The Jobs and Skills Summit represents an opportunity to address one of the root issues holding back Australian agriculture: chronic labour shortages. Read the challenges and recommendations here.
7 months ago
The National Farmers’ Federation (the NFF) thanks the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for the opportunity to make a submission on the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Pensioner and Veteran Workforce Participation) Bill 2022 (the Bill). Read the full submission here.
7 months ago
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR) Review of Livestock Mass, Dimension and Loading Arrangements. Heavy vehicle regulation is one of the few supply chain productivity levers that is within the Government’s direct control, and remains a policy priority for the NFF. The […]
Tags: Farm Business
7 months ago
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and the Regional, Rural and RemoteCommunications Coalition (RRRCC) welcomes the opportunity to provide asubmission to the Telstra and TPG application for merger authorisation for proposedspectrum sharing in regional Australia – interested party consultation (theAuthorisation) by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Read the full submission here.
9 months ago
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is supportive of a harmonised National Farm Debt Mediation Scheme with standardized rules and procedures across each state and territory. The guide will importantly ensure that the principles by which farm debt mediation (FDM) operates across each state and territory are consistent. Read full submission here.
9 months ago
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the Department) on the National Drought Agreement Review. The National Drought Agreement (NDA) has been a step change in how governments work together to best support Australian farmers during the drought cycle. The next […]
9 months ago
The NFF’s pre budget recommendations centre around the five pillars of the NFF’s roadmap to becoming a $100 billion industry by 2030. These recommendations seek to address key industry priorities including sustaining the natural environment, responding to supply chain disruptions, securing the farm workforce, supporting smarter growth in regional and rural Australia and ensuring equitable […]
Tags: Federal Budget
19 January 2022
The NFF responded to the consultation by welcoming the changes and proposing additional reforms that will better address the issue of unfair contract terms in the Agriculture Industry. Read more here.
Tags: Farm Business
29 November 2021
In response to the review of the 2021 reforms, the NFF highlighted specific concerns with aspects of the reforms while giving their broad support to them. Read more here.
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In the submission, the NFF reiterated their support for a proactive right to repair for agricultural machinery and underlined the problems faced by farmers under the current regime. Read more here.
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