Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012: Submission
The NFF’s 5 June 2012 submission to the inquiry into Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 and related bills highlights the need for a clear definition of what constitutes an “agricultural activity” and questions whether some existing, legitimate agricultural activities have been inadvertently missed within the current definitions to avoid potential perverse outcomes.
Farmers call on banks to pass on interest rate cuts
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed today’s interest rate cut, calling on financial lenders to pass the full 0.25 percent cut to their agribusiness customers. “For the second month in a row, we’ve seen a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in the official cash rate, yet farmers and agricultural businesses […]