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Systematic examination of publicly-available information reveals the diverse and extensive corporate political activity of the food industry in Australia
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Background
Methods
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Information and messaging strategy
Financial incentives strategy
Constituency building strategy
Legal strategies
Policy substitution strategy
Opposition fragmentation and destabilisation strategy
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Consent
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18 June 2021 A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10997-1
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