FY27
24 July 2026
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Detpak has supplied McDonald’s and KFC from offshore for 20 years. The Adelaide firm just opened its first US factory to make their packaging on the spot
23 July 2026
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Australia's soft plastics scheme is authorised for eight years, funded by a levy on whoever puts soft plastic on the market
21 July 2026
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Orora is taking 108 grams out of the standard Riesling bottle, and making it only on its low-carbon furnace
20 July 2026
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Opal's owner is turning its Green Triangle plantations from hardwood to pine, and into carbon credits
19 July 2026
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Your packaging could soon be graded A to G. Here is exactly how the scale works
18 July 2026
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APCO is changing CEOs in the middle of the mandatory-packaging window
11 July 2026
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A private senator's bill wants mandatory packaging rules, and the government's own numbers back it
10 July 2026
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Beyond CMYK: spot colour and extended gamut, explained properly
4 July 2026
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Choosing print substrates and stock, and what certified paper claims mean right now
4 July 2026
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Custom packaging for Australian small business: the trend, the rules, the numbers
4 July 2026
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How offset printing works, and why it still wins long runs
4 July 2026
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How print pricing works in Australia
4 July 2026
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How to prep artwork for print: bleed, resolution, colour and PDF/X
4 July 2026
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Letterpress in Australia: where the working heritage actually lives
4 July 2026
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Foil, spot UV, die-cutting and embossing: when a finish earns its cost
4 July 2026
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Screen printing explained: mesh, ink and where it still wins
4 July 2026
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Specialty inks: metallics, fluorescents, glow and UV, minus the mystique
4 July 2026
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Sustainable printing in Australia: the numbers behind the claims
4 July 2026
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The business card in 2026: why it still works
4 July 2026
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What makes a print job look professional
4 July 2026