Consultation
The Strategy was informed by a comprehensive consultation process. Consultation opened on 31 May 2024 and ran for ten weeks, providing stakeholders with time to consider the issues and share their feedback. Face‑to‑face consultation sessions were held during July and August 2024.
Strategy development partners prepared a discussion paper based on eight key focus areas that impact the remote food system:
- Country
- Health
- Housing
- Families and Community Infrastructure
- Stores
- Supply Chains
- Healthy Economies
- Policies, Practice and Governance
The discussion paper was designed to support stakeholders to share their views on the development of the Strategy.
More than 500 people participated in forums and discussions across 31 locations, and over 25 written submissions were received.
Project Reference Group and Drafting Group Members at Strategy Partners Workshop in Adelaide, September 2024
All consultation data, including notes from in‑person and online sessions and written submissions, were analysed using thematic analysis. Findings were summarised by jurisdiction and presented to the Strategy Partners.
Submissions published below are those that have provided us permission to publish. NIAA received a total of 45 submissions in response to the strategy development discussion paper.
| Person / organisation | Date of submission |
|---|---|
| First Nations Bushfood & Botanical Alliance Australia (FNBBAA) - Submission | 19/07/2024 |
| Professor John Altman - Submission | 07/08/2024 |
| Western Australia Council of Social Service (WACOSS) - Submission | 08/08/2024 |
| University of Queensland, Remote Food Security Project - Submission | 09/08/2024 |
| UNICEF - Submission | 09/08/2024 |
| Professor Amanda Lee - Submission | 09/08/2024 |
| The George Institute - Submission | 09/08/2024 |
| Coalition for Healthy Remote Stores Submission | 11/08/2024 |
| NT Public Health Nutritionists Submission | 15/07/2024 |
| Galiwin'ku Nutrition Action Group - Submission | 11/08/2024 |
| Healthhabitat - Submission | 13/08/2024 |
| Monash University - Submission | 11/08/2024 |
| Marianne Isaacs - Submission | 04/06/2024 |
| Marian Lewis - Submission | 04/06/2024 |
| Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Aboriginal Corporation - Submission | 09/08/2024 |
| Associate Professor Veronica Matthews, Professor Julie Brimblecombe, Dr. Simone Sherriff and Caroline Deen - University of Sydney - Submission | 11/08/2024 |
| Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation (ALPA) - Submission | 11/08/2024 |
| Alice Springs Dietitians - Submission 1, Submission 2 | 09/08/2024 |
| Child Nutrition Team - Submission | 09/08/2024 |
| Katherine West Health Board (KWHB) - Submission | 12/08/2024 |
| Diana Carolina Badillo Vega - Submission | 05/08/2024 |
| Dr Ros Beadle - Department of Infectious Diseases - Melbourne Medical School - Submission | 08/08/2024 |
| Nina Lansbury, Caitlin Wyrwoll, Dani Barrington, Mara West and Sandra Creamer – University of Queensland, School of Health - Submission | 09/08/2024 |
| Claire Santos - Submission | 09/08/2024 |
| CHOICE, Consumer Credit Legal Service Western Australia (CCLSWA), Financial Counselling Australia (FCA), Financial Rights Legal Centre (FRLC), ICAN and Mob Strong - Submission | 09/08/2024 |
| Health and Wellbeing Queensland (HWQLD) - Submission 1, Submission 2, Submission 3 | 12/08/2024 |
| Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) - Submission | 15/08/2024 |
| Central Land Council - Submission | 15/08/2024 |
Timeline
The story so far...
2006 - Outback Stores Pty Ltd established
2007 - Commencement of the NT Stores Licensing Scheme – NIAA administered compliance
2009 - COAG National Strategy for Food Security in Remote Indigenous Communities begins
2010 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan ends
2012 - COAG National Strategy for Food Security ends
2014 - ANAO Food Security remote Indigenous communities performance audit
2020 - FSWG established in response to COVID‑19
2020 - HORSICIA Inquiry into food pricing and food security in remote Indigenous communities
2022 - House Standing Committee inquiry into food security in Australia
2022 - NIAA started developing the strategy
2024 - Stores Efficiency and Resilience Package
2024 - Industry Roundtable
2024 - Procurement of Health Cost Impact Analysis
2025 - Strategy launched
2025 - CtG Food Security measures