PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 4 October

In the news: Soft Plastics Stewardship Australia, Detpak, Flynn Group, Huskee, RecycleSmart, Beach Patrol Australia, Return and Earn, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Society of Plastics Engineers Australia.

Brought to you by Ball & Doggett.

Food & Drink Business

Brisbane-based food technology company Just Meat Protein has closed an oversubscribed $1.8 million seed round, with Inghams Group taking a 10 per cent stake.

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has partnered with Thailand’s Food Innopolis and the Research University Network (RUN) to launch the new Thailand-Australia Venture Exchange Program. Applications are now open, and close 31 July.

Sydney deep tech venture ALBON is pitching a low-energy, algae-based system to dairy, meat, rendering and other food processing operations facing rising water costs and tightening discharge rules. It has just been named as one of the Cicada x Tech23 2026 cohort.