Submissions

The Agroecology & Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) represents the interests of small scale farmers and eaters through policy recommendations across a broad spectrum of government activities. Our submissions cover many different topics and categories relating to food production, distribution and consumption.

You can also read AFSA’s original Peoples’ Food Plan, released in 2013 in response to the Federal Government’s National Food Plan (now disbanded). In 2023, AFSA released a revised Peoples’ Food Plan as a policy framework for local, state and federal government to enact food and agricultural transformation towards food sovereignty.

2014: Agricultural Competitiveness Task Force
2015: Submission to Senate Standing Committees on Economics
2016: Productivity Commission – Regulatory Burden in Agriculture
2017: WA Inquiry into mechanisms for compensation for economic loss to farmers in WA caused by contamination by genetically modified material
2017: Planning for Sustainable Animal Industries Draft Planning Provisions
2017: Review of the Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals: Domestic Poultry
2017: NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000
2017: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning regarding the Victorian Planning Provisions Reforms
2018: Proposed NSW State Environmental Planning Policy (Primary Production and Rural Development) and related planning reforms
2018: Proposed Draft Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry
2018: Parliamentary Inquiry into Fresh Food Pricing New South Wales
2018: Australian Food Regulation Forum: Sugar labelling
2018: The independence of regulatory decisions made by APVMA
2019: Review of the operation of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Act 2013
2019: Protecting Melbourne’s Strategic Agricultural Land
2019: FSANZ Review of Food Safety Management
2019: Submission on the Impact of Animal Rights Activism on Victorian Agriculture (VIC)
2019: Submission on the Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural protection) Bill 2019
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
2019: Submission on the Victorian Sheep and Goat Duty Review (VIC)
2019: Hepburn Shire Draft Local Law #2
2019: Submission to the Property ID Reforms
2020: Submission to FSANZ on Impossible Foods Soy Leghemoglobin Permission
2020: Primary Production and Processing Requirements for high-risk horticulture
2020: Submission on Growing Australian Agriculture to $100 Billion by 2030
2020: Response to the ACCC’s Perishable Agricultural Goods Inquiry
2020: Joint submission with Gene Ethics on the review of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines regulatory regime
2021: JBS Australia’s proposed acquisition of Rivalea Holdings and Oxdale Dairy Enterprise
2021: Submission to the Inquiry into the Protections within the Victorian Planning Framework
2021: Submission on the agritourism and small-scale agriculture development: Proposed amendments to support farm businesses and regional economies
2021: Planning for Melbourne’s Green Wedges and Agricultural Land Submission
2021: Definitions of Meat and Other Animal Products (raising AFSA’s concerns with labelling and composition of plant-based “meat”)
2022: Proposal P1052 – PPP Requirements for Horticulture (Berries, Leafy Vegetables and Melons)
2022: ACT Capital Food & Fibre Strategy (ACT)
2022: NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Food Supply and Production (NSW)
2022: Response to the National Biosecurity Strategy – Consultation draft
2022: 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
2022: Submission to the possible establishment of an independent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Queensland (QLD)
2023: Parliamentary Inquiry into Food Security
2023: CSIRO Transforming Australian Food Systems discussion paper
2023: Submission on the Nature Repair Market Bill 2023 and Nature Repair Market (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023 [Provisions]
2023: Review of the Food Act 2006 (QLD)
2023: Submission to the Victorian Biosecurity Strategy
(VIC)
2024: Submission to the Agriculture, land and emissions: discussion paper
2024: Inquiry into pig welfare in Victoria (VIC)
2024: Reforming Victoria’s animal care and protection laws (VIC)
2024: New land use planning regulations for animal production (VIC)
2024: Inquiry into securing the Victorian Food Supply (VIC)
2024: Food Supply Chain Capacity Study
2024: Inquiry into food security in Victoria (VIC)
