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 โHow to use the databaseโ 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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ZERO NET EMISSIONS BY 2020 updaTE 2014 | City of Melbourne will also: Waste separation and collection โข Implement resource efficiency behaviour change programs targeting residents and the commercial sector. โข Identify optimum waste separation methodologies for residential and commercial sectors. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Melbourne | Metropolitan |
ZERO NET EMISSIONS BY 2020 updaTE 2014 | Decrease waste to landfill per resident by 5 per cent by 2018 City of Melbourne to trial seven precinct waste solutions by 2018 | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Melbourne | Metropolitan |
ZERO NET EMISSIONS BY 2020 updaTE 2014 | Embed waste management and resource recovery in our engagement programs for building owners and tenants. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Melbourne | Metropolitan |
ZERO NET EMISSIONS BY 2020 updaTE 2014 | proposed approach City of Melbourne will work with businesses, residents, government and the waste management sector to manage waste more efficiently. City of Melbourne has already made improvements to commercial waste management collection and disposal through its precinct-based programs. These include the use of waste compactors, the Degraves Street Recycling Facility and the Love your Laneway program. City of Melbourne will continue to: โข Review, update and implement our Integrated Waste Management Program, to maximise diversion of waste from landfill and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Waste generation โข Work in partnership with the Victorian Government and businesses to enhance measurement and reporting of sustainable procurement, waste generation, composition and resource recovery trends. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Melbourne | Metropolitan |
ZERO NET EMISSIONS BY 2020 updaTE 2014 | research โข Research options to address commercial waste streams with no current recycling infrastructure available (for example office and retail tenancy fit-outs). โข Research the greenhouse impacts of different waste separation and treatment approaches for residential and commercial sectors. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Melbourne | Metropolitan |
ZERO NET EMISSIONS BY 2020 updaTE 2014 | Waste โข Implement the waste management plan and conduct audits to track progress. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Melbourne | Metropolitan |
ZERO NET EMISSIONS BY 2020 updaTE 2014 | WaSte ManageMent City of Melbourne will work to minimise the municipalityโs waste through planning and innovative solutions. targets โข decrease waste to landfill per resident by 5 per cent by 2018. โข city of Melbourne to trial seven precinct waste solutions by 2018. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Melbourne | Metropolitan |
ZERO NET EMISSIONS BY 2020 updaTE 2014 | Waste separation and collection โข Trial local precinct solutions that improve resource recovery through behaviour change and technology. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Melbourne | Metropolitan |
ZERO NET EMISSIONS BY 2020 updaTE 2014 | Waste treatment โข Work with the Metropolitan Waste Management Group, councils, developers and building owners to develop alternatives to landfill disposal. โข Explore waste-to-energy solutions, in partnership with key players and industry. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Melbourne | Metropolitan |
ZERO NET EMISSIONS BY 2020 updaTE 2014 | What else needs to happen: Waste generation โข All members of the community need to significantly reduce the quantity of waste generated. โข Financial markets need to develop, resulting in all materials being recycled or reclaimed, and no waste being sent to landfill. โข Products need to be designed for reuse and recycling. Waste separation and collection โข Low emissions collection systems need to be developed for existing and new developments. โข Organic waste to sewer to be further explored as an alternative to sending organic waste to landfill. โข Victorian Government to ban unprocessed organic waste being used as landfill. Waste treatment โข Innovative technologies to treat waste need to be identified and adopted on an ongoing basis. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Melbourne | Metropolitan |
๎๎๎ ฏ๎ ๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ฝ๎ ๎๎๎ ต ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ณ – ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ฎ๎ญ | ๎ฎ๎๎ฏ ๎ด๎๎๎๎ Outcome: We have access to a secure water supply that is well-managed to provide us with a reliable, safe and cost effective service as well as raw water supply to villages. | Health and Wellbeing | Access to safe drinking water | NSW | Bogan | Regional |
