October 3 2016 October is Walk to School Month
October is Walk to School Month, and as a parent I love Walk to School Month. Last year was the first year that my daughter (7 years old at the time, ...
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September 22 2016 Welcome to the team – Luke Daley
I'm excited to start my journey with the Parents' Voice and use my experience as a Public Health Nutritionist and day to day life as Dad to represent ...
July 1 2016 Federal Election 2016
This election campaign has been a long one, and here at Parents’ Voice HQ we know that the few policy announcements on preventive health have become...
June 28 2016 Farewell and Hello!
If I was to ask you how many people work at Parents' Voice HQ, what would you guess? Three? Six? Ten? Well the real number is two. Two people to wo...
June 23 2016 I stopped buying juice and… nothing happened!
Love this blog from Jules Smith on making one small but very important change...
May 11 2016 Parent Power Prevails in the school canteen. A parent tells us how the P&C introduced a regular Healthy Choices Canteen
My kids go to a small, government school in Sydney. It has a welcoming and energetic P and C, a dynamic principal and a diverse student popu...
March 7 2016 Who’s setting community standards for junk food marketing to kids?
"Whilst having a morning coffee and before heading off to work I was watching what my child was watching. I was unsurprised by all the toy advertising...
February 11 2016 Swimming with Rosie
I am Joshua Mapstone. I'm father to my beautiful daughter Rosie, she's 9 months old. Thanks to my wife Pip, she's an absolute legend. As always, on...
February 1 2016 “It’s a school day Mum!”
Today I embark on a brand new adventure. And as I sit here in my very quiet home office, I’m feeling a little emotional about it all. You see, to...
December 8 2015 Not so happy: McDonald’s not lovin’ Fame and Shame Awards
You nominated, voted and now, the results are in! Maintaining their 10 year ‘winning’ streak, McDonald’s Australia took out three ‘Shame’ aw...