“A major step towards dignified food fecurity for all, but more needs to be done” On Thursday 14th November 2024, the Legal and Social Issues Committee (LSC) of the Victorian Legislative Council released Food Security in Victoria – a report exploring the drivers, impacts and solutions for food security. Legislating a right to food, adopting a systems approach…
“My family has a farming background, and I would love to support [our farmers]. I hate giving my money to organizations that I know collect mass profits while consumers, their employees and producers all live off the bare minimum.” 176 organisations and individuals have sent strong messages about urgent measures needed to tackle the growing…
Guidance notes and resources for Victorian organisations and individuals wishing to make submissions to the food security inquiry taking place in 2024 in the Legal and Social Issues Committee
Sustain calls for the Victorian government to ‘govern the food system as a system’ to tackle critical challenges In its submission to the Environment and Planning Committee’s Inquiry into Securing Victoria’s Food Supply, Sustain has called on the Victorian government to take a number of key actions to tackle the serious issues facing our food…
Daily headlines reportage on the cost-of-living crisis, rising food insecurity, climate change fallout affecting fresh food production and transportation, are inescapable. They reflect the sign of the times, and what is to come. It’s very timely that the Victorian parliament is conducting two Inquiries into food security in 2024: On Tuesday 9th April we were delighted…
Sustain: The Australian Food Network works for the transition to a food system that supports flourishing communities, individuals, and ecosystems. We give people, councils, governments, and organisations the tools they need to help them become empowered food citizens, supporting healthy communities, people, and ecosystems. Through this work, we have explored the role that major supermarket…
Following the January 2024 announcement by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressing the escalating cost of living and concerns over supermarket pricing, Churchill Fellow and Sustain Executive Director Dr Nick Rose is advocating for a comprehensive approach that includes increased support for community gardens and urban farms as a sustainable solution. Nick has called for a…
Vote for Food – Scorecard of major party policies on food for the NSW Election The upcoming NSW election will be contested in the context of substantial cost of living rises, extreme weather and continued pandemic recovery. Sustain, Food Fairness Illawarra, Professor Karen Charlton from the University of Wollongong, Australia’s Right to Food Coalition, Community…
On 26 October 2022, the House Standing Committee on Agriculture commenced an inquiry into food security in Australia. The Committee invited interested persons and organisations to make a submission addressing the terms of reference by Friday, 9 December 2022. Sustain made a submission to this inquiry; if you would like to read it, we have made…
There’s something in the wind. Recent years have seen a number of state and national inquiries into food, food systems and food security, and other opportunities such as informing the ACT’s Capital Food and Fibre Strategy. We now have the opportunity to contribute to a national Inquiry into Food Security in Australia. Following a referral…