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.
News
Fat chance scare tactics will trim us
In yesterday's Courier-Mail, a senior Queensland health bureaucrat proposed graphic health warning labels be put on sugary, fatty and salty foods...
An assault on diet
When the National Health and Medical Research Council released its official new dietary guidelines this week, they helpfully included a sample...
Agricultural blocks squander our chance to play vital food role
Bad policies underpinned by warped environmental priorities don't just hold back agriculture in Queensland and hurt farmers in the state. They have...
We need more supermarkets, not regulation
To drive down prices at the supermarket checkout requires more supermarkets, not more regulation. Competition tsar Rod Sims has indicated 2013 will...
Should the government restrict super-sizing junk food?
There's a lot of competition for the most stupid Nanny State proposal. But if forced to choose, plans to restrict serving sizes would have to take...
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...
Publications
Consumer first supermarket reform: The market, not government, knows how to best meet consumer demand
Consumer first supermarket reform: The market, not government, knows how to best meet consumer demand
New poll: Households concerned about energy and food prices
‘Australians are most concerned about electricity costs of all the major household expenses', a new poll commissioned by the Institute of Public Affairs found, said Policy Director, Tim Wilson, today. Mr Wilson's comments follow a Galaxy...
Naked extortion? Environmental NGOs imposing involuntary regulations on consumers and business
Naked extortion? Environmental NGOs imposing [in]voluntary regulations on consumers and business
