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CNN Travel

Japan Airlines wants to help you leave your suitcase at home

ABC

War On Waste: Shein haul

ELLE

Six Sustainable Fashion Activists And Creatives Share Their Best Thrift Store Finds Of All Time

The Guardian

Boxing Day sales: crowds flock to stores around Australia in search of bargains

Refinery 29

There’s A Big Problem With Australia’s Proposed Fast Fashion Tax

9 News

'It can work in Australia': Push to ban influencer fast fashion marketing as billion-dollar industry soars

The Australian Institute

​Soft plastic recycling is back in supermarkets!

Yahoo News

How to avoid being duped by fast fashion: 'Designed to fail'


 

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Halloween has a waste problem: Here’s how to make it more sustainable

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European Union-style business tax on plastic packaging could raise almost $1.5bn per year

Television

Growing Calls For Fast Fashion Tax To Tackle Aussie Over-Consumption | 10 News+

Growing Calls For Fast Fashion Tax To Tackle Aussie Over-Consumption | 10 News+

Australia's fast fashion fixation, and what to do about it | Nina Gbor on ABC News

Australians buy more clothes per person than any other country which is fuelling a fast fashion waste crisis, according to new Australia Institute research.

Australians buy more clothes than any other country | Nina Gbor on the Today Show

Australia has surpassed the US as the world’s biggest consumer of textiles per capita. Australians buy an average of 56 new clothing items a year, more than the US (53), UK (33 items) and China (30).

The Tragic Fate Of Donated Vintage Clothes

Australia's thrifting scene has gone downhill and a new report has revealed what really happens to the iconic vintage pieces that Aussies donate to op shops.

EXPLAINED: How Temu & Shein Are Destroying the Retail Industry

Ultra-fast and cheap online retailers like Temu and Shein are becoming the unbeatable competition, with Aussie businesses closing as we all look for cheap, quick bargains.

Government looking for solutions to Australia’s growing fast fashion crisis | 9 News Australia

Hundreds-of-thousands of tonnes in the clothes are filling landfills in Australia, with the government looking for solutions to the growing fast fashion crisis with a new tax.

Remagine Art Prize - Nina Gbor - Keynote speaker 2025

Nina Gbor delivered the keynote address at Remagine 2025, hosted at Wallarobba by Hornsby Shire Council. Speaking to this year’s theme, RE:THINK TO RE:PURPOSE, Nina explored the importance of sustainable practices and the circular economy. Her insights encouraged attendees to reconsider waste, consumption, and creativity in addressing environmental challenges.

Australia Contributes Greatly to Fashion Waste

Calls for government to impose ‘fast fashion tax’ after startling revelation


 
 

MSN

National circular economy plan sets ambitious 80 per cent resource recovery target by 2035

Sourcing Journal

Australia’s Seamless Scheme, Taxing Fast Fashion, Takes Effect

 

Additional Media Features

THE DAILY AUS: https://thedailyaus.com.au/news/australians-contribute-more-clothing-waste-than-the-us

SOURCING JOURNAL: https://sourcingjournal.com/sustainability/sustainability-news/australia-passes-seamless-scheme-taxing-fast-fashion-australia-institute-nina-gbor-circularity-516096/

B&T: https://www.bandt.com.au/australias-soft-drink-industry-faces-calls-for-change-as-consumers-demand-more-functional-sustainable-options/

ANZ: https://www.anz.com.au/bluenotes/2023/10/anz-sustainable-fashion-choices/

SBS: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast-episode/polling-puts-a-price-on-wasteful-christmas-spending/uw8wofaaw

REMAKE: https://remake.world/stories/cottage-industries/

THE AGE: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8644582/fashion-waste-figures-not-a-good-fit-for-australia/

THE SPARK HUB: https://electro-consulting.paperturn-view.com/the-spark-hub-jul-25?pid=ODg8869695&v=4

SABLE LABS: https://thehub.sablelabs.co/planet/is-buying-second-hand-sustainable/

RAGTRADER: https://www.ragtrader.com.au/news/aussies-pitted-to-waste-0-9-billion-worth-of-presents-in-2023

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/the-four-small-daily-habits-that-will-minimise-your-waste-20250619-p5m8q1.html

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/the-80s-dress-this-fashion-expert-has-on-high-rotation-that-you-may-own-20250220-p5ldvz.html

SBS NEWS: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australians-buy-more-new-clothes-than-anyone-else-meet-the-people-trying-to-change-that/mabx6muww

SBS NEWS: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast-episode/the-young-people-looking-to-fight-australias-clothing-sustainability-crisis/9q6nthto9

VELVETY: https://velvety.com.au/blogs/blog/ethical-fashion-bloggers-writers-in-australia-to-follow-in-2020?srsltid=AfmBOorDPIhxMhtpAiQo2NphorFM-37GOeVoD8y41A8yW6OKpRJHzZPt

THE PAIGE: https://thepaige.au/what-is-the-fashion-industry-really-doing-about-sustainability/

THE ROUNDUP: https://theroundup.org/sustainable-fashion-activists-to-follow/​​​

AFTINET: https://aftinet.org.au/node/1798

COCKTAIL REVOLUTION: https://www.cocktailrevolution.net.au/nina-gbor-how-to-dress-sustainably/

FASHION JOURNAL: https://fashionjournal.com.au/fashion/women-of-colour-sustainable-fashion-movement/