๎๎๎ ฏ๎ ๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ฝ๎ ๎๎๎ ต ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ณ – ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ฎ๎ญ | ๎๎๎๎๎๎๎ ๎ ๎ฎ๎๎ฎ๎๎ญ ๎๎ ถ๎๎ ฝ๎ต๎๎๎ ๎๎ ๎ ๎ ถ๎๎๎๎๎๎๎ ๎ต๎๎ ๎ ฝ๎จ ๎๎๎ ๎ ฏ ๎จ๎ ฝ๎ ๎๎๎๎ ถ๎๎๎ ฝ๎๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ๎๎ ๎๎ต๎ ฏ๎๎ต๎๎๎ ฏ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ต๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎ ฝ๎๎ต๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ณ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ด ๎ ๎ด๎ ฝ๎๎ ฌ ๎๎ ๎๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฏ๎ ฝ๎๎๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎ง๎ ฝ๎๎๎๎ ถ๎ ต๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎บ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ ๎ฌ๎ ฝ๎ ฏ๎ ฏ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ ฏ ๎๎ ฝ ๎ ต๎๎ ๎ ถ๎๎๎ ๎ ถ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ๎ ต๎๎๎ ฝ๎๎ ๎๎๎ ฏ๎ ๎๎๎ ฏ๎ ๎จ๎๎๎ ๎ ๎ ๎ ๎๎๎๎ ถ๎๎๎ ฝ๎๎ ๎ ถ๎๎๎๎ ฝ๎๎ ฌ ๎ ๎ ๎ด๎ ฝ๎๎ ฌ ๎๎ ๎๎ ๎บ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ ๎ฌ๎ ฝ๎ ฏ๎ ฏ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ ฏ๎ ๎๎ ๎ ๎๎๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ๎๎ด ๎๎ ฝ๎ ฏ๎ ๎๎ ๎๎ ฝ ๎๎ ถ๎๎ต๎๎ ๎๎ต๎๎๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎๎ ถ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎ ฝ๎จ ๎๎๎ ๎ ฏ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎ ฝ๎๎๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎จ๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ ต๎๎ ๎ ถ๎๎๎ ๎ ถ๎๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎ ฝ๎ ต๎ ฝ๎๎๎ ๎๎ ๎๎ ๎ ๎ ถ ๎๎ ๎ ๎๎ ฝ๎ ต๎ ต๎ต๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ด๎ฌ๎ญ๎ต ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ต๎ฌ๎ฎ๎ฌ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ฌ๎ฎ๎ญ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ฝ๎ต๎ ถ๎๎ ๎ ฏ ๎พ๎๎๎ ๎ง๎๎ ถ๎๎๎๎ ฏ ๎๎๎ ถ๎๎ ๎๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎ง๎๎ ถ๎๎๎๎ ฏ ๎๎๎ ถ๎๎ ๎๎ | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | NSW | Bogan | Regional |
๎๎๎ ฏ๎ ๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ฝ๎ ๎๎๎ ต ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ณ – ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ฎ๎ญ | ๎๎๎๎๎๎๎ ๎ ๎ฎ๎๎ฏ๎๎ฎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎๎ ๎๎ ๎ ๎๎๎๎ต๎๎ ๎๎ ๎ ฝ๎จ ๎ ฝ๎ต๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎ต๎๎๎ ฏ๎๎ ๎๎ ถ๎๎ต๎๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฏ๎ ฝ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎๎ ต ๎๎๎ ฝ๎ต๎ ๎ ๎ ๎ ต๎๎ ถ๎๎ ๎๎ ต๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ฏ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ฏ๎ ฝ๎๎๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎ ฏ๎ ฝ๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ ต๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎ ต๎ ๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ณ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ด ๎ ๎๎ ฝ๎ ต๎ ต๎๎ ถ๎๎ ๎๎ ฝ๎ ถ๎๎๎๎ต๎๎๎ ฝ๎ ถ ๎ ฝ๎จ ๎ ๎ ถ๎จ๎๎๎๎๎๎ต๎๎๎ต๎๎ ๎๎ ฝ ๎๎ ถ๎๎ต๎๎ ๎๎๎๎ต๎๎ ๎๎ ๎ ฝ๎จ ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎ต๎๎๎ ฏ๎๎ ๎๎ต๎๎ ฉ๎๎๎ ๎๎ ฝ ๎ ๎ ฝ๎๎๎๎ ถ๎ ต๎๎ ถ๎ ๎จ๎ต๎ ถ๎๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ด๎ฌ๎ญ๎ต ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ต๎ฌ๎ฎ๎ฌ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ฌ๎ฎ๎ญ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ฝ๎ต๎ ถ๎๎ ๎ ฏ ๎พ๎๎๎ ๎๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ฝ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ๎ ถ๎๎๎๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ | Sustainability and Environment | Food supply and food system resilience | NSW | Bogan | Regional |
๎๎๎ ฏ๎ ๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ฝ๎ ๎๎๎ ต ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ณ – ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ฎ๎ญ | ๎ฎ๎๎ฏ ๎ด๎๎๎๎ Outcome: We have access to a secure water supply that is well-managed to provide us with a reliable, safe and cost effective service as well as raw water supply to villages. | Sustainability and Environment | Food supply and food system resilience | NSW | Bogan | Regional |
