Food Security: What's Not Eating Australian Policymakers?

Extreme weather in Australia has wiped out crops and sent the price of food soaring, heightening the issue of food security. In December 2010, global food prices hit an all-time high. Fears of a repeat of the 2008 food crisis have prompted many nations to take action. But in Australia food security rarely rates a mention suggesting policymakers may have stashed it in the "too-hard" folder. On the world's smallest continent, future food production is not only at risk from uncontrollable climactic events, but from decision-makers putting short-term concerns ahead of long-term sustainable interests, claim thought leaders. It's a complicated issue that's unlikely to be resolved with incremental change, they warn.