Join the NSW Rural Press Club for lunch with Brianna Casey AM

Beyond traditional boundaries
What if agriculture’s next frontier isn’t just agricultural?

What happens when we stop asking what agriculture needs from the country and start asking what the country needs from agriculture?

Australia’s biggest challenges don’t fit neatly into portfolios, industries or sectors.

Energy transition. Food security. Water. Workforce shortages. National resilience. Each is becoming more complex. Each is becoming more connected. And increasingly, each has agriculture at its centre.

For decades, Australian agriculture has been measured by what it produces. But what if its greatest contribution to the nation lies beyond production?

Join the NSW Rural Press Club for lunch with our AgriFutures Australia Managing Director Brianna Casey AM,  for a conversation that challenges conventional thinking about agriculture’s role in Australia’s future.

Date: Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 12pm
Where: Sydney Marriott, Circular Quay, 30 Pitt Street, Sydney 2000

Drawing on insights from AgriFutures’ investigative systems thinking work, Brianna will explore whether agriculture should think of itself not simply as an industry, but as a strategic national asset capable of helping solve some of Australia’s most pressing economic, environmental and social challenges.

Brianna joined AgriFutures Australia in January 2026 as Managing Director, after almost ten years as the CEO of Foodbank Australia, the country’s largest hunger relief organisation.

Prior to that she was CEO of the Australian Childcare Alliance NSW, CEO of Queensland Farmers Federation, and a Policy Director at NSW Farmers.

Brianna currently serves on the Board of Volunteering Australia, is a proud member of Chief Executive Women and was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Griffith University and named a Member of the Order of Australia in the King’s Birthday Honours.

Bookings for this lunch will close on Friday, 16 October 2026. Please advise of any dietary requirements at the time of booking.

Register to attend via the Rural Press Club webpage.