With Foodbank's 2019 Hunger Report indicating that regional and remote food insecurity has risen in Australia by 6.5 per cent in the last year, drought in these regions is furthering this phenomenon and causing the demand for food relief to escalate.
Foodbank Australia CEO Brianna Casey explained that a large number of drought-affected regions are also some of the regions that supply the best farming and cropping areas.
Claire Dunlop, Regional Manager of Anglicare Northern Inland stated that residents working to be able to provide for their own living costs are now also experiencing financial strain due to the drought- with businesses in towns facing significant levels of detriment.