Junk food advertising on Australian TV would be banned before 9pm as part of a plan from independent MP Sophie Scamps, part of a renewed bid to slow the nation’s growing obesity epidemic.
The Mackellar MP, a former athlete and general practitioner, will move a private member’s bill designed to push advertising for food products with little or no nutritional value to after prime-time viewing hours.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
