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Aim:  To identify food insecurity and examine its association with socio‐demographic factors in a group of newly arrived refugees.

Methods:  Structured questionnaire based around the same question asked during the National Nutrition Survey (1995). The questionnaire was administered to a service‐based sample of clients accessing early intervention services. Fifty‐one individuals who were newly arrived refugees, resident in Australia for less than 12 months and who were receiving torture and trauma counselling.

Results:  Thirty‐six individuals (71% of sample) reported running out of food. This percentage was much greater than the 5.2% recorded across all social and economic groups in the 1995 National Nutrition Survey. The most common reasons for running out of food were related to large household bills, late welfare payments, poor household skills, sending money ‘home’, transport issues and poor …