๎๎๎ ฏ๎ ๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ฝ๎ ๎๎๎ ต ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ณ – ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ฎ๎ญ | ๎๎๎๎๎๎๎ ๎ ๎ฏ๎๎ฐ๎๎ฎ ๎๎ ถ๎๎ต๎๎ ๎๎ ฝ๎ ต๎๎ ฏ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎๎ ๎๎ ๎๎ ๎๎๎จ๎ ๎ฆ๎ ฝ๎ ฝ๎๎ ๎๎๎๎ ถ๎๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ณ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ด ๎ ๎๎ ฝ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ฝ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎๎ ๎๎ ๎จ๎ ฝ๎ ฝ๎ ๎๎๎๎ ต๎ ๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ ๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ด๎ฌ๎ญ๎ต ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ญ๎ต๎ฌ๎ฎ๎ฌ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ฎ๎ฌ๎ฌ๎ฎ๎ญ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ฝ๎ต๎ ถ๎๎ ๎ ฏ ๎พ๎๎๎ ๎๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ฝ๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ฏ๎ ฝ๎๎ ต๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎๎ ๎๎ ฝ๎ ถ๎ ต๎๎ ถ๎๎๎ ฏ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ ๎๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ๎ ๎จ๎ ถ๎๎๎๎๎๎ ฌ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ถ๎ต๎๎ ฏ ๎จ๎ ฝ๎ ฝ๎ ๎๎๎๎ ต๎ ๎๎๎ ๎ฏ๎ ถ๎๎๎๎๎๎ ฝ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ฝ ๎๎ ถ๎๎ต๎๎ ๎จ๎ ฝ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎๎ ฏ๎๎๎ ๎๎ ฝ๎ ต๎๎ ฏ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎๎ ๎๎ ๎๎ ๎๎๎๎ ถ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎ ฝ๎ ๎ ถ๎ ๎๎๎๎๎ ฏ๎ ฝ๎๎ ต๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎ ๎๎ ถ๎๎ ๎๎ ฝ๎ ถ๎ ต๎๎ ถ๎๎๎ ฏ ๎๎๎๎๎ ๎๎๎ | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | NSW | Bogan | Regional |
๎ฆ๎ฒ๎ธ๎ฑ๎ฆ๎ฌ๎ฏ ๎ณ๎ฏ๎ค๎ฑ | Develop a strategic plan to guide future residential housing development, including integrated, affordable and sustainable housing options and the provision of infrastructure and facilities to support a growing population. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Benalla | Regional |
๎ฆ๎ฒ๎ธ๎ฑ๎ฆ๎ฌ๎ฏ ๎ณ๎ฏ๎ค๎ฑ | % of required food safety assessments undertaken | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Benalla | Regional |
๎ฏealth and Wellbeing ๎ทlan for 201๎-2021 | i. Increase healthy eating Strategy Partners1 a Improve access to and promote consumption of healthier food WCC AZ/ARC SWPCP SW Healthcare Schools WCG SWS Wannon Water ACCHOs | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Warrnambool | Regional |
๎ฏealth and Wellbeing ๎ทlan for 201๎-2021 | โข Warrnambool Community Garden (WCG) | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Warrnambool | Regional |
๎ฏealth and Wellbeing ๎ทlan for 201๎-2021 | โข Warrnambool Community Garden (WCG) | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Warrnambool | Regional |
๎ฏealth and Wellbeing ๎ทlan for 201๎-2021 | i. Increase healthy eating Strategy Partners1 a Improve access to and promote consumption of healthier food WCC AZ/ARC SWPCP SW Healthcare Schools WCG SWS Wannon Water ACCHOs | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Warrnambool | Regional |
๎ฐaitland ๎๎๎ | โข We will realise more new, a๎orda๎ le homes in Central ๎ฐaitland and other esta๎ lished ur๎ an centres โข ๎ณlanning and development of new su๎ ur๎ s will provide for a mi๎ of housing types๎ โข ๎ทhe diverse housing needs of our community will ๎ e met through active partnerships and development | Social Policy | Affordable housing | NSW | Maitland | Regional |
๎ฐaitland ๎๎๎ | Diverse and affordable housing options are available for our residents throughout all life stages | Social Policy | Affordable housing | NSW | Maitland | Regional |
๎ฐaitland ๎๎๎ | We will have access to a range of a๎orda๎ le housing options | Social Policy | Affordable housing | NSW | Maitland | Regional |
๎ฐaitland ๎๎๎ | We will understand the impacts of our food, water and energy choices on the environment | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Maitland | Regional |
๎ฐaitland ๎๎๎ | ๎ฒur economy is thriving๎ We em๎ race an innovative and diversi๏ฌed mi๎ of ๎ usinesses and have access to local ๎o๎ s, shopping and produce๎ | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | NSW | Maitland | Regional |
๎ฐaitland ๎๎๎ | We will support sustaina๎ le local food production and agri๎ usiness opportunities, and ๎ uild healthy communities | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | NSW | Maitland | Regional |
๎ฐaitland ๎๎๎ | ๎ฒur city provides a ๎ lend of housing including heritage ๎ uildings, inner city apartments and su๎ ur๎ an homes, which are interwoven amongst the agricultural ๎ตoodplains that make our city unique๎ | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | NSW | Maitland | Regional |
๎ฐ๎๎๎๎ฟ๎๎๎ ๎ท๎๎๎๎๎๎๎ ๎ถ๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎ ๎ณ๎๎๎ ๎๎๎๎ | OBJECTIVE 2 To maintain housing affordability and increase the range and variety of housing choices | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Mansfield | Regional |
๎ฐ๎๎๎๎ฟ๎๎๎ ๎ท๎๎๎๎๎๎๎ ๎ถ๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎ ๎ณ๎๎๎ ๎๎๎๎ | Farming | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Mansfield | Regional |