❓ Ms Mettam questions the Minister for Health on the government's commitment to banning junk food advertising on state-owned assets, referencing a campaign criticizing the delay. The Minister responds that an analysis is underway.
AnsweredQoN 380Legislative Assembly
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GOVERNMENT PROPERTY — JUNK FOOD ADVERTISING
380. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I refer to a campaign by a collection
of health organisations, including the Cancer Council, criticising the minister's
failure to remove junk food advertising from WA government property, as her
predecessor had promised.
(1) Does the government remain committed to the
government's election promise to ban junk food advertising on
state-owned assets?
(2) With the cost
of obesity on WA taxpayers expected to reach $610 million by 2026, when will
the government act?
380. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I refer to a campaign by a collection
of health organisations, including the Cancer Council, criticising the minister's
failure to remove junk food advertising from WA government property, as her
predecessor had promised.
(1) Does the government remain committed to the
government's election promise to ban junk food advertising on
state-owned assets?
(2) With the cost
of obesity on WA taxpayers expected to reach $610 million by 2026, when will
the government act?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) The commitment, as I understand it, was a promise
to do an analysis of the impact of removing all that advertising from state-owned assets. The department is
working constructively across governments, particularly with the Public
Transport Authority and the Department of Transport, and we are working through
the issues around that.
to do an analysis of the impact of removing all that advertising from state-owned assets. The department is
working constructively across governments, particularly with the Public
Transport Authority and the Department of Transport, and we are working through
the issues around that.
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