Anything to keep the kid from seeing his parents as his providers... and to convince him or her the state shall provide.
If Australia does this it will eventually grow to be the same monstrosity it is here.
My lunches were in a small cooler and I wouldn't have traded it for anthying in the world. My folks usually put an egg, peanut butter (*dreaded right-wing killer peanuts, now banned), or ham sandwich (*Islamic terrorist deterrent) , or even shrimp we'd bring back from the Gulf; fruit, salads, a thermos of soup and I'd buy milk or bring tea. Once in a while mom would make strawberry pie and throw that in. Beats the heck out of the filthy substandard crap the cafeteria was serving.