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Aus govt calls VCs and private equity to back circular economy

BY ROSE MARY PETRASS | MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024 3:37PM

Doubling Australia's circularity rate could deliver a $26 billion net economic boost to GDP by 2035, according to Canberra's inaugural plan for a circular economy.

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