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There's never a dull moment in the dynamic Australasian packaging industry, with M&A activity, leadership changes, and product innovation keeping our news desk busy all year long.

From Orora's booming growth over the financial year, to the Australian Government's pledge to make all packaging in the country reusable, compostable or recyclable by 2025, to needles in strawberries and plastic bags out of supermarkets, to the first ever Print21 + PKN LIVE joint event, 2018 was a rollercoaster of a year for the packaging industry... and PKN was there to cover all the news highlights.

See our review of the year that was in the latest issue of PKN magazine.

Food & Drink Business

FSANZ and the AFGC have weighed in behind the consumer regulator’s inquiries into the ABC’s food fraud investigation, as Simplot-owned Leggo’s rejects the findings.

Australia’s tax on alcohol has risen again, prompting warnings that taxed-spirits are becoming unaffordable and that rising drink costs are driving demand for cheap, illicit alternatives.

Gleb Tsipursky argues that AI’s value in food manufacturing will depend on learning from its mistakes, with frontline insights helping improve safety, productivity and decision-making.