PLAY Food & Drink Business News Bulletin: 26 May

In the news this week: Wide Open Agriculture, Monde Nissin Australia, Sea Forest, George Weston Foods, Hunt and Brew, noumi, A2 Milk Company

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Packaging News

Calls for sweeping national packaging reform are intensifying with independent MPs Dr Sophie Scamps and Kate Chaney joining the Boomerang Alliance in Canberra today, to press for urgent federal action on plastic waste.

PKN EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s growing dependence on imports is exposing critical weaknesses in its manufacturing base. Drawing parallels with past industry decline, Aleks Lajovic argues that without long-term policy support and a shift in perception, the nation risks losing sovereign capability in essential sectors such as plastics and packaging.

PKN’s latest quarterly print issue is hitting desks and landing in inboxes, bringing readers up to speed with the innovations, investments and strategic shifts shaping packaging across Australia and global markets in early 2026.