A national food plan

Australia enjoys natural strategic advantages in terms of geography, resources, and our ability to produce and export food. We should use those advantages to underpin the stability and security of our region.

Australian food security

Australia’s ability to produce it, process it and export it shouldn’t be taken for granted, nor should our ability to get what we want, when we want from a supermarket shelf.

A more resilient food supply

Australian agriculture is efficient, safe, and reliable and can play a large role in meeting growing demand in international markets.

It never rains but it pours

The cumulative effect of problems from bushfires and floods to the pandemic and economic woes is eroding our ability to respond and exhausting our emergency management response systems.

Is Australia prepared for foot-and-mouth disease?

Foot-and-Mouth diseases was detected last week in the tourist hotspot of Bali, closer to mainland Australia than it has been in the 130 years since it was last eradicated.

Boosting biosecurity

Access to sufficient safe and nutritious food is a security necessity and so Australian must dispense with the ‘she’ll be right’ approach that has plagued our broader attitude to biosecurity policy for too long.