Government Back-Flip Leaves Farmers Stranded
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has slammed the Federal Government’s decision to renege on its election pledge to implement a mandatory Code of Conduct to protect horticultural growers from unscrupulous wholesale practices – instead opting to re-start two-year-old talks. “This back-flip not only breaks a key 2004 election promise – when the Government undertook to […]
NFF Warns Govt: Don't Allow MIS to Distort Agriculture
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today reiterated its position on Managed Investment Schemes (MIS). NFF fully backs genuine investment in agriculture and, indeed, in the forestry sector. However, this needs to be investment driven by market forces, not upfront tax deductibility. NFF believes MIS in its current form means the focus by investors is […]