by Australia's Right To Food Coalition | Jun 21, 2023 | Advocacy, Policy, Research
The May 2023 Federal Budget included some initiatives to support vulnerable Australians while also balancing the budget. However, while the Labor party acknowledges the challenges of the rising costs of living, it has yet to seriously tackle poverty...
by Australia's Right To Food Coalition | Sep 24, 2021 | Opinion, Policy
Australian Food Insecurity In April 2020, Agriculture Minister David Littleproud claimed that coronavirus was no risk to Australia’s food security. In May of the same year, Littleproud went further in saying that we were one of the most food secure nations in...
by Australia's Right To Food Coalition | Nov 15, 2020 | Advocacy, Experience, Policy
Australia’s Right to Food Coalition was set up in 2016 to promote food security, that is, for all Australians to be able to access healthy, affordable and culturally appropriate food. We chose to do this using a rights-based framework for two main reasons. Firstly, we...
by Australia's Right To Food Coalition | Nov 1, 2020 | Experience, Policy
In the middle of this year, I was called to be a witness for a parliamentary inquiry at New South Wales (NSW) Parliament House on a matter relating to my work. This was my first time participating in any parliamentary inquiry, and despite the usual jitters from trying...
