Submissions

The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance represents the interests of small scale agroecological 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 will release 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
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
2019: Hepburn Shire Draft Local Law #2
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: 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
2022: NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Food Supply and Production
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
2023: Parliamentary Inquiry into Food Security
2023: CSIRO Transforming Australian Food Systems discussion paper
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

Read articles about submissions AFSA has written

  • AFSA submission to Food System Regulation reform

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  • Submission to the possible establishment of an independent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Queensland

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  • AFSA responds to an Inquiry on Australian Government’s application of the UNDRIP in Australia

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  • AFSA response to the National Biosecurity Strategy

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  • AFSA advocates for climate justice, agroecology and an end to industrial farming at FAO Asia Pacific Regional Conference

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  • Advice to AFSA members and the general public: Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV)

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