The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is the peak national body representing farmers and, more broadly, agriculture across Australia. It is one of Australia’s foremost and respected advocacy organisations. Since its inception in 1979, the NFF has earned a reputation as a leader in the identification, development and achievement of policy outcomes – championing issues affecting farmers and dedicated to the advancement of Australian agriculture.
The NFF advocates on behalf of Australian farmers and the broader agricultural sector, ensuring their priorities are heard by government and decision-makers. Visit our media centre to stay up to date with the latest news, announcements and insights from the NFF and across Australian agriculture.
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The NFF strongly supports the National Biosecurity Strategy (NBS) as a framework to align priorities and actions to strengthen Australia’s biosecurity system. The proposed reform agenda presents a range of initiatives that, if delivered fully and effectively, may result in
The NFF does not support the APVMA proposal to declare second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) as Restricted Chemical Products (RCPs) unless continuing access to SGARs for primary producers is guaranteed. SGARs (products containing brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difenacoum, difethialone and flocoumafen) play
The NFF calls on the Australian Government to ensure that the proposed capital gains tax (CGT) changes in the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Bill 2026 do not undermine the ongoing viability, productivity and investment capacity of Australian
The practical operation of the new framework for agriculture will be substantially determined by how the regulations, Rules, guidance materials, Rulings, Protection Statements, Registers, data arrangements, and compliance practices are designed and subsequently implemented. NFF has always championed reforms that
The proposed Environmental Offsets Standard is not yet sufficiently clear or practical for implementation in agricultural landscapes. There is a need to clearly define how key concepts will work in-practice so that landholders and proponents alike understand their obligations and
At a high-level, NFF does not support the MNES Standard that has been presented. The draft Standard does not provide a clear, practical, or viable pathway for agriculture to assess our obligations or determine whether routine farming activities have a
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Tax reform in the wake of the Federal Budget was front and centre for the nation’s agricultural leaders at a meeting of the National Farmers’ Federation’s Members’ Council in Canberra this week. Bringing together state farming organisations and commodity groups from across Australia, the Council passed a clear resolution calling on the Australian Government to […]
Tags: Economics & Farm Business, Trade
2 months ago
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed the Federal Government’s move today to release proposals on extending Australia’s Right to Repair laws to agricultural machinery. NFF President Hamish McIntyre said the announcement reflected years of advocacy by the NFF and its members to tackle costly delays and barriers to repairing farm machinery. “This is a […]
Tags: Workforce
2 months ago
Twelve ambitious women have been welcomed into the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) Diversity in Agriculture Leadership Program. The program directly addresses the under representation of women in agriculture’s leadership ranks, through targeted mentoring and networking. NFF CEO and former program mentor, Mike Guerin, congratulated the 2026 cohort. “We are so excited to see these talented […]
Tags: Leadership & Scholarships
2 months ago
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is pleased to announce the launch of the Office of the Australian Agriculture Trade Diversification Representative, an exciting initiative to drive increased agricultural trade in new and existing markets. Funded via the Government’s Accessing New Markets Initiative, positioned at the centre of the Office will be the Australian Agriculture Trade […]
Tags: Trade
3 months ago
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) Horticulture Council has acknowledged positive measures for agriculture in the 2026–27 Federal Budget, while raising targeted concerns for horticultural producers—particularly around labour availability and capacity to absorb skyrocketing input costs. NFF Horticulture Council Chair Jolyon Burnett said the Budget reflects several long-standing advocacy priorities of the Council and the NFF, […]
Tags: Economics & Farm Business, Trade
3 months ago
Australia’s peak farming body has welcomed key measures in tonight’s Federal Budget that will ease pressure on farmers and strengthen the nation’s food and fibre supply chains, with hard fought wins for farmers in the tax reforms, including primary production income being exempt from a minimum tax on discretionary trusts. However, the National Farmers’ Federation […]
Tags: Economics & Farm Business, Trade
3 months ago
The Government’s environmental law reform package was passed on 28 November 2025, including consequential amendments to the Nature Repair Act 2023 to require methodology determinations under Nature Repair to specify whether biodiversity certificates issued for relevant registered projects can be used as environmental offsets under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999. As […]
Tags: Economics & Farm Business, Environment & Climate Change
3 months ago
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) Horticulture Council has today announced the commencement of recruitment for its next Chair, with current Chair Jolyon Burnett set to conclude his term at the end of June. The Council is seeking an experienced and independent leader to guide its work as the national peak forum for horticulture policy and […]
3 months ago
Comments attributable to NFF President, Hamish McIntyre Todays’ announcement of a $10 billion Australian Fuel Security and Resilience package is a welcome step toward building the sovereign capability we need to protect our food system. The package will establish a fuel and fertiliser security facility, and create a government-owned fuel security reserve. The package will […]
Tags: Economics & Farm Business, Trade
3 months ago
Farmers will be closely watching next week’s Federal Budget as impacts from the Middle East conflict continue to hit the ag industry hard. The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President Hamish McIntyre said the Budget was an important opportunity to support the sector through sensible tax settings and small business investment. “Farmers are facing waves of uncertainty due to weakened supply chains,” Mr McIntyre said. “We’re concerned that poorly targeted reforms in the Budget could […]
Tags: Economics & Farm Business
3 months ago
