‘Keep your money’: Farmers plea at painful budget
The Federal Government has twisted the knife into Australian agriculture in tonight’s budget, with the biggest allocation of new funding for the sector allocated to shutting down the live sheep trade. National Farmers’ Federation President David Jochinke said while at a glance it would appear the biggest spending spree for agriculture was for the Future […]
NFF sounds the alarm on superannuation tax impost
The National Farmers’ Federation reiterates significant concerns the impact the Federal Government’s proposed tax changes on superannuation will have on thousands of family farms. Evidence from financial and tax experts in a Senate Economics Committee Inquiry shows the agricultural sector will be unfairly hit with the changes that could even see families having to sell […]
Last call on senators to vote NO on the Biosecurity Levy and #ScraptheTax
With the Biosecurity Protection Levy on the agenda in the senate today, the National Farmers’ Federation is making one last plea to senators to stand with Australian farmers and #ScraptheTax. NFF President David Jochinke said there was still a chance the Biosecurity Levy would pass the senate, despite months of opposition from right across the […]