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Food for Health Alliance makes submissions to the Commonwealth, State and Territory governments in Australia on issues related to food policy. We make submissions to Food Standards Australia New Zealand on changes to the Food Standards Code, to parliamentary inquiries and to government departments who are consulting on policy and regulatory change. We also make submissions to international consultations where appropriate. These processes help shape and inform the development of effective food policy.

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Australian Government Early Years Strategy

3 May 2023
Food for Health Alliance submission on the Commonwealth Governments Early Years Strategy highlights the need for this strategy to include nutrition as a key part of the vision and outcomes for the early years.

Privacy Act Review Report Submission

1 Apr 2023
The Privacy Act has an important role to play in protecting children online. Food for Health Alliance strongly supports a strengthened Privacy Act to better protect children from harmful data practices, including the collection, use and disclosure of their information to market harmful industries such as unhealthy food, alcohol and gambling. Read more

FSANZ consultation on energy labelling on alcoholic beverages

1 Mar 2023
Food for Health Alliance supports energy labelling on alcoholic beverages as it will provide consumers with information about the energy content of alcohol products and enable consumers to consider the contribution that alcohol makes to energy in their diet. Read more

ACCC’s digital platforms regulatory reform recommendations

1 Feb 2023
Read Food for Health Alliance’s position on the ACCC’s recommendations for digital platform regulatory reform, and how these can support the government to better protect children from unhealthy food marketing. Read more

CSIRO consultation: transforming Australian food systems

1 Feb 2023
Food for Health Alliance strongly supports the development of a guide for the transformation of Australia’s food systems, to reach a more healthy, equitable and sustainable future. Read our response to the CSIRO’s discussion paper

Senate Committee on Economics inquiry into influence of international digital platforms

1 Feb 2023
Food for Health Alliance advocates for broad government regulation to ensure children are fully protected from digital marketing of unhealthy food, including on social media. The Australian Government has an important role to play in protecting and creating an environment that restricts commercial exploitation of children and enables children to participate as digital citizens, while having their best interests protected when online. Read our submission

WHO consultation on draft guideline on fiscal policies to promote healthy diets

1 Feb 2023
Fiscal policies, like a levy on sugar sweetened beverages, can influence purchasing behaviour and as part of a comprehensive set of measures to improve diets and reduce overweight and obesity in Australia. Read our submission on the World Health Organizations draft guideline for fiscal policies to promote healthy diets. Read our submission

Measuring What Matters Framework

1 Jan 2023
Food for Health Alliance strongly supports the development of a wellbeing framework by the Commonwealth Government to measure key indicators that reflect the wellbeing of the Australian population, and of groups within the population. Read more

Inquiry into Food Security in Australia

1 Dec 2022
Food for Health Alliance acknowledges the impact of food insecurity on many Australians, and the importance of developing policy and regulatory solutions to address it.

As there are links between food insecurity and poor diet, overweight and obesity, many policy and regulatory reforms can simultaneously improve food security, improve diets and reduce overweight and obesity. These include changes within the food system and broader reforms that address wider determinants of health. Read our submission on the inquiry into food security in Australia. Read our submission

ACCC Digital Platform Services Inquiry: social media services

1 Oct 2022
Children should be able to be online and use social media without being exposed to marketing that is harmful to their health, including marketing of unhealthy food. Read Food for Health Alliance’s response to ACCC’s consideration of this issue as part of its inquiry into social media services. Read more
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