3 Policies For Australia's Circular Industrial Economy

Product Stewardship Act - Slavery Act 2018 - Clean Up Politics Act

First and foremost do your own research on who you vote for with your attention, with your dollar - read labels PLEASE, and at the polls.  Apathy votes when you are pissed at the status quo, doesn't move the needle, you get the politician you deserve. 

The views here are based on our own research, which has been extensive because it's our job, to improve business and the democratic process in Australia. 

Dr Monique Ryan did win some HECS relief but it was a superficial win as it didn't wipe student debt which is what we our kids need, the fact that the Australian Government makes more money from HECS than it does from taxing our Fossil Fuel companies.  Tells you everything.

The key policies that haven't to date been used by our MPs to their fullest potential have actually been in place for 6 years for the Slavery Act 2018, has only this year in 2024 getting it's first commissioner. 🤯

Product Stewardship Act 2011, yes 13 years.  This is weaponised incompetence.  By our own government.  Administered by the Agriculture Fishery and Forestry.  During this period this department was meant to create a recycling hub for e-waste and batteries.  As it stands in Australia, the largest mining nation for Lithium, does NOT have a scaleable e-waste solution. 

It was repealed in 2020 and now named the Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2020.

Our supply chain as it stands in 2024 is filled with Slavery, including our seafood.  Even companies that do Supply Chain Audits these audits do not go more than one step back unless pushed for by the initial business, so it really does come down to being a business for good and asking harder questions.   This was identified after doing some Circular Transition consulting with a large business that sells products from recycled plastic, there is a lot of work to do in this industry.   

We strongly recommend if you are business for good to write a transparent Sustainability Policy page, including your transition strategy.  The ACCC is going after businesses that are green washing and we have Ai and Natural Language Patterns that can identify the blatent copy and ones that written cleverly.  This is Ai we support because catching out bad business is part of the way forward.

We also as of this year have a Voluntary Product Stewardship Act training though, so get on it.

Curation Of TikTok Videos On The Clean Up Politic Act - It's Overdue!!

Slavery Act 2018

The Act requires annual reports to be made by Australian based entities and those operating in Australia that have a minimum consolidated revenue of $100 million (reporting entities). Other entities can elect to report voluntarily. The Commonwealth Government is also required to publish its own annual modern slavery statement, which may be relevant for suppliers to the government.

The Act defines ‘modern slavery’ with reference to the Commonwealth Criminal Code and international law. It captures: • conduct that would constitute slavery and slavery-like offences, whether or not the conduct took place in Australia; • human trafficking; and • the worst forms of child labour. Slavery and slavery-like conduct would include forced labour, deceptive recruitment and debt bondage.

Cobalt is every single rechargeable product. 

Right now, 5.9million people are displaced in the Congo because, Glencore, Samsung, Apple and Tesla are the 4 largest companies that mine there.  They are subject to this act and we need to take action because not only is genocide happening but the stats say 49 women per hour are losing their freedom hourly to men doing what they shouldn't to them. 

Glencore has a Slavery Policy for the UK and Australia, not for the DRC, Congo.  go to YouTube and watch this video as there are links for the Blue Carbon Project into the Great Artisan Basin they tried to pass in 2024 🙄   They are now paying $1.1billion in fines that 'Glencore admitted to paying over $100 million in bribes to government officials in US, UK and Brazil through a series of subsidiaries, middlemen, and intermediary corporations in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Glencore’s principal objectives were obtaining unfair business advantages, acquiring state-owned operations, and mitigating or outright dismissing legal liabilities.' from this article. Another link >>>  The Department of Justice in the US ruling link

Not all businesses out of Switzerland or the EU in fact are good for people and planet.  Do your research people and duet us on TikTok if you want to have deeper conversations on that platform.  #peoplepower #votewithyourdollar