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Liesel Spencer, Associate Professor, School of Law, Western Sydney University

Australian kids BYO lunches to school. There is a healthier way to feed students

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Australian parents will be familiar with this school morning routine: hastily making sandwiches or squeezing leftovers into containers, grabbing a snack from the cupboard and a piece of fruit from the counter.

This would be unheard of in many other countries, including Finland, Sweden, Scotland, Wales, Brazil and India, which provide free daily school meals to every child.

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