2025: Victoria Climate Change Strategy 2026-2030
2025: Submission to the ABARES Australian Chicken Meat Industry Review 2025
2025: Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food on Corporate Concentration and the Impact on Right to Food in Australia
2025: Feeding Australia strategy discussion paper
2025: Food safety regulation in Victoria (VIC)
2025: From Paddock to Plate, Locally and Globally
2025: Developing a new Tasmanian Agriculture Strategy (TAS)
2026: Submission to the Inquiry into Productivity in Australia
2026: Submission to Review of the Food Production (Safety) Act 2000 (QLD)
2026: Submission to the Consultation for the HLPE on ‘Critical, Emerging and Enduring Issues’
2014: Agricultural Competitiveness Task Force
2015: Submission to Senate Standing Committees on Economics
2016: Productivity Commission – Regulatory Burden in Agriculture
2017: Review of the Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals: Domestic Poultry
2018: Proposed Draft Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry
2018: Australian Food Regulation Forum: Sugar labelling
2018: The independence of regulatory decisions made by APVMA
2019: Review of the operation of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Act 2013
2019: FSANZ Review of Food Safety Management
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
2019: Property ID Reforms
2020: FSANZ Soy Leghemoglobin Permission – Impossible Foods
2020: Primary Production and Processing Requirements for high-risk horticulture
2020: Submission on Growing Australian Agriculture to $100 Billion by 2030
2020: Response to the ACCC’s Perishable Agricultural Goods Inquiry
2020: Joint submission with Gene Ethics on the review of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines regulatory regime
2021: JBS Australia’s proposed acquisition of Rivalea Holdings and Oxdale Dairy Enterprise
2021: Definitions of Meat and Other Animal Products (raising AFSA’s concerns with labelling and composition of plant-based “meat”)
2022: Proposal P1052 – PPP Requirements for Horticulture (Berries, Leafy Vegetables and Melons)
2022: Response to the National Biosecurity Strategy – Consultation draft
2022: 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
2023: Parliamentary Inquiry into Food Security
2025: Feeding Australia strategy discussion paper
2025: From Paddock to Plate, Locally and Globally
2026: Submission to the Inquiry into Productivity in Australia
2017: WA Inquiry into mechanisms for compensation for economic loss to farmers in WA caused by contamination by genetically modified material (WA)
2017: Planning for Sustainable Animal Industries Draft Planning Provisions (VIC)
2017: NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 (NSW)
2017: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning regarding the Victorian Planning Provisions Reforms (VIC)
2018: Proposed NSW State Environmental Planning Policy (Primary Production and Rural Development) and related planning reforms (NSW)
2018: Parliamentary Inquiry into Fresh Food Pricing New South Wales (NSW)
2019: Protecting Melbourne’s Strategic Agricultural Land (VIC)
2019: Submission on the Impact of Animal Rights Activism on Victorian Agriculture (VIC)
2019: Submission on the Victorian Sheep and Goat Duty Review (VIC)
2021: Submission to the Inquiry into the Protections within the Victorian Planning Framework (VIC)
2021: Submission on the agritourism and small-scale agriculture development: Proposed amendments to support farm businesses and regional economies (NSW)
2021: Planning for Melbourne’s Green Wedges and Agricultural Land Submission (VIC)
2022: ACT Capital Food & Fibre Strategy (ACT)
2022: NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Food Supply and Production (NSW)
2022: Submission to the possible establishment of an independent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Queensland (QLD)
2023: Review of the Food Act 2006 (QLD)
2023: Submission to the Victorian Biosecurity Strategy (VIC)
2024: Inquiry into pig welfare in Victoria (VIC)
2024: Reforming Victoria’s animal care and protection laws (VIC)
2024: New land use planning regulations for animal production (VIC)
2024: Inquiry into securing the Victorian Food Supply (VIC)
2025: Victoria Climate Change Strategy 2026-2030 (VIC)
2025: Food safety regulation in Victoria (VIC)
2025: Developing a new Tasmanian Agriculture Strategy (TAS)
2026: Submission to Review of the Food Production (Safety) Act 2000 (QLD)

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