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The National Farmers’ Federation has welcomed today’s announcement of the Future Drought Fund Consultative Committee, to be led by former NFF President, Brent Finlay. “The Committee includes esteemed Australians with a collective broad-cross section of skills and expertise and a passion and affinity for agriculture and it’s future,” NFF President Fiona Simson said. The NFF […]
Tags: Environment
18 September 2019
Every Australian deserves access to reliable, affordable, quality voice and data services, irrespective of where they live. This is the message the Regional, Rural and Remote Communications Coalition (RRRCC) is delivering to Parliamentarians in Canberra today. A delegation of representatives from RRRCC member organisations has travelled to Canberra to meet Members and Senators of the […]
Tags: Farm Business
17 September 2019
The National Farmers’ Federation is supporting Northern Territory cattle producers as they manage ongoing uncertainty surrounding Native Title. NFF CEO Tony Mahar said recent court decisions and proposals for legislative change had cast a shadow over the understanding reached as a consequence of the Native Title Act 1993. ‘Provisions under this legislation were to design […]
Tags: Farm Business
16 September 2019
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
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