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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indigo Shire Council Early Years Strategy 2020-2025 | Work with Department of Education and Training and Municipal Association of Victoria to ensure breastfeeding data is captured appropriately to assist with identifying any issues or trends. | Health and Wellbeing | Breastfeeding | Victoria | Indigo | Regional |
| INNOVATE RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN | Implementation of a food security project for the local Aboriginal community to access fruit and vegetables and dry groceries. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Port Phillip | Metropolitan |
| Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) | In collaboration with Aboriginal stakeholders and in line with the 2018 – 2023 Tamworth Cultural Plan, support the establishment of an Aboriginal Cultural Centre to showcase the history of our local area, agricultural practices, Aboriginal art, cultural practice etc. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Tamworth | Regional |
| Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) | Provide opportunities to showcase First Australian Cultures in Council events, including food stalls at Fiesta la Peel, to strengthen community communication and build relationships. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Tamworth | Regional |
| Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) | Work with the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to establish Aboriginal bush tucker gardens in the Botanical Gardens and hold tours of these gardens for community members | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Tamworth | Regional |
| Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) | In collaboration with Aboriginal stakeholders and in line with the 2018 – 2023 Tamworth Cultural Plan, support the establishment of an Aboriginal Cultural Centre to showcase the history of our local area, agricultural practices, Aboriginal art, cultural practice etc. | Health and Wellbeing | Traditional food cultures | NSW | Tamworth | Regional |
| Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) | Provide opportunities to showcase First Australian Cultures in Council events, including food stalls at Fiesta la Peel, to strengthen community communication and build relationships. | Health and Wellbeing | Traditional food cultures | NSW | Tamworth | Regional |
| Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) | Work with the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to establish Aboriginal bush tucker gardens in the Botanical Gardens and hold tours of these gardens for community members | Health and Wellbeing | Traditional food cultures | NSW | Tamworth | Regional |
| Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) | Work with the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to establish Aboriginal bush tucker gardens in the Botanical Gardens and hold tours of these gardens for community members | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | NSW | Tamworth | Regional |
| Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) | Work with the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to establish Aboriginal bush tucker gardens in the Botanical Gardens and hold tours of these gardens for community members | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | NSW | Tamworth | Regional |
| INNOVATION LIVERPOOL | Incubator and collaborative workspaces, possibly targeted at specific streams, eg Health, Manufacturing, Agribusiness | Economic Development | Food related job creation | NSW | Liverpool | Metropolitan |
| Integrated Community Services and Infrastructure Plan | Community Garden (Victoria Street | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Mitchell | Regional |
| Integrated Community Services and Infrastructure Plan | Landscaping, outdoor seating, play areas and community gardens should be incorporated into the design of community facilities, where feasible. These features will draw people into the facility, work to establish a greater sense of place and increase the opportunity for informal interaction. | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Mitchell | Regional |
| Integrated Community Services and Infrastructure Plan | Community Garden (Victoria Street | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Mitchell | Regional |
| Integrated Community Services and Infrastructure Plan | Landscaping, outdoor seating, play areas and community gardens should be incorporated into the design of community facilities, where feasible. These features will draw people into the facility, work to establish a greater sense of place and increase the opportunity for informal interaction. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Mitchell | Regional |
| Integrated Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan | Support agricultural business and community groups with sustainable agriculture and adaptation strategies. | Economic Development | Local food producers | Victoria | Wellington | Regional |
| Integrated Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan | Influence the development of our settings that increase access to healthy food options, and restrict access to unhealthy food options. | Health and Wellbeing | Encourage opening of new fresh food outlets; discourage unhealthy outlets | Victoria | Wellington | Regional |
| Integrated Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan | Continue to engage with the community to promote messages of healthy eating and physical activity. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Wellington | Regional |
