Dramatic changes to Australia’s food system are required to address concurrent issues of food insecurity and diet-related non-communicable diseases, against the background of declining natural resources, biodiversity losses and climate change. Coordinated cross-sectoral action is required, including implementation of healthy public policy at all levels of government. This study analyses the scope of existing policy, regulatory and legislative frameworks within Australian local governments that contribute to healthy, sustainable and equitable food systems. As part of a larger project being conducted across NSW and Victoria, pilot content analysis of Metro North Sydney region local council websites was undertaken. Eligible documents included those related directly to food systems issues and whole-of-government documents such as Community Strategic Plans. These documents were mapped against a framework of 8 food system policy domains comprising 51 recommendations, derived from international literature. Each council included some of the food system elements within various policy documents, however none had a dedicated food system policy. Elements tended to be present within Integrated Planning and Reporting Frameworks and voluntary policies such as Community Garden and Environmental Sustainability policies. Areas of the framework commonly included in policies pertained to external partnerships, targets/monitoring, job creation, affordable housing and food safety. These findings provide a starting point for understanding the scope and nature of local council involvement in redressing negative health, environmental and equity issues within contemporary Australian food systems. The findings inform policy and legislative reforms to empower local governments to respond to food system challenges.