Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Link to 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.