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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | educate children about diversity eg different skin colours, different abilities, different foods | Health and Wellbeing | Traditional food cultures | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | Purpose The centre will monitor children’s lunch boxes, and provide food nutrition education that is consistent with national dietary guidelines for children, adolescents and national infant feeding guidelines, state regulation, food safety principles and that is appropriate to their age, cultural background, religion or medical needs. | Health and Wellbeing | Traditional food cultures | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | Support of cultural and family values – provision of food To provide an environment that helps to transmit family and multicultural values, staff should: • Choose food awareness activities from a variety of cultures • Recognise and accept multicultural differences • Select a menu to reflect a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, and especially the cultural backgrounds of families and the local community • Celebrate special occasions with culturally appropriate food • Encourage input from parents, encouraging them to come into the centre to share traditional recipes/cooking and feel free to bring in these foods for their children. | Health and Wellbeing | Traditional food cultures | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | • Consider the special needs of infants including: • Support a mother to continue breastfeeding as long as possible • Encourage breast milk or infant formula to be continued as the main drink until the infant is 12 months old • Provide cooled, boiled water if extra fluids are needed • Discourage fruit juice and all other drinks, other than boiled water and breast milk and infant formula • Staff will adhere to best practices around safe storage and heating of both expressed breast milk and formula; | Health and Wellbeing | Breastfeeding | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | Ensuring safe drinking water is available to the children at all times | Health and Wellbeing | Access to safe drinking water | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | Offer water to drink in preference to carbonated drinks and full strength fruit juices • Drinking water is readily accessible to the children, and staff will actively encourage the children to drink throughout the day | Health and Wellbeing | Access to safe drinking water | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | Promote drinking water and ensure its availability at all times | Health and Wellbeing | Access to safe drinking water | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | Compost food waste and separate waste types into different bins | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | Start a compost bin to use in the centre’s garden instead of chemical fertilisers. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | • Use reusable containers whenever possible – avoid glad wrap, foil and takeaway food containers. Store vegetables in reusable containers. • Avoid packaged fruit & vegetables – buy fresh and ask grocer to use boxes . • Purchase items like oil and sauce in bulk to reduce packaging. • Purchase all staff a glass and coffee mug to avoid disposable cups. • Avoid popper-style drinks for children’s outings. Instead, use reusable bottles that can be refilled. Perhaps purchase each child their own labelled drink bottle and fill from a container. • Avoid plastic bags when shopping. Use reusable bags supplied instead. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | Compost food waste and separate waste types into different bins | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | Consider packaging when making decisions about food purchasing | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | Have individual drink bottles to save having to turn the tap on until water runs cold | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | • Staff employed will have access to safe food handling training. | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | • Staff will adhere to best practices around safe storage and heating of both expressed breast milk and formula; | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | Ensure that educators and staff are aware of the need to implement adequate health and hygiene practices and use safe practices for food handling, preparing and storing food to minimise risks to children as well as prevention of transmission of food borne illness • Ensure that gloves will be worn when preparing foods that will not be cooked • Ensure that any staff directly handling cooked or uncooked foods will use food utensils • Ensure that food will be stored at safe temperatures • Ensure that hygienic measures will be taken to maintain a clean kitchen area and clean cooking utensils and equipment • Ensure that both children and staff practice appropriate hand washing practices prior to eating serving food | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | Provide support for nutrition and food safety training for all staff | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| Brewarrina Child Care Centre | Purpose The centre will monitor children’s lunch boxes, and provide food nutrition education that is consistent with national dietary guidelines for children, adolescents and national infant feeding guidelines, state regulation, food safety principles and that is appropriate to their age, cultural background, religion or medical needs. | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| BREWARRINA SHIRE DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN 2019 Р2022 | 10.1 Fish Traps Brewarrina’s Fish Traps are of international significance, have a high profile within the Region and encourage visitors to stop in Brewarrina. While the presentation of the Fish Traps and adjoining reserve has been improving, the quality of the presentation does not reflect the international significance of the site. Interpretation is limited and visitors are often unsure of where to look and what they are looking at. Visitor facilities are basic and dated and not well located within the Reserve. The paths, car park and vehicle tracks are unsealed and eroding with soil going into the river system and impacting on the Fish Traps. Other points of interest in the precinct, including the Fishway, small row of memorial trees to prominent Aboriginal residents, levee bank and ochre beds, are also poorly presented and/or interpreted. Directions Forward The Fish Traps and adjoining reserve are Crown Land and a Plan of Management is required to prior to any changes being made to the area. Environment and heritage have established a focus group to undertake the consultation for the Plan of Management. From a tourism perspective, factors that should be taken into consideration in the preparation of the Plan of Management include:  The quality of the presentation of the area needs to reflect the international significance of the site.  The ‘stories’ to be told and how they are told Рproviding quality interpretation of the Fish Traps and other points of interest within the precinct.  Visitor facilities – picnic facilities, viewing area/s and walking tracks.  Use of the reserve for events and activities such as the Baiame's Ngunnhu Festival – providing power and water to the site and identifying locations for portable stages, portable amenities, food vans etc on or adjoining the Reserve.  Pedestrian linkages between the Brewarrina VIC, the Fish Traps, Ochre Beds and the Brewarrina Aboriginal Cultural Museum.  