Toward Decline
A resilient country doesn’t have hungry households
Why it matters
The 2026 Hunger Report reveals one-in-three Australian households experienced food insecurity, directly contradicting the strategic assumption that a food-exporting nation is food-secure. This domestic fragility undermines Australia's civil resilience and capacity to absorb external shocks—a core pillar of the 2026 National Defence Strategy—and is material to demographic stability and fiscal pressure (emergency spending, NDIS load).
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