At an individual level, food is important. It is the one thing for which every single person on the planet shares a need and a want. However, at a national level, the state of each nation's food security (as defined by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) – see page 1 of this report) differs markedly. Food security is the centre of many recent debates in Australia. Why is that? Most Australians would recognise that the level of Australia's food security is high. So is there really an issue and why do we talk about it?

The purpose of this report is to test and probe the food industry's views and perceptions on food security, and various specific aspects of food security, such as foreign investment, the retail market, innovation, climate change and regulation.

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