PLAY Food & Drink Business Video News Bulletin: 29 October

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Packaging News

A shared sense of joy and purpose prevailed at the 2026 PKN Women in Packaging Awards cocktail event, held at Quarterhouse, Melbourne, on 25 June. Congratulations to all winners and finalists, your contribution to the Australasian packaging industry is applauded.

Industry leaders have renewed calls for national packaging reform, warning that Australia's manufacturing resilience, recycling investment and sovereign capability remain vulnerable without policy action to create demand for locally recycled content and provide a more level competitive playing field.

Ball & Doggett has appointed Paul Cruickshank as national manager, cartonboard packaging, taking responsibility for the company’s cartonboard packaging portfolio across Australia.