Plain tobacco packaging and investment proceedings on the issue has been described as an affront to the rule of law in Australia. Dr Patricia Ranald, Convener of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network said that big tobacco and other global corporations are lobbying hard to include the right of foreign investors to sue governments in the current negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). Philip Morris International lost its case in December 2015. In November 2011, British American Tobacco announced that it would challenge the laws in the High Court as soon as they gained royal assent. In August 2012, the High
Bright Packaging the packaging of FMCG products. The company supplies packaging products to Philip Morris, Unilever, Procter and Gamble and British American Tobacco. Its products include aluminum foil, metalized film laminate, tissue/woodfree/board, and inner frames, which are primarily used in cigarette, liquor, confectionery, and pharmaceutical packaging. It is also involved in property investment activities. The company's manufacturing plant is located in Subang Hi-Tech Industrial Park. Bright Packaging supplies the tobacco, confectionery and pharmaceutical industries resulting in being a hidden nonetheless critical component of its clients supply chain and product image. Bright Packaging was embroiled in a high-profile boardroom dispute culminating in a