'Material likely to harm or disturb them': testing the alignment between film and game classification decisions and psychological research evidence.

This article analyses the practical operation of Australia's National Classification System (NCS) for films and games, to evaluate its alignment with the findings of psychological research. Twenty-nine decisions of the Classification Review Board are examined to determine the factors applied in assessing the impact of violent content and drawing the line between the different classification categories. The language used in referring to violent content is analysed to determine the concepts that influence the Board's view about the correct classification.

Born with a Plastic Spoon in Their Mouth? - Substitution, Interchangeability, and Marketing of Biosimilars.

Biosimilar medicines have the potential to increase medicine access and bring cost savings to consumers, but uptake has been slow for a range of reasons. This article analyses one such reason, namely the potential for competitors' promotional materials to use certain terms with technical meanings, such as "interchangeable" and "substitution", in a misleading way. Against the backdrop of a flawed co-regulatory system for pharmaceutical marketing, the article identifies a need for clear regulatory statements about appropriate uses of such terms in pharmaceutical marketing and promotion.

'Sweet talk': framing the merits of a sugar tax in Australia.

Although rising rates of obesity are recognized as a major concern for Australian public health, debate on what (if any) responsive action should be undertaken is conceptually and normatively complex. It is shaped by diverse values and interests; different representations of the problem; and many options for action by government, the private sector or individuals. This paper presents research documenting arguments for and against implementing a sugar tax in Australia.

Obesity Prevention Laws and the Australian Constitution.

The idea of using law and regulation to prevent obesity in Australia is complicated by federalism. This article analyses in detail the powers of Commonwealth and State governments to determine which level(s) of government would be able to pass laws of the types recommended by the National Preventative Health Taskforce, namely marketing regulation, labelling regulation, content regulation, fiscal measures, built environment regulation and school regulation. The article considers the types of law that the Commonwealth could pass under the trade and commerce, taxation, communications and corporations powers, along with the power to make tied grants to the States.

Regulatory approaches to obesity prevention: A systematic overview of current laws addressing diet-related risk factors in the European Union and the United States.

High prevalence of overweight and obesity remains a significant international public health problem. Law has been identified as a tool for obesity prevention and selected high-profile measures have been reported. However, the nature and extent of enacted legislation internationally are unclear.

Marketing foods to children through product packaging: prolific, unhealthy and misleading.

Objective: To investigate marketing techniques used on the packaging of child-oriented products sold through supermarkets.

Design: Food and beverage products which met criteria for 'marketed to children' were recorded as child-oriented. The products were analysed for food categories, nutritional value, and type and extent of marketing techniques used.

Regulatory axes on food advertising to children on television.

This article describes and evaluates some of the criteria on the basis of which food advertising to children on television could be regulated, including controls that revolve around the type of television programme, the type of product, the target audience and the time of day. Each of these criteria potentially functions as a conceptual device or "axis" around which regulation rotates. The article considers examples from a variety of jurisdictions around the world, including Sweden and Quebec.