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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Report 2018-2019 | Leisure facilities Manages Myuna Farm | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018-2019 | Aboriginal services Council’s policy, plans, strategic directions and service standards for Council-wide Aboriginal engagement and services. Coordinates the Aboriginal Gathering Place and provides Aboriginal specific programs, including: › Youth Group › Yarn and Art Group › Gardening Group | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018-2019 | Aged care Plans and delivers services to support people aged 65 years and over (50 years and over for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples) through the delivery of in-home support, personal care, home care, respite services, social support, home maintenance, meals, interactive gardening, mental health support, improving social and community connections and overall health and wellbeing outcomes. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018-2019 | Disability Plans and delivers services to support people through the delivery of in-home support, personal care, home care, respite services, social support, home maintenance, meals, interactive gardening, mental health support, improving social and community connections and overall health and wellbeing outcomes. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018-2019 | Leisure facilities Manages Myuna Farm | Sustainability and Environment | Animal husbandry | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018-2019 | facilitated a local beverage business to build their distribution channel in Sichuan, China, | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018-2019 | 100% 100% 100% 94.12% Council is committed to ensuring our food premises comply with all standards, so that our community is comfortable knowing the food they buy is prepared in a safe, clean environment. Council has held a 100% follow up rate on non-compliance for the last few years. However, in 2018 -19, there was one notification that was not followed up within the specified timeframe, which was due to the premises being closed for renovations. Results 2015-16 Results 2016-17 Results 2017-18 Results 2018-19 Material variations and comments | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018-2019 | Coordinates the registration, monitoring and enforcement of businesses who are licenced / registered under the Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 and the Food Act 1984. | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018-2019 | Indicator/ measure Food safety Health and safety Critical and major non-compliance notifications [Number of critical non-compliance notifications and major non- compliance notifications about a food premises followed up / Number of critical non-compliance notifications and major non-compliance notifications about food premises] x100 | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018-2019 | Service performance outcome indicators Service performance indicators 060 Food safety Health and safety Percentage of critical and major non-compliance outcome notifications that are followed up by Council [Number of critical non-compliance outcome notifications and major non-compliance outcome notifications about a food premises followed up / Number of critical non-compliance outcome notifications and major non-compliance outcome notifications about food premises] | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018-2019 | facilitated a local beverage business to build their distribution channel in Sichuan, China | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | Victoria | Casey | Metropolitan |
| ANNUAL REPORT 2018–19 | evelop a housing policy to provide a range of social and affordable housing options. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Geelong | Regional |
| ANNUAL REPORT 2018–19 | Over 100 people attended a social housing forum in late June 2019 as part of our social housing strategy engagement. The draft report is expected to be open for comment in October 2019. The strategy is being funded by the Department of Health and Human Services. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Geelong | Regional |
| ANNUAL REPORT 2018–19 | Promoting healthy eating and supporting active living. Council endorsed the Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2018–2021 in October 2018. We continued to reduce sugar-sweetened beverages at City-owned and operated leisure centres. We also continued our work with G21 to promote healthier eating and active living. | Health and Wellbeing | Healthy/sustainable LG food procurement policies | Victoria | Greater Geelong | Regional |
| ANNUAL REPORT 2018–19 | Creating healthy environments in children’s settings. We actively monitored and promoted immunisation for all children using our early childhood services. We promoted healthy eating in all children settings, supporting and encouraging families. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Geelong | Regional |
| ANNUAL REPORT 2018–19 | Introduce a rural and peri-urban advisory body to build relationships and foster best practice. | Sustainability and Environment | Animal husbandry | Victoria | Greater Geelong | Regional |
| ANNUAL REPORT 2018–19 | We developed and started implementing a Plastic Wise program to reduce single-use plastics at all our events, functions, activities and offices. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Greater Geelong | Regional |
| ANNUAL REPORT 2018–19 | Food Safety FS4 Health and safety Critical and major non-compliance outcome notifications [Number of critical non-compliance outcome notifications and major non-compliance notifications about a food premises followed up / Number of critical non-compliance outcome notifications and major non-compliance notifications about a food premises] x100 | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Greater Geelong | Regional |
