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The recently announced Assessment of the Environmental, Social and Economic Impacts of the Murray Darling Basin Plan will be crucial to keeping the Plan on track and delivering for all stakeholders, National Farmers’ Federation Water Taskforce Chair Les Gordon said. The Assessment is one of the recommendations of the Productivity Commission’s Basin Five Yearly Review […]
9 April 2019
Australia’s peak farm body has welcomed the Labor leader, Bill Shorten’s speech to Parliament last night – noting a series of commitments aimed at agriculture and regional Australia. National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President Fiona Simson said smart investments in regional infrastructure, education and connectivity were critical for the farm sector’s growth. “As an industry, we’ve […]
5 April 2019
Extremist group Aussie Farms Incorporated will, from tomorrow be compelled to comply with the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988. In January, the group published the addresses of more than 3000 farm and farm-related businesses on a map designed to incite people to enter the identified premises without authorisation to obtain covert footage. Immediately, the National Farmers’ […]
Extremist group Aussie Farms Incorporated will, from tomorrow be compelled to comply with the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988. In January, the group published the addresses of more than 3000 farm and farm-related businesses on a map designed to incite people to enter the identified premises without authorisation to obtain covert footage. Immediately, the National Farmers’ […]
The Fair Work Commission has blind-sided farmers, giving them only two weeks to introduce new overtime provisions for casual horticulture workers. In a 2017, the Fair Work Commission decided that casual employees working in the horticulture sector must receive overtime. The National Farmers’ Federation and other industry bodies worked with the Australian Workers Union and […]
4 April 2019
The National Farmers’ Federation has applauded the Treasurer for tonight’s budget, which sets the stage for agricultural growth while delivering the first surplus in over a decade. “We have a vision for agriculture to be a $100 billion industry by 2030,” NFF President Fiona Simson said. “Achieving this goal requires Government to invest now in […]
3 April 2019
The Australian Labor Party’s climate change policy detail released today provides a comprehensive framework and pathway forward. National Farmers’ Federation Chief Executive Officer Tony Mahar particularly welcomed Labor’s commitment to exclude agriculture from the so-called ‘Safeguard Mechanism’ changes. “An assurance that agriculture won’t directly bear any additional burden in reaching Labor’s proposed 45% emissions reduction […]
1 April 2019
Agriculture’s goal to reach $100 billion in farm gate output by 2030, was turbo-charged today with the Government giving the green light to a Future Foods Cooperative Research Centre. National Farmers’ Federation President Fiona Simson, Chair of the consortium that developed the case for the CRC, said the benefits would be wide ranging. “The CRC […]
27 March 2019
The National Farmers’ Federation says a Government initiative to financially reward farmers for their role in managing the environment was sensible and welcomed planned investment in a ‘sustainability certification’ for Australian farm products. “Farmers are the custodians of about half of Australia’s landmass,” NFF President Fiona Simson said. “The NFF has long called for farmers […]
26 March 2019
The National Farmers’ Federation has welcomed Shadow Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister, Joel Fitzgibbon and Federal Labor’s support for the concepts of an Agricultural Biodiversity Stewardship Program and sustainability certification. NFF President Fiona Simson said bipartisan support for these important policy areas was critical to assisting the farm sector to continue to deliver positive environmental […]
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