| Integrated Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan | Support the development and implementation of programs, events and resource that promote healthy eating and physical activity. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Wellington | Regional |
| Integrated Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan | Support agricultural business and community groups with sustainable agriculture and adaptation strategies. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Wellington | Regional |
| Integrated Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan | Support agricultural business and community groups with sustainable agriculture and adaptation strategies. | Sustainability and Environment | Food supply and food system resilience | Victoria | Wellington | Regional |
| Integrated Transport Strategy 2018 – 2028 | Strategic Direction Improve and expand the bicycle network to support both utility cycling and recreational cycling to key destinations in Bayside Action Item 25 Action Time frame Install two bicycle repair stations with drinking water on the Bay Trail | Health and Wellbeing | Access to safe drinking water | Victoria | Bayside | Metropolitan |
| INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE RECOVERY STRATEGY | Initiative 2F Investigate development of a new Organic Recycling Facility Investigate the option of kerbside collection of domestic food waste with existing kerbside collected garden organics Investigate diversion of appropriate commercial organic material that has traditionally been landfilled | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Tamworth | Regional |
| INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE RECOVERY STRATEGY | Initiative 4B Support introduction in 2017 of the New South Wales Government’s proposed container deposit scheme | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Tamworth | Regional |
| INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE RECOVERY STRATEGY | Tamworth Regional Council will back the container deposit scheme by supporting network operators managing collection sites and through community education and promotion of the facilities available | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Tamworth | Regional |
| INTEGRATED WATER CYCLE MANAGEMENT PLAN Part 2 Strategy Plan | The Golf Club is the largest user (60 ML/a or 10%) of reuse water in Glen Innes) and Council is continuing to seek potential areas for reuse, particularly for its public parks and gardens. In addition, adjoining landowners have indicated interest in receiving reuse water for agricultural purposes and will be pursued by Council in the 2008/9 Management Plan | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable water management in food production | NSW | Glen Innes Severn | Regional |
| Integrated Water Cycle Management Strategy | 4.2 Water Supply System The Wingecarribee Shire Water Supply System currently provides drinking water to Bowral, Mittagong, Moss Vale and Bundanoon towns and Exeter, Sutton Forest, Aylmerton, Berrima, Robertson, Braemar, Willow Vale, Colo Vale, Hill Top, Yerrinbool, Burrawang, Balaclava and New Berrima villages. The current system consists of three water treatment plants (WTPs); Wingecarribee WTP, Bundanoon WTP and Medway WTP. The Shire-wide water distribution system comprises 31 treated water storages, ten booster pump stations and over 650 km of trunk, distribution and reticulation mains. | Health and Wellbeing | Access to safe drinking water | NSW | Wingecarribee | Metropolitan |
| Integrated Water Cycle Management Strategy | 4.3.3 Bundanoon Sewerage Scheme Bundanoon sewerage scheme services the community of Bundanoon. The collection system is a conventional gravity sewerage system comprising 12 pumping stations. The STP receives sewage flows through a trunk gravity main. All sewage gravitates into the reception chamber of the inlet works via the trunk main. Flow greater than the inlet works capacity overflows to the storm detention pond. Bundanoon STP has a design capacity of 5,400 EP and is comprised of an IDEA reactor and Pasveer channel for secondary treatment, cloth media filters, UV disinfection, and chemical phosphorous removal. Treated effluent is discharged to Reedy Creek, and some is recycled for use in irrigating a sports fields and agricultural land | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable water management in food production | NSW | Wingecarribee | Metropolitan |
| Integrated Water Cycle Management Strategy | 4.3.6 Robertson Sewerage Scheme Robertson lies in the immediate catchment of Wingecarribee Reservoir. Due to the importance of the Wingecarribee Reservoir as a water source for the Wingecarribee Shire and the downstream Warragamba Dam, WSC found it necessary to sewer Robertson in 2012 to reduce the risk of contamination from on-site sewage management systems. The collection system is a conventional gravity sewerage system comprising a single pump station which pumps sewage to Robertson STP. Note, there is a low-pressure catchment which includes design capacity of 122 pods. Robertson STP has a design capacity of 2000 EP. It utilizes Siemens BioNutre activated sludge process for secondary treatment followed by filtration in a membrane operating system. Treated effluent then undergoes UV disinfection before being transferred to the agricultural reuse scheme via a 15 Km effluent transfer main to a purpose-built 47 ML storage dam in Glenquarry where it is used for pasture irrigation on 42 hectares of agricultural land | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable water management in food production | NSW | Wingecarribee | Metropolitan |
| Integrated Water Cycle Management Strategy | • 100% compliance with the ADWG for health based parameters. • Compliance with the DWMS | Health and Wellbeing | Access to safe drinking water | NSW | Queanbeyan-Palerang | Regional |