Access for people with mobility issues.  Seeking World Heritage listing. | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| BREWARRINA SHIRE DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN 2019 Р2022 | Develop a masterplan / plan of management for the land, with potential uses including:  Mountain bike and BMX pump track  Skate and scooter park  Cycleway – linking with Old Park  Playground  Feature and /or story garden – possibly with ‘architectural’ plants such as bottle trees and/or native bush food and medicine plants. | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| BREWARRINA SHIRE DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN 2019 – 2022 | Explore options such as Air BnB, Stayz and farms stays to address capacity constraints in the short term and at peak times (eg during events, for construction projects etc). | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| BREWARRINA SHIRE DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN 2019 Р2022 | In redeveloping the general store, incorporate a small café including indoor and outdoor seating and an area for local producers, artists and artisans to showcase and sell locally produced goods. | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| BREWARRINA SHIRE DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN 2019 Р2022 | Initiative 11: Encourage and support Aboriginal Events 12.1 Grow existing events – Baiame’s Ngunnhu Festival | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| BREWARRINA SHIRE DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN 2019 Р2022 | Permit the food van to operate at the hot artesian pool and encourage innovative activities – eg pop-up café; Sunday pancakes etc. | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| BREWARRINA SHIRE DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN 2019 – 2022 | Initiative 11: Encourage and support Aboriginal Events 12.1 Grow existing events – Baiame’s Ngunnhu Festival | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| BREWARRINA SHIRE DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN 2019 – 2022 | 10.1 Fish Traps Brewarrina’s Fish Traps are of international significance, have a high profile within the Region and encourage visitors to stop in Brewarrina. While the presentation of the Fish Traps and adjoining reserve has been improving, the quality of the presentation does not reflect the international significance of the site. Interpretation is limited and visitors are often unsure of where to look and what they are looking at. Visitor facilities are basic and dated and not well located within the Reserve. The paths, car park and vehicle tracks are unsealed and eroding with soil going into the river system and impacting on the Fish Traps. Other points of interest in the precinct, including the Fishway, small row of memorial trees to prominent Aboriginal residents, levee bank and ochre beds, are also poorly presented and/or interpreted. Directions Forward The Fish Traps and adjoining reserve are Crown Land and a Plan of Management is required to prior to any changes being made to the area. Environment and heritage have established a focus group to undertake the consultation for the Plan of Management. From a tourism perspective, factors that should be taken into consideration in the preparation of the Plan of Management include: The quality of the presentation of the area needs to reflect the international significance of the site. The ‘stories’ to be told and how they are told – providing quality interpretation of the Fish Traps and other points of interest within the precinct. Visitor facilities – picnic facilities, viewing area/s and walking tracks. Use of the reserve for events and activities such as the Baiame's Ngunnhu Festival – providing power and water to the site and identifying locations for portable stages, portable amenities, food vans etc on or adjoining the Reserve. Pedestrian linkages between the Brewarrina VIC, the Fish Traps, Ochre Beds and the Brewarrina Aboriginal Cultural Museum. Access for people with mobility issues. Seeking World Heritage listing. | Health and Wellbeing | Traditional food cultures | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| BREWARRINA SHIRE DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN 2019 – 2022 | Develop a masterplan / plan of management for the land, with potential uses including: Mountain bike and BMX pump track Skate and scooter park Cycleway – linking with Old Park Playground Feature and /or story garden – possibly with ‘architectural’ plants such as bottle trees and/or native bush food and medicine plants. | Health and Wellbeing | Traditional food cultures | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| BREWARRINA SHIRE DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN 2019 – 2022 | Initiative 11: Encourage and support Aboriginal Events 12.1 Grow existing events – Baiame’s Ngunnhu Festival | Health and Wellbeing | Traditional food cultures | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| BREWARRINA SHIRE DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN 2019 – 2022 | 10.1 Fish Traps Brewarrina’s Fish Traps are of international significance, have a high profile within the Region and encourage visitors to stop in Brewarrina. While the presentation of the Fish Traps and adjoining reserve has been improving, the quality of the presentation does not reflect the international significance of the site. Interpretation is limited and visitors are often unsure of where to look and what they are looking at. Visitor facilities are basic and dated and not well located within the Reserve. The paths, car park and vehicle tracks are unsealed and eroding with soil going into the river system and impacting on the Fish Traps. Other points of interest in the precinct, including the Fishway, small row of memorial trees to prominent Aboriginal residents, levee bank and ochre beds, are also poorly presented and/or interpreted. Directions Forward The Fish Traps and adjoining reserve are Crown Land and a Plan of Management is required to prior to any changes being made to the area. Environment and heritage have established a focus group to undertake the consultation for the Plan of Management. From a tourism perspective, factors that should be taken into consideration in the preparation of the Plan of Management include: The quality of the presentation of the area needs to reflect the international significance of the site. The ‘stories’ to be told and how they are told – providing quality interpretation of the Fish Traps and other points of interest within the precinct. Visitor facilities – picnic facilities, viewing area/s and walking tracks. Use of the reserve for events and activities such as the Baiame's Ngunnhu Festival – providing power and water to the site and identifying locations for portable stages, portable amenities, food vans etc on or adjoining the Reserve. Pedestrian linkages between the Brewarrina VIC, the Fish Traps, Ochre Beds and the Brewarrina Aboriginal Cultural Museum. Access for people with mobility issues. Seeking World Heritage listing. | Sustainability and Environment | Agrobiodiversity and wild foods | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |
| BREWARRINA SHIRE DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN 2019 – 2022 | In redeveloping the general store, incorporate a small café including indoor and outdoor seating and an area for local producers, artists and artisans to showcase and sell locally produced goods. | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | NSW | Brewarrina | Regional |