Latest Foodbank News

Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Information on how Foodbank is responding to the current Covid-19 issue to ensure that food rescue and food relief continues without disruption.

Bushfire Recovery
Foodbank is playing a crucial role in the recovery operation to assist communities affected by the unprecedented bushfire crisis which is devastated communities across the country in January 2020. Foodbank is delivering exactly what is needed, when and where it’s needed in order to efficiently and effectively support the relief efforts.

Natural disaster relief
Foodbank is the only food relief organisation in Australia to play a role in times of emergency and natural disasters such as fires, floods and cyclones. Foodbank provides essential supplies to support the work of first responders and emergency services as well as giving ongoing assistance to affected communities during the months and years it takes to recover.

Women bear the brunt of hunger in Australia
The Foodbank Hunger Report 2019 has revealed that women in Australia are 50% more likely to experience food insecurity than men and, in fact, a quarter of all women have experienced food insecurity in some form in the past 12 months.
The hunger crisis
One in five people in Australia were food insecure at some point in the last 12 months.