Tag: food security
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Food strategies need ingredients like equity, justice, and sovereignty
Dr Amy Carrad The ACT Government released a Draft Canberra Region Local Food Strategy in September 2023, which claims it will “increase community access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food.” It aims to do so by leaning heavily on community gardens as a means of increasing fresh produce in the…
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Public health experts brief Agriculture Committee on food security
Lily Pratt, PHAA Policy Officer On 2 June the Australian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Agriculture held their first (and so far, only) health-specific hearing regarding their inquiry into and report on strengthening and safeguarding food security. PHAA was invited to attend after completing our submission in December 2022. We joined…
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Australia’s new government must tackle food insecurity
Dr Maureen Murphy and Dr Rachel Carey University of Melbourne As food prices in Australia continue to rise and the cost-of-living crisis bites, tackling food insecurity should be high on the ‘to do’ list of the country’s newly elected Labor government. Our new research, developed in collaboration with stakeholders from…
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Eating sustainably: Urban local governments take planetary health into their own hands
Liza Barbour and Assoc Prof Julie Brimblecombe (both of Monash University), Dr Rebecca Lindberg and Dr Julie Woods from Deakin University, and Prof Karen Charlton (University of Wollongong) With the federal government’s questionable commitment to achieving a 1.5°C future, many are seeking glimmers of hope elsewhere. Leadership on climate action…
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Our public health workforce – Meet the Healthy Cities Illawarra (NSW) team
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Introduction Since the pandemic began more than 20 months ago, Australia’s public health workforce has experienced its toughest test in a century. Our army of public health workers have pulled out all stops to save lives, and work against the odds to keep the nation as…
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Food security during COVID a critical challenge for remote Indigenous communities
NAIDOC Week 2020 – ‘Always was, always will be’ To celebrate NAIDOC Week 2020, the Public Health Association of Australia is publishing a series of articles, capturing the learnings and lessons from presentations at our recent Australian Public Health Conference. Given the year we have had, not surprisingly, the response…