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Australia has the most desired WHM visa program in the world, attracting over 200,000 WHMs every year to work, travel and live around Australia. Starting in 1975, the WHM program aimed to attract travellers on temporary visas to bridge labour shortages and increase cultural and social exchange. WHMs are often skilled, with 63% of them […]
Tags: Workforce
9 months ago
Overseas workers are an indispensable part of Australian agriculture. Our members run seasonal and labour-intensive operations, located in areas where labour markets are thin. The remote, dispersed, cyclical/seasonal and oftentimes physically challenging nature of farm work necessitates a flexible, mobile and motivated workforce, a certain type of worker who is not always available in the […]
Tags: Workforce
9 months ago
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the consultation on Future Made in Australia: Unlocking Australia’s low carbon liquid fuel opportunity. The NFF has long supported the development of the Australian bioenergy and Low Carbon Liquid Fuels (LCLF) industries, with Australian agriculture playing an important role in the supply […]
Tags: Natural Resource Management
10 months ago
The National Farmers’ Federation welcomes the tabling of the Review of the Operation of the Regional Investment Corporation Act 2018. NFF President David Jochinke said the NFF has engaged closely with Dr Wendy Craik AM throughout the review process. “We welcome the recommendation the Regional Investment Corporation (RIC) should be maintained. “The RIC has proven […]
Tags: Farm Business, Trade and Economic
10 months ago
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is calling for substantial improvements in rural connectivity, highlighting the persistent issues faced by those living in regional Australia in a submission to the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee (RTIRC). As the RTIRC conducts its Regional Telecommunications Review, NFF President David Jochinke emphasised the critical need for accessible, reliable, and […]
10 months ago
The NFF Horticulture Council has today made a direct appeal to supermarket shareholders to ensure their boards and executives engage in good faith with the ACCC supermarket inquiry, with an interim report due at the end of the month. Council Chair Jolyon Burnett said it was increasingly apparent shareholders would have a role to play […]
Tags: horticulture, Trade and Economic
10 months ago
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee (RTIRC) conducting the Regional Telecommunications Review (RTR). The NFF’s submission highlights stories from three farmers, Daniel Keam, Wendy Hick and John Shaw, to illustrate the complex and compounding connectivity challenges facing Australian farmers and their families living in […]
Tags: telecommunications
10 months ago
The NFF Horticulture Council welcomes Prime Minister Albanese’s appointment of the Hon Julie Collins MP as the new Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister for Small Business. Council Chair Jolyon Burnett said having a minister from a state where primary industries remained a significant contributor to the local economy should ensure a keener […]
Tags: Farm Business, horticulture
10 months ago
Australia’s peak farm body has acknowledged the new frontbench lineup announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra today. Significantly for the sector, the changes include a new Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – with QLD Senator Murray Watt making way for Tasmanian MP Julie Collins. NFF President David Jochinke welcomed Minister Collins to […]
10 months ago
The AASF aims to reduce the increasing burden of on-farm sustainability reporting requirements, providing an efficient solution to the increasing demand for sustainability data & reporting. Read the full submission here.
Tags: Natural Resource Management
10 months ago
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