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Is Australian agriculture facing an inputs crisis?

  • 29 Aug 2025
  • 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Sydney Marriott Circular Quay, 30 Pitt Street
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  • Corporate Members are able to bring along guests at member prices. If you book for 8-10 people, Farm Writers will reserve you a table.
  • Individual, Rural and Retiree Members can bring one guest at member prices.

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Is Australian agriculture facing an inputs crisis?


Friday 29 August 2025

12:00 for 12:30pm

Imports of critical inputs are just as essential to Australia’s $90+ agriculture industry as efficient export pathways. COVID-19 demonstrated the fragility of global supply chains, yet there remains a genuine question about whether Australia has learned any lessons from this great global reset and sought to build greater security into our food systems.

Has the time come for Australia to develop a more formal national food security plan to help us manage the global risks of trade and the impact of a break on supply chains to domestic food production?

That’s the question asked by a recent Green Paper issued by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). More usually associated with national security through a defence and foreign affairs lens, ASPI’s paper focuses on the questions of Australia’s food security with specific focuses on fertiliser, access to chemicals and digital connectivity.

Our speaker this month is Andrew Henderson, the lead author of the Green Paper.

Andrew is a leading strategic policy specialist with a passion for building the sustainability and prosperity of rural and regional Australia and enhancing the recognition of its role in the economy and its place in national security.

Andrew is an experienced independent chair and member of several national policy and implementation committees focussed on traceability and biosecurity systems, research and development, service delivery, food safety and regulatory systems. Andrew has also been heavily involved in developing, advocating for, and implementing policy to reform Australia’s red meat and livestock integrity systems.

Andrew is the Principal of Agsecure, a Senior Fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and a non-executive director at End Food Waste Australia and Sheep Producers Australia. He has advised the Australian Government on critical policy areas of biosecurity, red meat and livestock, live animal exports, Northern Australian development, and climate change.

Andrew is a published author on biosecurity, food security, national security, and agricultural supply chains and is driving awareness of the true value of the agriculture sector, and the role that rural and regional Australia plays in our national security, and the security and stability of our region.

Bookings for this lunch will close on 25 August 2025. Corporate members may book unlimited guests at the member price. Other members may book one guest at the member price. Please advise of any dietary requirements at the time of booking.

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