Improving Food Security for Residents of Remote Aboriginal Communities
Tracks
Ellery A
| Thursday, August 6, 2026 |
| 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
| Concurrent Room 2 |
Overview
Vicki Schultz, NT Health
Speaker
Ms DELPHINE JUDSON
Designer, business owner and Project Officer
Aboriginal Women Leading Enterprise: Building Textile Businesses from Remote Communities
Biography
Mr Henrik Loos
CEO
Job Pathways
Improving Food Security for Residents of Remote Aboriginal Communities
Biography
Ms CHLOE MANDIJARRA
Designer Business Owner
Blue Desert Eagle Designs
Aboriginal Women Leading Enterprise: Building Textile Businesses from Remote Communities
Biography
Ms Vicki Schultz
Director
NT Health
Improving Food Security for Residents of Remote Aboriginal Communities
Presentation Overview
The NT Remote Stores Program will provide an overview of the development of the NT Remote Stores Program as a regulatory model to improve food security, including:
• the onsite monitoring, regulation and support of remote stores
• the development of an evidence base to inform both NT and national strategies.
• a requirement of stores to promote healthy food and drinks.
An overview of the development of the National Strategy for Food Security in Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities and its objectives across 7 pillars, including:
• Key consultation themes and Strategy Goals
• Progress and next steps
• Early actions
Presenters will also share experiences and lesson from the collaboration between the Australian Government and Northern Territory Government to improve remote food security and health outcomes.
• the onsite monitoring, regulation and support of remote stores
• the development of an evidence base to inform both NT and national strategies.
• a requirement of stores to promote healthy food and drinks.
An overview of the development of the National Strategy for Food Security in Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities and its objectives across 7 pillars, including:
• Key consultation themes and Strategy Goals
• Progress and next steps
• Early actions
Presenters will also share experiences and lesson from the collaboration between the Australian Government and Northern Territory Government to improve remote food security and health outcomes.
Biography
Please note this presentation application has been submitted, but participation is pending formal internal agency approval
The specific presenters are yet to be confirmed but the presentation will be co-presented by a representative from Northern Territory Government, NT Health, Remote store program and from the National Indigenous Australians Agency.
