Policy coherence

Authors Jeremy Farr, Jessica Bogard and Kelly Parsons

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Key points

  • Food policy in Australia is currently fragmented across portfolios and tiers of government.
  • Policy coherence has potential to reconcile goals and reinforce action across the food system.
  • Mechanisms for coordinating food policy exist, but sectoral perspectives continue to dominate.
  • The value of pursuing policy coherence lies in the benefits it brings to Australia’s food system, in concert with international processes and pressures.
Citation
Farr J, Bogard J and Parsons K (2025) Insight 5: Policy coherence. In: Nelson R, Lim-Camacho L and Robinson C (eds) Towards a state of the food system report for Australia. CSIRO, Australia.