Sunday 7 August 2022 05:28 PM Teal independent to go after McDonalds, KFC and Hungry Jacks in new bill: Dr ... trends now
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Burgers, fizzy drinks, and chocolate bars that have graced prime-time screens for years could be banned under an advertising plan from a newly elected politician.
Dr Sophie Scamps has given away her GP job on Sydney's Northern Beaches for an office in Parliament House after riding the wave of Teal support at the March federal election.
The Independent member for Mackellar has her sights set of tackling Australia's obesity epidemic and is working on a private members' bill to outlaw prime-time junk food advertising and sponsorship of sports teams.
'Advertising that targets children, during the times when children are watching TV, at their sporting events, all those things need to be looked at. They can be changed,' Dr Scamps told the Sydney Morning Herald.
Prime-time fast food ads are in the sights of a newly elected federal MP (stock image)
One of the biggest outlets for fast food advertising dollars is sport - both at a school and professional level.
KFC has been synonymous with Australian cricket for decades, while Hungry Jack's recently renewed it's naming rights on the NBL.
Similarly, McDonald's has just renewed it's partnership with the AFL for another 10 years and bankrolls hundreds of grassroots sporting clubs, as well as Little Athletics in NSW.
With the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare estimating about a quarter of Aussie kids
