Food
Food & Environment / Food
The Institute of Public Affairs looks at food and agriculture from the perspective of consumer choice and liberalisation. Advances in agricultural biotechnology is likely bring large environmental and consumer benefits to the Australian agricultural industry. But some sectors in Australia's agricultural industry are still burdened by legacy regulatory frameworks which hamper their competitiveness. The IPA focuses on the regulatory barriers faced by farmers and consumers.
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Should packaged alcohol display health warnings?
Mandated alcohol warning labels don't work and perpetuate the government-sponsored drift away from individual choice and responsibility that fuels...
Farmers feeling the squeeze of marketplace realities
We are a pessimistic bunch. Apparently no-one will win out of the supermarket price wars. The farmers will lose: Nick Xenophon claimed that...
Dig in, don't wait. Our slow food nostalgia is misplaced
We want food to be simple and honest, local and seasonal. We want it to be organic, ''natural'', free of preservatives and homemade. This, at...
Hands up if you're in favour of cheap milk ... anyone?
One would be forgiven this week for assuming low prices are bad. Coles's January decision to sell house-brand milk for $1 a litre was followed by...
Green policies: too much of not enough
It can't be a coincidence: the worst examples of bad policy making and implementation in the last few years have been green policies. The Federal...
Fat lot of good campaign against junk food is doing
The debate over obesity and public health is usually black and white. It's obvious who the bad guys are: junk food peddlers. But last year,...
The perils of a fat tax
If the legislation for the Orwellian-sounding Australian National Preventive Health Agency passes, then expect an avalanche of make-work...
Dont ditch cattle yet, science isnt settled
How many times have you heard it said, the science is settled, we will have catastrophic global warming unless we change our ways and reduce our...
Whale: It
It's free-range, organic and tastes like an exceptionally tender eye fillet, but it's unlikely to find its way onto the supermarket shelves in...
More science less opinion on GM and rats
Another Look at GM Corn Seems Merited Those who make their living from lobbying/marketing sometimes claim "perception is reality". One topic...
