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Today the Australian Senate passed the Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill, meaning tough new penalties for those who incite trespass, property damage or theft on agricultural land will soon become law. The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) congratulates the Government for its decisive action on introducing the Bill and the delivery of an election commitment […]
Tags: Farm Business
12 September 2019
The National Farmers’ Federation is buoyed by the Senate’s support for Greens Agriculture spokesperson Janet Rice’s motion to implore the Government to act now on quad bike safety. “It speaks volumes that the Senate came together to emphatically pass a motion to call on the Government to mandate operator protection devices (OPDs) on all new […]
Tags: Farm Business
The National Farmers’ Federation is warning the Government that lives will continue to be lost if a simple but life-saving change isn’t made to improve quad bike safety. The NFF took its frustration to Parliament House, Canberra today with the personal stories of farmers injured in quad bike rollovers and a quad bike operator protection […]
Tags: Farm Business
10 September 2019
On Sunday, 25 August a cattle farmer from near Forbes, NSW, flipped his ATV while feeding livestock. He became trapped, crushed, and was dead by the time his partner found him. On Friday 23 August, a teenage girl at Three Moons in North Queensland was crushed when her quad bike overturned. She was able to […]
Tags: Farm Business
3 September 2019
A collaborative Ministerial and industry trade mission to Asia moves to Vietnam today, focussed on opening new opportunities in the burgeoning economy. National Farmers’ Federation Chief Executive Tony Mahar, is part of the delegation and a very positive and collaborative initiative led by the Minister for Agriculture, Senator Bridget McKenzie. Earlier this week the group […]
Tags: Biosecurity, health and welfare
29 August 2019
The National Farmers’ Federation welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission on the National Transport Commission’s issues paper ‘Vehicle Standards and Safety’. We also look forward to engaging further with the Review, including providing input on the remaining five issues papers on the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) review.
Tags: Farm Business
28 August 2019
The National Farmers’ Federation will join a trade mission to Japan, South Korea and Vietnam this week with the Minister for Agriculture, Bridget McKenzie. “The visit provides an important opportunity to build on our already strong agricultural trade ties with these countries,” NFF CEO Tony Mahar, who is part of the delegation, said. “Australian agriculture […]
Tags: Biosecurity, health and welfare
26 August 2019
The National Farmers’ Federation has called on the Australian Parliament to support the expedited ratification of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA), the Australia-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement, and the long overdue Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement. NFF President Fiona Simson said IA-CEPA secured important new market access for Australia’s agricultural exports and the Parliament […]
On behalf of the National Farmers’ Federation, President Fiona Simson has extended her sympathy to the family of former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer AC, and paid tribute to his enormous contribution to regional and rural Australia. Ms Simson said Mr Fischer’s life’s work on behalf of regional Australians had etched him a special place […]
22 August 2019
The South Australian Government’s decision to lift the moratorium on the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops on the State’s mainland, is a win for farmers. The moratorium will remain in place for Kangaroo Island, due to a unique market for non-GM canola that a group of KI producers has established in Japan. Yesterday’s decision […]
Tags: Farm Business
20 August 2019
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