Plastic Bags
At the moment, we’re all spending a lot of time debating gay marriage and climate change. Meanwhile, other issues aren’t being debated as vigorously as they might be.
Today The Punch team has each selected two issues which get us hot under the collar, and which we feel deserve more airplay.
What are your thoughts on the issues we’ve chosen? And what other issues do you think we should all be talking about?
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I’m so glad The Punch doesn’t arrive wrapped in plastic.
If it did, I’d be accused of hypocrisy in trying to convince my fellow Premiers to follow South Australia in banning check-out style plastic shopping bags.
Every year, four billion of these bags are dumped into Australia’s environment, clogging landfill or choking the nation’s waterways.
By stopping this in South Australia, that’s 400 million bags a year that won’t be causing massive environmental damage.
Continue reading "Plastic not fantastic for our precious waterways" »
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You are all stupid fools! Ignorance! The world is ending! Read more »
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Dave says:
Anotehr great environmental initiative for South Australia. I am proud to live in a state where little is minimal and we can feel we are doing our bit for the environmental - incremental changes which will make all the difference. Well done Premier Rann. Read more »
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