The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) categorically rejects proposals to expand intensive aquaculture into Commonwealth waters. We need a radical paradigm shift away from Blue Economy to Blue Justice in fisheries, which is crucial for climate justice, encompassing economic, social, and environmental justice. The 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services reported […]
All AFSA Submissions
- Agricultural Competitiveness Taskforce
- Senate Standing Committees on Economics
- Regulatory Burden in Agriculture
- WA Inquiry into mechanisms for compensation for economic loss to farmers in WA caused by contamination by genetically modified material
- Review of the Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals: Domestic Poultry
- Planning for Sustainable Animal Industries Draft Planning Provisions
- NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000
- Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning regarding the Victorian Planning Provisions Reforms
- Proposed NSW State Environmental Planning Policy (Primary Production and Rural Development) and related planning reforms
- Proposed Draft Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry
- Parliamentary Inquiry into Fresh Food Pricing New South Wales
- Sugar labelling
- The independence of regulatory decisions made by APVMA
- Review of the operation of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Act 2013
- Protecting Melbourne’s Strategic Agricultural Land
- FSANZ Review of Food Safety Management
- Submission on the Impact of Animal Rights Activism on Victorian Agriculture
- Submission on the Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural protection) Bill 2019
- Submission in relation to the Identification of Leading Practices in Ensuring Evidence-Based Regulation of Farm Practices that Impact Water Quality Outcomes in the Great Barrier Reef
- Submission on the Victorian Sheep and Goat Duty Review
- Hepburn Shire Draft Local Law #2
- Property ID Reforms
- FSANZ Soy Leghemoglobin Permission - Impossible Foods
- Primary Production and Processing Requirements for high-risk horticulture
- Submission on Growing Australian Agriculture to $100 Billion by 2030
- Response to the ACCC’s Perishable Agricultural Goods Inquiry
- Joint submission with Gene Ethics on the review of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines regulatory regime
- JBS Australia’s proposed acquisition of Rivalea Holdings and Oxdale Dairy Enterprise
- Submission to the Inquiry into the Protections within the Victorian Planning Framework
- Submission on the agritourism and small-scale agriculture development: Proposed amendments to support farm businesses and regional economies
- Planning for Melbourne's Green Wedges and Agricultural Land Submission
- Definitions of Meat and Other Animal Products (raising AFSA’s concerns with labelling and composition of plant-based “meat”)
- Changes to landscape rehydration infrastructure planning rules in NSW
- Proposal P1052 – PPP Requirements for Horticulture (Berries, Leafy Vegetables and Melons)
- ACT Capital Food & Fibre Strategy
- Proposal to expand intensive aquaculture into Commonwealth waters
- NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Food Supply and Production
- Response to the National Biosecurity Strategy - Consultation draft
- Submission to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee on the Application of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Australia
AFSA responds to the ACT Capital Food and Fibre Strategy
AFSA recently responded to the call for submissions to the ACT Capital Food and Fibre Strategy, which will “be a roadmap to delivering social, environmental and economic benefits based on secure, climate-resilient food and fibre production across in the ACT; and respond to the need to mitigate climate challenges via adaptation and diversification. It […]
A Licence to Sell Lettuce? ASFA Submission to FSANZ Proposal
For three years FSANZ has been working on a proposal to more tightly regulate the production and sale of berries, leafy vegetables, and melons after several outbreaks of listeria, e coli, and salmonella from large monocultures. AFSA has provided feedback from the beginning on the need to approach any changes with a scale-appropriate lens […]
Protecting farmers and preserving farm land: Submission on the Protections within the Victorian Planning Framework
In October 2021 the Victorian Legislative Council tasked the Environment and Planning Committee to inquire into and report on: “the adequacy of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and Victorian planning framework in relation to planning and heritage protection”. Particular terms of reference were outlined for the Committee to address and AFSA provides its submission […]
AFSA supports proposed changes to landscape rehydration infrastructure planning rules in NSW
The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) supports the proposed changes to landscape rehydration infrastructure planning rules and applauds the NSW Government’s initiative to allow farmers to restore streams on their property through landscape rehydration techniques, without the need for council approval. AFSA represents small and medium scale producers and our vision is to enable regenerative […]
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