We thank the Queensland Government for initiating the opportunity to provide feedback and recommendations on the possible establishment of an independent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Queensland. AFSA welcomes further opportunities to participate in consultation and the development of the EPA. AFSA commends the Queensland State Government Department of Environment & Science for taking steps […]
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 an Inquiry on Australian Government’s application of the UNDRIP in Australia
In March, the Federal Government’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Senate Committee announced a call for submissions on the Application of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in Australia. First Peoples’ sovereignty must be considered at the core of food sovereignty, and so AFSA submitted a response to Inquiry noting […]
AFSA response to the National Biosecurity Strategy
AFSA has responded to the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment’s National Biosecurity Strategy. We express concern with the Strategy’s limitations which focus heavily on surveillance and control, and less on prevention of biosecurity threats in agriculture, particularly through continued practice of intensive livestock. We also flag that Australia’s current colonial agricultural […]
AFSA advocates for climate justice, agroecology and an end to industrial farming at FAO Asia Pacific Regional Conference
The FAO Asia Pacific Regional Conference was held in a hybrid format in March 2022. AFSA sits on the Steering Committee which organised the Civil Society Consultation in advance of the conference, which produced two excellent papers on agroecology and One Health. Throughout the conference, within the theme of climate resilience civil society advocated for […]
Advice to AFSA members and the general public: Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV)
The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) flags climate change and intensive livestock as key causes of concern in the current outbreak of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) across four Australian states. AFSA is calling on the Australian Government and Industry to acknowledge the risks associated with industrial agriculture on climate, farmers, livestock and public health. Some […]
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