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The NFF says a court ruling in WA today should be a wakeup call for our politicians, as yet another farm intruder makes a joke of Australia’s soft trespass laws. Repeat trespasser James Warden came before the Magistrates Court today in Mandurah, WA, following a two hour break-in to a WA piggery which he live-streamed […]
22 March 2019
The National Farmers’ Federation said the continued release of information and ongoing debate on the relative merits and likely impacts of climate change policies, from all sides of politics, were vital in the pursuit of a national energy policy. “The NFF has long called for certainty in national energy policy, an outcome that continues to […]
21 March 2019
Producers of horticultural and processed foods such as dairy and chilled meat stand to save an average of $76 tonne per tonne by shifting agricultural freight from road to the under-development Brisbane to Melbourne Inland Rail. The NFF welcomed the finding in a report by CSIRO, which also found the new rail infrastructure would take […]
The National Farmers’ Federation says years of calling for a better deal for bush telecommunications had contributed to today’s significant investment announcement by Regional Services Minister, Senator Bridget McKenzie. In a National Press Club address in Wodonga, Minister McKenzie said the Government would invest $160 million in fixing mobile blackspots, $60 million towards enhancing bush […]
20 March 2019
The announcement of $220 million in funding for regional communications has been celebrated today by the Regional, Rural and Remote Communication Coalition (RRRCC) as a win for bush communications across the country. The significant funding announcement from the Federal Government accompanies their response to the 2018 Regional Telecommunications Review. The Coalition is pleased to see […]
The National Farmers’ Federation has warmly welcomed a move by Coles to increase the price of its private label milk by 10 cents per litre on two and three litre products with the entire increase to be passed on to farmers. “Australian dairy farmers have been suffering under a range of financial pressures for too […]
19 March 2019
This submission addresses four areas of concern regarding the proposal to extend New Zealand’s system for protecting GIs and on which our objections to the extension of GI protection are based. These are: 1) The close economic and trade ties that bind Australia and New Zealand that make any changes to New Zealand’s system for […]
The Regional, Rural and Remote Communications Coalition (RRRCC) has welcomed today’s announcement from the Minister for Regional Services, Senator Bridget McKenzie which will see regional Australians benefit from 180 new mobile base stations as part of Round 4 of the Mobile Black Spot Program. For Australians living in rural, regional and remote communities, having access […]
18 March 2019
The Rural Regional and Remote Communications Coalition (RRRCC) welcomes today’s announcement from the Minister for Regional Services Senator Bridget McKenzie which will see regional Australians benefit from 180 new mobile base stations as part of Round 4 of the Mobile Black Spot Program. For Australians living in rural, regional and remote communities, having access to […]
We are concerned that the strategy is principally focused on Commonwealth drought policy rather than being a collaborative effort of all governments responsible for drought policy and programs. Without cross jurisdictional agreement, policies implemented at the Federal level can be impacted, if not undermined, by policies implemented at the state and territory level. NFF appreciates […]
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