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National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President Fiona Simson said everything was on the table at yesterday’s Ministerial drought meeting in Canberra. Convened by Agriculture Minister, David Littleproud, the roundtable was attended by NFF, state farming organisations and representatives of the major rural lenders. Ms Simson said the day was the start of a much longer conversation about how […]
10 July 2018
NFF highlighted that the consultation paper is highly focused on passenger vehicles in metropolitan/urban areas, and would suggest that the scope of this and future inquiries be extended to include rural and remote areas as well as a broader range of vehicles. The potential for driverless vehicles (and other farm machinery) to revolutionise the way […]
Tags: Farm Business
Ag visa During May, the NFF Members’ Council endorsed the pursuit of a visa specifically tailored to agriculture – with a working title of ‘ag visa’. The concept aims to address the acute labour shortage not only in the horticulture sector but across the broader agriculture industry. The ag visa initiative has been socialised with […]
29 June 2018
The NFF considers the provision of television services, both from national public broadcasters and commercial providers, are essential for the general liveability and wellbeing of rural, regional and remote Australians. The NFF considers it appropriate that the Australian Government funds the services given commercial viability and alternate delivery mechanisms are not possible in the areas […]
Tags: Farm Business
“World-class, impenetrable biosecurity systems go to the heart of the prosperity of Australian agriculture,” NFF Chief Executive Officer Tony Mahar said. “As an export-dominated industry we need to do all we can to prevent potentially-disastrous incursions of pests and diseases comprising our food and fibre and in turn our valuable global markets.” Mr Mahar said […]
The NFF and its members remain committed to the future of Australia’s live export trade that meets the world class animal welfare standards set by our livestock producers and all reasonable Australians. It is clear that objective measurements such as mortality do not provide a full picture of the success of a voyage and we […]
Tags: Biosecurity, health and welfare
26 June 2018
The NFF’s 22 June submission to Dr Wendy Craik’s Independent review of the interactions between the EPBC Act and the agriculture sector reflects the NFF’s ongoing advocacy for changes to the EPBC Act to improve farmers’ experience with the Act. The NFF makes a number of recommendations, including: changes to the Threatened Species Scientific Committee; […]
Tags: Environment
22 June 2018
NFF President Fiona Simson said the news would be a welcomed relief to farmers battling consecutive years of drought. “Farmers in parts of Queensland, for example, have encountered up to seven years of drought. “Until today, farming families receiving assistance through the FHA program were required to transition away from the allowance after three years, […]
19 June 2018
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has recognised the resilience, hard work and ingenuity of Australian farmers with forecasts predicting an increase in farm-gate production in 2018-19. The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics and Science (ABARES) Agricultural Commodities Report has agricultural production tipped to rise from $60.5 billion in 2017-18 to $61.4 billion in 2018-19. NFF […]
Australian agriculture is in the box-seat to benefit from a new free trade agreement with the European Union (EU). Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Trade Minister Steve Ciobo today announced that the first official talks towards the FTA would take place in Brussels at the beginning of July. NFF President Fiona Simson, who led a […]
18 June 2018
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