IAIC 2024 - Global Perspectives on Australian AgrifoodInnovation in Climate-smart Agriculture

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Ms McCluskey has raised beef cattle for the last 30 years on a property just outside Canberra. She has cared for her stock and nurtured the natural capital of her property through bushfires and droughts, as well as fluctuating market conditions while carving out a leadership role in Australian agriculture.
As the inaugural Special Representative for Australian Agriculture, Ms McCluskey is a prominent voice to promote Australia’s commitment to sustainable agriculture, to the multilateral system and to the principles that underpin global trade in agricultural goods and products.
Ms McCluskey brings Australian perspectives and positions to the fora and policy debates that affect agricultural trade.
She promotes the important role of science and risk in international standard setting as well as the hazards of a ’one size fits all’ approach to meeting global challenges.
Her speech topic for today is "Global Perspectives on Australian Agrifood
Innovation in Climate-smart Agriculture."
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Ms McCluskey is able to bring her experiences in farming, in regulatory and risk management regimes, as well as agricultural research, to the debates and considerations that underpin not just international market access but also the shared challenges of global food security, climate change and biodiversity loss.
Drawing on her consultation with the Australian Government, industry and research organisations, Ms McCluskey brings nuance as well as balanced perspectives and positions to her conversations with officials and international counterparts and is keen to bring back the insights she gains through her meetings and conversations.
Ms McCluskey is a senior business executive and company director with a strong background in agricultural policy, production and research.
Ms McCluskey is a Director of Australian Unity, LiveCorp, Australasian Pork Research Institute and the Australian Wool Network. She has just finished her tenure as a Commissioner for the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), a government body supporting sustainable livelihoods and food security in the Indo-Pacific region and Africa.
Previously, Ms McCluskey has been the CEO of the Regional Australia Institute and the Council of Rural Research and Development Corporations and the Executive Director of the Office of Best Practice Regulation. She has also held senior positions with the Business Council of Australia, the National Farmers’ Federation and the Australian Taxation Office.