The importance of access to healthy, affordable food for rural and remote communities was a topic of conversation today when Senator Malarndirri McCarthy joined Dietitians Australia for a NAIDOC Week webinar.

This 2019 report outlines the social and economic costs of poor nutrition and the importance of a coordinated and collaborative approach to our nutritional health.

Sent June 2022 - Following the Federal Election and change in government, Dietitians Australia wrote to the new Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Mark Butler MP, to congratulate him on his appointment.

Access to affordable nutritional support for people with mental illness and disability via Medicare, as well as mandatory reporting measures to protect older Australians in aged care, are not priorities for Australia’s major parties.

We asked the Liberal National Party, the Australian Labor Party and the Greens to complete an election scorecard, rating their commitments to our five federal election requests.

Dietitians Australia wholeheartedly congratulates Aged Care Subject Matter Lead and Accredited Practising Dietitian Julie Dundon on her appointment to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Advisory Council.

Food and catering, constipation and continence management, falls prevention, change of clinical status & deterioration among top 10 complaints in aged care sector. Dietitians Australia calls for federal government to support mandatory malnutrition screening and mandatory meal quality assessments.

At this week’s hearing of the NSW Inquiry into food production and supply, Dietitians Australia asked the NSW government to take a leading role in enabling all residents of the state to access nutritious food, through a Food Security Council.

Our position on the role of healthy and sustainable diets in promoting human and planetary health.

Released June 2020 - Dietitians Australia provided 16 recommendations to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs on the topic of food pricing and food security in remote Indigenous communities.