Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, , 5:19:12 to 5:20:00
How international conflicts and global uncertainties have reinforced the need for a robust national food security strategy.
Topics: Food security, Middle East trade
Speakers: Paul Denny, Senator Ross Cadell, Matt Lowe
the commonwealth are we seeing current events war in the Middle East global uncertainties you know Ukrainian grain all this influence change the few different lenses we're looking at this policy or still overall what we can do.
>> I wouldn't say it's changed it. I think it's probably just reinforced our interest in that area. Um part of the reason for announcing the food security strategy in the first place was in the wake of disruptions to our supply chains from global events. So that has reinforced the importance of that um as part of our work.
>> Okay. And I think it's helped focus the minds of colleagues across government as well. So while something that that was particularly concerned with it's I think helped sharpen the intersections with other portfolios as well in relation to