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 |
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| Retail Centres Strategy | In particular, by 2016 there could be sufficient expenditure available within the catchment of the Ourimbah centre to support a medium sized supermarket facility in this centre. This is a service which is lacking in this centre and results in a leaking of expenditure from the Wyong LGA to convenience retail centres in the Gosford LGA. The provision of additional retail services in the form of a supermarket will assist in addressing this anomaly. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | NSW | Central Coast | Regional |
| Retail Centres Strategy | The retail mix available within the Wyong town centres is somewhat limited and would benefit from an additional attractor such as a supermarket. The 2011/12 Retail Centres Review demonstrated that there is sufficient expenditure which is currently directed to Wyong from its catchment population to support an additional medium sized supermarket facility. The potential additional local population will also provide support from this facility. The provision of such a facility could have a synergistic effect in terms of revitalising the mix of retail services provided in this centre. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | NSW | Central Coast | Regional |
| Retail Centres Strategy | The retail mix available within Wyong is somewhat limited and would benefit from an additional attractor such as a supermarket. The additional local population will provide support from this facility however it has been demonstrated that there is sufficient expenditure which is currently directed to Wyong from its catchment population to support a medium sized supermarket facility. The provision of such a facility could have a synergistic effect in terms of revitalising the mix of retail services provided in the centre. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | NSW | Central Coast | Regional |
| Retail Strategy | Is the retail use a grocery supermarket? If yes, is the store to be located in the Hamilton town centre or one of the neighbourhood centres identified in the retail strategy? If yes, the use component of the application should be approved. If no, is the supermarket to be part of a new neighbourhood centre serving a growing area of Hamilton? If yes, see 4 below. If no, the application should be refused. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Southern Grampians | Regional |
| Retail Strategy | Neighbourhood retail centres (as defined in the background analysis) should ideally contain shops selling the range of convenience goods and services – groceries, fresh food, newsagents, pharmacy goods, take-away food and hairdressing – allow local residents to access necessities without the need to travel to a larger centre. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Southern Grampians | Regional |
| Rethink Your Waste! City of Casey Waste Management Strategy 2016 – 2022 | composting | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Rethink Your Waste! City of Casey Waste Management Strategy 2016 – 2022 | Educ | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Rethink Your Waste! City of Casey Waste Management Strategy 2016 – 2022 | Further research into the organic composition of kerbside bins in Casey was undertaken over a three year period as part of a MWRRG grant for composting. The home composting program involving free infrastructure and substantial educational consistent reduction in waste period | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Rethink Your Waste! City of Casey Waste Management Strategy 2016 – 2022 | composting | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Rethink Your Waste! City of Casey Waste Management Strategy 2016 – 2022 | . Build the metropolitan organics processing network productivity by accepting household and commercial food waste | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Rethink Your Waste! City of Casey Waste Management Strategy 2016 – 2022 | composting | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Rethink Your Waste! City of Casey Waste Management Strategy 2016 – 2022 | Educ | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Rethink Your Waste! City of Casey Waste Management Strategy 2016 – 2022 | Establish relationships between commercial food waste generators and organic | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Rethink Your Waste! City of Casey Waste Management Strategy 2016 – 2022 | Further research into the organic composition of kerbside bins in Casey was undertaken over a three year period as part of a MWRRG grant for composting. The home composting program involving free infrastructure and substantial educational consistent reduction in waste period | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Rethink Your Waste! City of Casey Waste Management Strategy 2016 – 2022 | tonnages City of Casey 2025/26 (food diversion fully imp | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Rethink Your Waste! City of Casey Waste Management Strategy 2016 – 2022 | Update to Council as to the status of tendering and implementation of all contracts related to organics and First Interim Report (due December 2017) – Second Interim Report (due July 2019) – | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Rethink Your Waste! City of Casey Waste Management Strategy 2016 – 2022 | | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Rethink Your Waste! City of Casey Waste Management Strategy 2016 – 2022 | | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| RETICULATED/TOWN DRINKING WATER QUALITY | 1. OBJECTIVES Byron Shire Council is committed to managing its water supply catchment, treatment and supply assets to provide safe, high quality drinking water, which consistently meets the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (2011), other regulatory requirements and consumer expectations. | Health and Wellbeing | Access to safe drinking water | NSW | Byron | Regional |
