Senate debates

Tuesday, 11 September 2007

Obesity

4:19 pm

Photo of Lyn AllisonLyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—
(a)
notes the call by the Obesity Policy Coalition for urgent government action to tackle Australia’s escalating obesity crisis, including:
(i)
a ban on the marketing of unhealthy food to children under 16 years of age in all media, such as television, the Internet, e-mail and mobile phones,
(ii)
a mandatory ‘traffic light’ labelling system on the front of food packaging, and
(iii)
removing the goods and services tax exemption for breakfast cereals that are high in sugar; and
(b)
urges the Government to dramatically increase funding for the prevention of obesity in children and adolescents and to actively pursue changes to macro-environment strategies, such as food marketing and labelling.

Question put.

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