National Transport Commission on Heavy Vehicle National Law reforms
Australian agriculture is heavily dependent on reliable, effective, and efficient freight and logistics. The NFF opposes the proposed expansion of the scope of fatigue regulated heavy vehicles (FRHVs) to include vehicles between 4.5 tonnes and 12 tonnes and the removal of the current work diary exemption for local drivers of FRHVs. Read the full submission here.
Treasury’s Unfair Trading Practices Consultation
Competition issues aren’t new for Australian agriculture. But the lack of competition across Australia’s agricultural supply chains is a problem that’s getting worse. For decades, market concentration across the Australian economy has increased. As market concentration has increased in Australia, farmers have fewer places to buy inputs and fewer places to sell their products. Read […]
Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Implementation Review 2023
NFF supports the Commission’s recommendation that water recovery should consider all options. However, harnessing water buybacks as the mechanism of choice to tackle this shortfall will reduce the volume of water available in the consumptive pool that would otherwise be used for productive economic purposes. Read the full submission here.
NHVR on Heavy Vehicle Risk-Based Inspection Scheme
The NFF supports harmonised transport regulation and arrangements across state and territory borders, where harmonisation will reduce unnecessary regulatory burden, reduce value chain bottlenecks and lower the ever-increasing cost of freight and logistics for the Australian agriculture industry. The NFF strongly recommends the framework include ‘primary production’ as an ‘Industry Sector’ factor which correlates to […]
Introduction of the Biosecurity Protection Levy: Consultation Paper
While the National Farmers’ Federation supports ongoing efforts to ensure our biosecurity system is appropriately resourced, we oppose the proposed Biosecurity Protection Levy principally due to concerns over the specific constructs of the policy. Read the full submission here.
NFF submission to Andrew Dyer’s Community Engagement Review
The management of Australia’s transition to renewable energy has significant implications for Australian agriculture. The NFF seeks to ensure that energy transmission projects are placed in the landscape with proper, timely consultation, appropriate compensation and commercial consent, and do not adversely impact existing land use. Read the full submission here.
ACCU Review Discussion Paper
The NFF recognises the importance of this consultation and welcomes the opportunity to share our views on implementing the recommendations from the ACCU Review. It is important to note that while the NFF is not individually engaged within the carbon market, it does represent the agriculture sector, and therefore plays an important role in this […]
Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill [Provisions] Senate Inquiry
The NFF does not support this Bill in its current form. It should be withdrawn. We do not support buybacks due the already evident impacts on regions and communities. While the complexity of the Bill is still being digested, there are significant concerns with the way the Bill recasts the Murray Darling Basin legislative framework. […]
NFF submission to AEMC on draft rule on community engagement
The management of Australia’s transition to renewable energy has significant implications for Australian agriculture. The NFF seeks to ensure that transmission projects are placed in the landscape with proper, timely consultation, appropriate compensation or commercial consent and do not adversely impact existing land use. Read the full submission here.
Inquiry into the Australian Government’s approach to negotiating trade and investment agreements
The NFF is of the firm view that agricultural trade needs to be free and liberalised and distortions such as tariffs, subsidies and other technical market access barriers should be removed. Liberalized agricultural trade plays a critical role in supporting sustainable agriculture, climate action and addressing global and domestic food security needs. Read the full […]