| REVENUE AND RATING STRATEGY 2019-23 | General Rates levied using differential rates based on Capital Improved Valuations multiplied by specified rates in the dollar, being: − Residential rates at 100% of the General rate − Farm rates at 82% of the General rate − Commercial rates at 100% of the General rate − Industrial rates at 100% of the General rate. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Buloke | Regional |
| Review of DEDJTR Regional Service Delivery Model and Strategic Directions for Regional Policy Southern Grampians Shire Council, April 2015 | Southern Grampians Shire Council has invested with State Government of Victoria support to map its land capability for different commodities to support a diversification of agricultural crops, providing investors with important information about soil types, rainfall and climate variability. Future consideration of investment in water infrastructure to support this evidence based approach would provide additional opportunities to invest in more labour intensive agricultural activities. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable water management in food production | Victoria | Southern Grampians | Regional |
| Review of DEDJTR Regional Service Delivery Model and Strategic Directions for Regional Policy Southern Grampians Shire Council, April 2015 | Recognises and supports the Greater Hamilton region’s importance as an agricultural contributor to Australia’s economy by protecting farmer health and upgrading the Hamilton Livestock Exchange and key freight logistics infrastructure | Sustainability and Environment | Animal husbandry | Victoria | Southern Grampians | Regional |
| Review of DEDJTR Regional Service Delivery Model and Strategic Directions for Regional Policy Southern Grampians Shire Council, April 2015 | Improves freight efficiency to support delivery of agricultural products to the regional, national and global markets | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Southern Grampians | Regional |
| Review of DEDJTR Regional Service Delivery Model and Strategic Directions for Regional Policy Southern Grampians Shire Council, April 2015 | Recognises and supports the Greater Hamilton region’s importance as an agricultural contributor to Australia’s economy by protecting farmer health and upgrading the Hamilton Livestock Exchange and key freight logistics infrastructure | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Southern Grampians | Regional |
| Review of DEDJTR Regional Service Delivery Model and Strategic Directions for Regional Policy Southern Grampians Shire Council, April 2015 | These strategies are designed to support new business that adds value and create jobs. As a prime agricultural region it is important that the State Government supports local opportunities for food processing, particularly grain and meat processing. Again decentralisation funding that encourages business to set up in rural areas where the food is actually grown will support these aims. | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Southern Grampians | Regional |
| Review of DEDJTR Regional Service Delivery Model and Strategic Directions for Regional Policy Southern Grampians Shire Council, April 2015 | Investment in value adding industries (such as meat and grain processing) and the necessary training that supports the agricultural sector will bring jobs to the regions and further enhance Victoria’s capacity and capability in the critical food and fibre sector. | Sustainability and Environment | Local, sustainable food processing | Victoria | Southern Grampians | Regional |
| Review of DEDJTR Regional Service Delivery Model and Strategic Directions for Regional Policy Southern Grampians Shire Council, April 2015 | These strategies are designed to support new business that adds value and create jobs. As a prime agricultural region it is important that the State Government supports local opportunities for food processing, particularly grain and meat processing. Again decentralisation funding that encourages business to set up in rural areas where the food is actually grown will support these aims. | Sustainability and Environment | Local, sustainable food processing | Victoria | Southern Grampians | Regional |
| Review of DEDJTR Regional Service Delivery Model and Strategic Directions for Regional Policy Southern Grampians Shire Council, April 2015 | Investment in value adding industries (such as meat and grain processing) and the necessary training that supports the agricultural sector will bring jobs to the regions and further enhance Victoria’s capacity and capability in the critical food and fibre sector. | Economic Development | Food related job creation | Victoria | Southern Grampians | Regional |
| Review of DEDJTR Regional Service Delivery Model and Strategic Directions for Regional Policy Southern Grampians Shire Council, April 2015 | These strategies are designed to support new business that adds value and create jobs. As a prime agricultural region it is important that the State Government supports local opportunities for food processing, particularly grain and meat processing. Again decentralisation funding that encourages business to set up in rural areas where the food is actually grown will support these aims. | Economic Development | Food related job creation | Victoria | Southern Grampians | Regional |
| Review of DEDJTR Regional Service Delivery Model and Strategic Directions for Regional Policy Southern Grampians Shire Council, April 2015 | Investment in value adding industries (such as meat and grain processing) and the necessary training that supports the agricultural sector will bring jobs to the regions and further enhance Victoria’s capacity and capability in the critical food and fibre sector. | Economic Development | Local food producers | Victoria | Southern Grampians | Regional |