Welcome to the Australian Local Food System Policy Database. This is a collection of policies from New South Wales (NSW) and Victorian local governments that relate to healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems.
For further information about using the database and how it was created see How to use the database. You can search the database by using the fields below. Domain refers to eight broad categories under which various topics are situated. The domains and topics are based on a framework of recommendations for local government action on creating a healthy, sustainable, and equitable food system (also located on the ‘How to use the database’ page linked above).
To cite the database: Reeve B, Carrad A, Rose N, Charlton K & Aguirre-Bielschowsky I (2021) Australian Local Food System Policy Database. Available at: https://law-food-systems.sydney.edu.au/policy-database (access date).
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| Document title | Relevant text in the policy | Domain | Topic | State | Local Government name | Council type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLBEING PLAN 2017-2021 | Provide leadership in many environments to promote healthy eating and active living priorities | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Corangamite | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLBEING PLAN 2017-2021 | Breastfeeding – Children fully breastfed at 6 months | Health and Wellbeing | Breastfeeding | Victoria | Corangamite | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLBEING PLAN 2017-2021 | Opportunities for service development – Encourage a range of healthy eating and active living initiatives e.g. promote water (sales and use) in council events | Health and Wellbeing | Access to safe drinking water | Victoria | Corangamite | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLBEING PLAN 2017-2021 | Promote community awareness about the quality of drinking water in rainwater tanks | Health and Wellbeing | Access to safe drinking water | Victoria | Corangamite | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLBEING PLAN 2017-2021 | productive agricultural, forestry and mining activities and protection of rural resources | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Corangamite | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC Health and Wellbeing Plan | Reduce the marketing of unhealthy food at City of Ballarat facilities | Health and Wellbeing | Restrict unhealthy food advertising; increase healthy food promotion | Victoria | Ballarat | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC Health and Wellbeing Plan | Build capacity and enable skills • Educate residents to help them make healthy food and drink choices • Help residents to develop skills to grow, purchase, store and prepare healthy foods | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Ballarat | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC Health and Wellbeing Plan | Objectives • Increase consumption of fruit and vegetables • Increase availability of healthy food options • Increase water consumption and reduce consumption of sugary drinks | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Ballarat | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC Health and Wellbeing Plan | Our Partners in Health 2015-18 emphasised joint advocacy and support for community based activities in the areas of: increasing physical activity, reducing tobacco related harms, improving healthy eating and food security | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Ballarat | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC Health and Wellbeing Plan | promotion of a healthy “the largest cause of disease burden is a poor diet” and nutritious diet will be a clear focus of the strategies addressing this priority | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Ballarat | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC Health and Wellbeing Plan | Support food outlets and key settings including early childhood services, schools, community groups and sports clubs to provide and promote healthy food and drink choices | Health and Wellbeing | Partner with sport clubs to provide healthy choices | Victoria | Ballarat | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC Health and Wellbeing Plan | Encourage and promote breast-feeding friendly settings | Health and Wellbeing | Breastfeeding | Victoria | Ballarat | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC Health and Wellbeing Plan | Number of food outlets providing healthy food choices through the award program | Health and Wellbeing | Encourage existing retailers/caterers to sell healthy, sustainable and affordable food | Victoria | Ballarat | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC Health and Wellbeing Plan | Support food outlets and key settings including early childhood services, schools, community groups and sports clubs to provide and promote healthy food and drink choices | Health and Wellbeing | Encourage existing retailers/caterers to sell healthy, sustainable and affordable food | Victoria | Ballarat | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC Health and Wellbeing Plan | Provide access to water in recreational areas and other public spaces | Health and Wellbeing | Access to safe drinking water | Victoria | Ballarat | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC Health and Wellbeing Plan | Volunteer Hub Development of the City of Ballarat meals on wheels volunteer hub allows for an enhanced and effi cient service, and a welcoming and familiar space for volunteers to meet and socialise. Volunteers have worked to improve the space with the addition of a vegetable and fl ower garden which adds to the range of activities they can enjoy together. | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Ballarat | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC Health and Wellbeing Plan | • Help residents to develop skills to grow, purchase, store and prepare healthy foods | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Ballarat | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC Health and Wellbeing Plan | Volunteer Hub Development of the City of Ballarat meals on wheels volunteer hub allows for an enhanced and effi cient service, and a welcoming and familiar space for volunteers to meet and socialise. Volunteers have worked to improve the space with the addition of a vegetable and fl ower garden which adds to the range of activities they can enjoy together. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Ballarat | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC Health and Wellbeing Plan | food safety | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Ballarat | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC Health and Wellbeing Plan | While being committed to continuously improving the standard and quality of public health in the municipality, the key activities focus on prevention of infectious disease: the sale of safe and suitable food | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Ballarat | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN | Increase rates of breastfeeding | Health and Wellbeing | Breastfeeding | Victoria | Mitchell | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN | Support and promote initiatives that contribute to healthy eating and access to affordable nutritious food. Increase participation in physical activity, recreation and leisure. Decreased rates of obesity. Increased consumption of fruit and vegetable intake. Decreased food Insecurity rates. Increase rates of breastfeeding. | Health and Wellbeing | Breastfeeding | Victoria | Mitchell | Regional |
| MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN | Continue to be prepared, respond and support community recovery from emergencies in Mitchell Shire e.g. food poisoning outbreaks, flooding, fire and heatwaves. | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Mitchell | Regional |
| Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan Bentleigh Gardenvale Bentleigh East Glen Huntly Brighton East McKinnon Carnegie Murrumbeena Caulfield Ormond Elsternwick St Kilda East 2017–2021 | There were 52 premises that recieved a Taste4Health award and 14 premises that received a Taste4Health Kids award. These businesses met healthy menu criteria developed in partnership with Bentleigh-Bayside Community Health to provide food low in salt, sugar and fat and high in dietary fibre. | Health and Wellbeing | Dietary guidelinse for external settings | Victoria | Glen Eira | Metropolitan |
| Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan Bentleigh Gardenvale Bentleigh East Glen Huntly Brighton East McKinnon Carnegie Murrumbeena Caulfield Ormond Elsternwick St Kilda East 2017–2021 | Encourage people to consume recommended daily intake of fruit and vegetables, and reduce consumption of sweet drinks and unhealthy food. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Glen Eira | Metropolitan |
| Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan Bentleigh Gardenvale Bentleigh East Glen Huntly Brighton East McKinnon Carnegie Murrumbeena Caulfield Ormond Elsternwick St Kilda East 2017–2021 | Encourage people to consume recommended daily intake of fruit and vegetables, and reduce consumption of sweet drinks and unhealthy food. G | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Glen Eira | Metropolitan |
| Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan Bentleigh Gardenvale Bentleigh East Glen Huntly Brighton East McKinnon Carnegie Murrumbeena Caulfield Ormond Elsternwick St Kilda East 2017–2021 | Promote healthy eating and a physically active community Annual program of health promotion seminars implemented, with healthy eating and physical activity sessions delivered in partnership with community health centres, including Healthy Eating on a Budget, Eating Well, and Ageing Well. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Glen Eira | Metropolitan |
| Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan Bentleigh Gardenvale Bentleigh East Glen Huntly Brighton East McKinnon Carnegie Murrumbeena Caulfield Ormond Elsternwick St Kilda East 2017–2021 | Promote national, state and regional campaigns and initiatives to raise awareness of the importance of healthy eating and physical activity. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Glen Eira | Metropolitan |
| Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan Bentleigh Gardenvale Bentleigh East Glen Huntly Brighton East McKinnon Carnegie Murrumbeena Caulfield Ormond Elsternwick St Kilda East 2017–2021 | Promote national, state and regional campaigns and initiatives to raise awareness of the importance of healthy eating and physical activity. 2 | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Glen Eira | Metropolitan |
| Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan Bentleigh Gardenvale Bentleigh East Glen Huntly Brighton East McKinnon Carnegie Murrumbeena Caulfield Ormond Elsternwick St Kilda East 2017–2021 | There were 52 premises that recieved a Taste4Health award and 14 premises that received a Taste4Health Kids award. These businesses met healthy menu criteria developed in partnership with Bentleigh-Bayside Community Health to provide food low in salt, sugar and fat and high in dietary fibre. | Health and Wellbeing | Encourage existing retailers/caterers to sell healthy, sustainable and affordable food | Victoria | Glen Eira | Metropolitan |