9th April, 2014 In its submission to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, which is charged with investigating the proposed ‘Trade and Foreign Investment (Protecting the Public Interest) Bill 2014, AFSA issues a challenge to our country’s politicians: whose interests do you really represent? The current Federal government is considering the inclusion of […]
AFSA Submission to Senate Inquiry into Commission of Audit
Last December a Senate Inquiry was established to inquire into the secretive ‘Commission of Audit’, set up by Tony Abbott’s government shortly after asssuming office in September 2013. This Commission is operating in a non-transparent and largely unaccountable manner, with an apparent mandate to act as a de-facto ‘razor gang’, whose goal is to impose […]
Call for submissions on changes to raw milk rules
DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE GREATER AVAILABILITY OF RAW MILK PRODUCTS IN AUSTRALIA? The Food Standards Authority, FSANZ, is calling for submissions on a review of the regulations relating to the sale of raw milk products. Submissions close on 10 January 2014. Michelle Dyer and Jonathan Cooper from Harvest Feast explain the background: […]
AFSA Submission to the Green Paper for a National Food Plan
The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance has issued its submission to the Federal government’s National Food Plan Green Paper. To download the submission, please use the following link: AFSA Submission to the National Food Plan Green Paper Our concluding remarks are reproduced below: In short, contrary to the Government’s claims, the green paper is a recipe […]
Minister Ludwig responds to concerns about the National Food Plan
On 31st October 2011, the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance was joined by 18 organisations and a further 10 individuals in expressing our collective concerns about the limited nature of the process being undertaken by the Federal Government for the development of Australia’s first-ever National Food Plan. On 5 December 2011 the Minister responded to our […]