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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| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | The Moreland Food System Strategy (2017–2020) is a key driver in improving access to and consumption of healthy food, and Council is committed to working in partnership with the community to focus on health literacy, food access, food security, food production and maintaining diverse food cultures. | Health and Wellbeing | Traditional food cultures | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | the Community Grocer, a social enterprise providing a fresh fruit and vegetable market to tackle food insecurity in Fawkner; | Health and Wellbeing | Encourage existing retailers/caterers to sell healthy, sustainable and affordable food | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | We want to increase access to fresh food, along with drinking water in public places. | Health and Wellbeing | Access to safe drinking water | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | A series of different sized activity centres have been identified across the municipality that are central to community activity and the creation of 20-minute neighbourhoods. Activity centres are clusters of shops, businesses and community facilities which, together with the availability of public transport, provide for the daily and weekly shopping and service needs of the local community47 . They generally include, or have the potential to include: shops; a supermarket; small service businesses; health services and limited community services. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | Council will continue to enhance and connect activity centres, and promote walkable access to 'everyday' shopping needs and services. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | Council will continue to promote and develop walking and cycling tracks that connect activity centres, shopping strips, schools, and services. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | Council will respond to population growth and the community's need for a range of housing choices by encouraging medium and high density housing to be located with good access to activity and neighbourhood centres. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | Council will support a network of activity and neighbourhood centres (shopping strips) across Moreland that provides residents with walkable access to their daily and weekly shopping and service needs, and community interaction. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | Local access to everyday services, education and employment. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | Moreland residents have walkable access to 'everyday' needs Living locally is central to how Moreland designs its neighbourhoods and Council has an ambition for residents to meet most of their everyday needs within a 20-minute walk, cycle or short public transport trip from their home. These ‘everyday’ needs include shops and services, employment, schools, public transport, parks and community services44 | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | the Community Grocer, a social enterprise providing a fresh fruit and vegetable market to tackle food insecurity in Fawkner; | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | Council will increase access to nutritious food and the opportunity for people to produce, exchange, sell and buy local food. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | The Moreland Food System Strategy (2017–2020) is a key driver in improving access to and consumption of healthy food, and Council is committed to working in partnership with the community to focus on health literacy, food access, food security, food production and maintaining diverse food cultures. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | The Wheatsheaf Community Hub will be built on the site of the former Glenroy Primary School located at the edge of one of Moreland’s three major activity centres. | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | Council will increase access to nutritious food and the opportunity for people to produce, exchange, sell and buy local food. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | The Wheatsheaf Community Hub will be built on the site of the former Glenroy Primary School located at the edge of one of Moreland’s three major activity centres. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | Council will increase access to nutritious food and the opportunity for people to produce, exchange, sell and buy local food. | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| MORELAND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-21 | Council will ensure effective governance of food safety and hygiene preparation practices across Moreland and according to the requirements of the Food Act 1984. | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| mornington coastal management plan | Liaise with Parks Victoria to provide bins at the Morning Pier for fishers. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Mornington | Metropolitan |
| mornington coastal management plan | Monitor complaints about the fish cleaning table at the Mornington public boat ramp (currently cleansed daily during peak times). | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Mornington | Metropolitan |
| mornington coastal management plan | Monitor complaints about the fish cleaning table at the Schnapper Point boat ramp. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Mornington | Metropolitan |
| mornington coastal management plan | Reduce the amount of litter that washes up on the foreshore from the sea and drainage outfalls. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Mornington | Metropolitan |
| mornington coastal management plan | Manage mobile food vans through the policy for Control and Management of Itinerant Traders. | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | Victoria | Mornington | Metropolitan |
| Mornington Peninsula Activity Centres Strategy | Martha Cove – approximately 2,000m2 of commercial floorspace has been approved for the Martha Cove small township centre, including 1000m2 of dedicated food and grocery retail floorspace and approximately 570m2 of restaurant and bar floorspace. A proportion of the centre is proposed for other commercial uses. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Mornington | Metropolitan |