| ANNUAL REPORT 2018–19 | Food Safety Timeliness Time taken to action food complaints [Number of days between receipt and first response action for all food complaints / Number of food complaints] 2.72 2.64 2.04 1.78 There has been a steady decrease in our complaint response times over the past few years. This is particularly notable given that complaints are increasingly lodged online and on the weekend. 35. The City of Greater Geelong Annual Report 2018–19 SERVICE/INDICATOR/ MEASURE RESULTS 2016 Service standard Food safety assessments [Number of registered class 1 food premises and class 2 food premises that receive an annual food safety assessment in accordance with the Food Act 1984 / Number of registered class 1 food premises and class 2 food premises that require an annual food safety assessment in accordance with the Food Act 1984] x100 Service cost Cost of food safety service [Direct cost of the food safety service / Number of food premises registered or notified in accordance with the Food Act 1984] Health and safety Critical and major noncompliance outcome notifications [Number of critical noncompliance outcome notifications and major non-compliance notifications about a food premises followed up / Number of critical non-compliance outcome notifications and major non-compliance notifications about a food premises] x100 | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Greater Geelong | Regional |
| ANNUAL REPORT 2018–19 | Targeting industry growth in agribusiness, clean technology and advanced manufacturing. | Economic Development | Local food producers | Victoria | Greater Geelong | Regional |
| Annual Report 2018/19 | The Dhungung (Food) Share program facilitated by Council in conjunction with Australian Red Cross and OzHarvest continues to grow, with the new Aldi in Moss Vale joining existing partners in Woolworths, Harris Farm and Deebs Cafe and Patisserie to provide food for local Aboriginal families. Many other organisations attend this program on a regular basis including the St Vincent de Paul Society, Department of Human Services, TAFE NSW and the Highlands Community Centres | Health and Wellbeing | Nutrition in vulnerable populations | NSW | Wingecarribee | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018/19 | A series of events were arranged for NAIDOC Week, including the annual flag raising ceremony and morning tea, ‘Because of Her, We Can!’ art exhibition, Wingecarribee Aboriginal Network mini-Expo, National Parks and Wildlife Service ‘Finding the Food in the Forest’ excursions, an Aboriginal Art Workshop and the Yamanda Family Fun Day. All events and activities requiring registration were fully booked. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Wingecarribee | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018/19 | Council supports the Compost Revolution program, which helps provide community members with the equipment and skills they need to set up a successful home compost bin or worm farm and as a result reduce the amount of rubbish sent to landfill | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Wingecarribee | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018/19 | Council undertook a waste audit at the Civic Centre to determine the type and amount of waste being generated. New recycling and landfill bins together with an education campaign were subsequently introduced at this facility, along with a new worm farm bin which provides greater capacity to divert certain organic food waste from the general waste stream. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Wingecarribee | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018/19 | DP80 Promote and encourage waste minimisation and recycling Council has implemented a number of waste education programs such as offering tours of the Resource Recovery Centre and delivering workshops on composting and minimising the use of plastics. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Wingecarribee | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018/19 | The Pie Time Festival in June 2019 was another opportunity to support local businesses, with more than 50 local cafes, restaurants, cellar doors, pubs and hotels choosing to be actively involved in the event. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Wingecarribee | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018/19 | A series of events were arranged for NAIDOC Week, including the annual flag raising ceremony and morning tea, ‘Because of Her, We Can!’ art exhibition, Wingecarribee Aboriginal Network mini-Expo, National Parks and Wildlife Service ‘Finding the Food in the Forest’ excursions, an Aboriginal Art Workshop and the Yamanda Family Fun Day. All events and activities requiring registration were fully booked. | Health and Wellbeing | Traditional food cultures | NSW | Wingecarribee | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018/19 | A Water Extraction Policy was adopted which provides a framework for ensuring that clean, safe and reliable drinking water is delivered to the community | Health and Wellbeing | Access to safe drinking water | NSW | Wingecarribee | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018/19 | Council continues to recognise the impact the current drought conditions are having on local farming communities. Council has formally supported local farming families by granting a deferral of rates and charges for farmland rated properties until the end of the 2019/20 financial year. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | NSW | Wingecarribee | Metropolitan |
| Annual Report 2018/19 | DP48 Provide a rigorous planning assessment framework which reflects State legislation and Council’s adopted land use strategy to ensure appropriate development outcomes Council continues to implement the objectives of the Local Planning Strategy 2015-2031, comprising various initiatives seeking to ensure the effective management of the natural and built environments, rural lands, and housing, economic and infrastructure needs within the Shire. In 2018/19 a draft Rural Tourism Policy was publicly exhibited for three months and aims to provide a strategic framework within which tourism, agriculture and environmental sensitivities can all co-exist. A final report considering submissions will be presented to Council in 2019/20. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | NSW | Wingecarribee | Metropolitan |