Queensland contemplates crackdown on junk food advertising on kids’ TV

Tim Burrowes

January 18, 2009 12:02

The Queensland government is considering a crackdown on the advertising of junk food during children’s TV programming.

According to today’s Courier Mail in Brisbane, Queensland would be the first state to put such a restriction in place. The newspaper reports that Queensland Health is putting together a report on the issue, with the intention of making it one of the first items of business for premier Anna Bligh’s cabinet when it meets next month.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.