| Mornington Peninsula Activity Centres Strategy | Approximately 53,800m2 or 18% of retail floorspace in the Shire is located outside the existing activity centres hierarchy and Peninsula Homemaker Centre. Recent planning reform in Victoria means out-of-centre retail development can now include small supermarket and shop-based developments. Response: A more robust policy is required in relation to the role and function of out-of-centre retail development, and the relationship with activity centres. Guidance in relation to future out-of-centre development outcomes on the Shire is necessary to assist in the future Council decision-making. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Mornington | Metropolitan |
| Mornington Peninsula Activity Centres Strategy | Convenience Centre (Humphries Road, Mountain View Road, Beleura Hill Road, Robertson Drive, Wilsons Road, Dava Drive, Walara Drive, Boundary Road, McCrae, Waterfall Gully Road, Illaroo Street, Tootgarook, Dundas Street, Disney Street) Convenience Centres consist of a small group of shops that typically serve a local walk-in catchment, and provide for the daily convenience and ‘top up’ needs of local residents and passing motorists. Typical floorspace provision is less than 1,000m2. Some of these small centres contain a limited number of community facilities and other uses. Numerous Local Centres are located throughout the Mornington Peninsula. Examples of Centre Features Examples of services and facilities provided in Local Centres: Retail: Limited range of convenience based retailing, may include general store, takeaway food, café, bakery, hairdresser, etc. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Mornington | Metropolitan |
| Mornington Peninsula Activity Centres Strategy | Ensure the continued role of Major Activity Centres in providing higher-order retailing including discount department stores, supermarkets, major retail-anchors and a wide range of supporting shops in an attractive and convenient shopping environment. Major Activity Centres will also be a focus for a range of other higher-order uses including offices, cultural facilities and Government administration. Timeframe Ongoing 4.3 Responsibility Council: Planning Indicative Cost n/a | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Mornington | Metropolitan |
| Mornington Peninsula Activity Centres Strategy | In the C2Z and IN3Z, the ‘use’ of a supermarket (no more than 1,800m2) with specialty shops (no more than 500m2) does not require planning approval. This means the primary matter of the use of the land for a supermarket with specialty shops cannot be brought into question in any consideration of a development application. However, the construction of any buildings and works is still subject to the planning permit process, and would also be potentially triggered for any applicable parking dispensation. It is also possible to make planning applications for a supermarket and/or specialty shops in both the C2Z and IN3Z with a larger floor area than the standard set for ‘as of right’ use. It is possible that applications for retail or commercial development in the C2Z or IN3Z could impact on the activity centres hierarchy. For this reason, careful consideration is required of possible retail and commercial development in the C2Z and IN3Z, and the implications of such use and development for the existing activity centres. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Mornington | Metropolitan |
| Mornington Peninsula Activity Centres Strategy | In this context, it is appropriate for Council and the centre owner/operators to consider whether an opportunity exists for additional supermarket and convenience-oriented facilities to serve residents of Mornington East and Mt Martha at the Bentons Square site. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Mornington | Metropolitan |
| Mornington Peninsula Activity Centres Strategy | Major Activity Centre (Mornington, Rosebud, Hastings) Major Activity Centres (MACs) are the primary location of employment and commercial activity on the Mornington Peninsula, and include a large, diverse and intensive mix of retail, commercial, entertainment, cultural, education, health, community, residential and other uses. Typical retail floorspace provision is in the order of 25,000m2 to 75,000m2. These centres will serve a regional-sized catchment, and are priority locations for future private and public sector development.Catchment populations are typically in the range 40,000 to 70,000 persons. Intensification/diversification of residential development is also encouraged in appropriate locations and in accordance with adopted Activity Centre Structure Plans Large Township Centre (Somerville, Rye, Dromana, Mt Eliza, Bentons Square) Large Township Centres (LTCs) serve a large locality catchment, generally in excess of 10,000 persons, and comprise a broad range of retail and commercial functions. A number of national brand retailers locate in Large Township Centres. As a guide, retail and commercial floorspace is typically in the range 10,000m2 to 30,000m2. In many cases, these centres also perform a significant role in the provision of community and civic services to the surrounding community, and often provide a range of visitor activities and services. Examples of services and facilities in MACs include the following: Retail: Including one or more Department Stores, a number of full-line supermarkets, and a variety of comparison and convenience-based specialty retailing. Cultural, recreation and entertainment facilities: Including restaurants/cafes, performing arts centres, museums, galleries, sporting facilities, gymnasiums, aquatic centres, hotels, cinemas, etc. Health: Including hospitals, medical centres and allied health services (ie. dental, physiotherapy, podiatry, etc). Education: Including pre-school, primary and secondary schools, university, TAFE courses and adult training and education. Community facilities: Including libraries, child-care, community and youth centres, public halls, religious buildings, etc. Civic and administrative services: Including Council offices and public services, such as Centrelink and training services, etc. Visitor accommodation: Including hotels and motels. Residential: Including higher density residential development. Examples of services and facilities provided in LTCs include the following: Retail: Including one or more Department Stores, a number of full-line supermarkets, and a variety of comparison and convenience-based specialty retailing. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Mornington | Metropolitan |