Fiona Nash

Fiona Nash is Australian Assistant Health Minister and a member of the National Party. In February 2014 her chief of staff Alastair Furnival was forced to resign following revelations of his involvement in a company lobbying for food companies.

The controversy arose after it emerged that Nash had decided unilaterally that a food labelling ratings website should be taken down the same day it was launched. The food industry has long opposed such 'traffic light' systems.

In the words of one critic:

'..the true scandal is that a person responsible for improving the health of the nation seems to sing from the processed food industry songbook.'

'..Nash's National Party still accepts tobacco funding, which is a clear conflict of interest for a minister responsible for tobacco policy.'