'The Plastic Country' - Curtin community screening and panel discussion

I would love you to join me for a Curtin community screening of The Plastic Country, a powerful new documentary by ocean advocate and filmmaker Kal Glanznig. Australia is now one of the highest producers of plastic waste per person in the world, and the consequences are showing up everywhere, from our beaches to our bloodstream. The Plastic Country follows Kal across the continent, from the sacred shores of East Arnhem Land to the halls of Parliament House, as he uncovers just how deeply plastic has worked its way into our environment, our wildlife, and increasingly our own bodies.

After the film (around 70 minutes), stay for a conversation with a brilliant panel, each bringing a different perspective to the scale of the plastics crisis and the changes we can drive at every level - from government to community to our own homes:

• Filmmaker Kal Glanznig has travelled the country documenting the scale of the problem

• Plastic Free July founder Rebecca Prince-Ruiz OAM has built a global movement showing how individual and community action adds up, and

• Professor Michaela Lucas from The University of Western Australia, who led the PERTH trial into plastic chemical exposure in adults, brings the science of what plastics mean for our health.

The event also marks the launch of The Plastic Problem: A National Plan to Reduce Plastic Use and Pollution in Australia, a policy paper I have developed jointly with Sophie Scamps MP, setting out a practical, achievable plan for national action to address the plastics crisis in 2026.