Submission—National Food Security Strategy

On 29 September 2025, the Academy made a submission on the National Food Security Strategy.

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In brief

Nutrition security, equity, and environmental sustainability must be embedded in setting priorities in the National Food Security Strategy. Without this, the strategy risks focusing only on food production and trade while neglecting the health, wellbeing, and equity outcomes it is meant to deliver.

The Academy recommends:

• Strengthening the framework by explicitly including nutrition equity as a principle.
• A long-term horizon of at least 10 years for the strategy, with clear short- and medium-term targets.
• Including the actions in the body of this submission to address the strategy’s challenges (pages 3-4).
• Recognising Australia’s engagement and responsibilities in the Indo-Pacific region.