Cafes, restaurants to give plastics the punt

Program helping regional Queensland hospitality venues eliminate single-use plastics to expand.

5 April, 2023

Queensland releases five-year roadmap for reducing waste

The sunshine state unveils proposed five-year roadmap to phase out single-use plastics.

1 July, 2022

Queensland’s ban on single-use plastics begins

Final straw for single-use plastics in Queensland.

1 September, 2021

Queensland to scale up waste recycling infrastructure

Queensland set to scale up waste recycling infrastructure with $80 million investment.

14 July, 2021

Wage theft criminalised in Queensland

Queensland employers found to be deliberately stealing from their workers now face jail time under new state laws.

9 September, 2020

Queensland govt introduces legislation to criminalise wage theft

Queensland government to introduce legislation to make wage theft a criminal offence.

15 July, 2020

Single-use plastic straws, plates to be banned in Queensland

It’s the last straw for Queensland’s single-use plastics.

15 July, 2020

Queensland council awards 10-year contract to Cleanaway

Logan City Council awards new city-wide waste collection contract to Cleanaway Waste Management.

18 June, 2020

Queensland opens consultation on single-use plastics ban

Consultation open on state-wide ban that will initially focus on straws, drink stirrers, cutlery and plates.

16 March, 2020

Qld govt releases Plastic Pollution Reduction Plan

Queensland govt releases statewide Plastic Pollution Reduction Plan including proposal to ban single-use plastics.

11 November, 2019

Union welcomes Queensland govt procurement policy

State government’s crack-down on shoddy contractors welcomed by cleaners’ union.

13 August, 2019

Nominations open for BSCAA Queensland awards

This year 20 awards will be presented, including a new category,

8 August, 2019