On 28 February 2010, Senator Heffernan was invited to be guest speaker at the “Encounter at Pymble” series where he spoke about “Australia’s future as a food bowl”.
About 160 people attended the forum. The series are convened to enable people to listen to eminent Australians talk about issues in their prime fields of endeavour or interest and to question them at the conclusion of the formal address. Some previous guest speakers have included Roger Corbett AO, Air Chief Marshall Angus Houston AO, His Eminence Cardinal George Pell AC, Hon Kim Beazley AC.
