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Legislation passed in the Federal Senate last night will help level the playing field for small businesses, including farm businesses. The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) welcomed the passage of the amended section 46 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) through the Parliament. The ‘Effects Test’ will bring s46 in line with the rest […]
15 August 2017
National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President Fiona Simson has cautioned the Queensland State Government against ‘frustrating’ valuable free trade agreements by taking a unilateral approach to its Government procurement policy. Ms Simson said the Queensland Government risked jeopardising trade opportunities for Queensland and Australian farmers by showing disregard for the terms of trade agreements negotiated and […]
14 August 2017
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today warmly welcomed South Australia to the peak body with Primary Producers SA (PPSA) joining the NFF membership. The announcement was made at the GROWING SA 2017 conference in Hahndorf today – the inaugural conference of South Australia’s grain and livestock industries. NFF President Fiona Simson said South Australia […]
11 August 2017
Ahead of the Federal Parliament reconvening next week, National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President Fiona Simson has called for political calm on the Murray Darling Basin Plan. “We acknowledge the steps taken by the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, to achieve the agreement of all Basin states for the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) to carry out […]
6 August 2017
The NFF believes that for a national freight and supply chain strategy to be meaningful in its legacy, it must do more than focus on individual projects and avoid perpetuating the politicisation of our infrastructure investments. The NFF believes solutions reside in the systems and architecture that governs infrastructure investment and coordination. The NFF is […]
Tags: Farm Business
4 August 2017
Policy Position Change is needed in the way that the Commonwealth Government administers the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act in relation to the management of native vegetation on farms. To make native vegetation policy more workable for farmers the Government must develop specific guidelines and policies that are relevant to agricultural developments, provide a […]
Tags: Environment
3 August 2017
Policy Position The NFF continues its support of Landcare and its ethos of working together to achieve natural resource management goals. Government investment in Landcare and other natural resource management activities must have at its centre a focus on sustainable agriculture. To view the full policy, click here.
Tags: Environment
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is seeking more information from, and consultation with, Labor about their plans to reform trusts. The peak farming body only became aware of Labor’s proposed plans through media reports starting late last week. “It is disappointing that we have not, to date, been consulted on the change by any member […]
25 July 2017
Federal Court proceedings began this week in a class action brought by Northern Territory cattle producers against the Federal Government for the 2011 shut down of the live cattle trade to Indonesia. The producers are seeking to recover losses incurred as a result of the over-night suspension of the trade, which saw the fate of […]
20 July 2017
The farming community is largely supportive of the proposed Regional Investment Corporation (RIC) and looks forward to furthering the agricultural sector through the administration of farm business loans and through a new mechanism for the delivery of funding for water infrastructure projects. NFF is of the view that the RIC should be independent and not […]
Tags: Farm Business
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