Despite being a critical service that provides immediate food relief and other essential items to those in acute need, emergency relief services are themselves experiencing precarity. To better understand this precarity of and the factors underpinning it, this research was conducted through a study into eight Uniting emergency relief services in Victoria and Tasmania.

This report offers a snapshot of Australia’s hunger problem. It shows persistent and endemic food insecurity with one in three Australian households experiencing food insecurity in the past 12 months. This year’s report highlights a significant lag between economic and household-level recovery.

This report finds food insecurity rising, fueled by a growing cost of living, inadequate income support and intersecting social and economic disadvantages. It examines the drivers and impacts of food insecurity and recommends short and long-term solutions, advocating for a whole-of-government strategy that builds food resilience by tackling the underlying drivers of disadvantage.

Food insecurity in Australia has reached a critical point, with almost half of low-income households facing food insecurity in 2024. This report explores the current hunger situation in Australia, finding that although outcomes have improved for high and middle-income earners low-income households are worse off than ever.

This report discusses the emerging field of food resilience planning, which focuses on taking actions to strengthen the resilience of food systems, and its relevance for Victoria.