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The Australian agriculture sector has commended Government plans to reinvigorate World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations this weekend in Norway. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Steven Ciobo, will attend the meeting of WTO Ministers and has today expressed his intention to discuss ways to ensure a robust agenda for global trade negotiations. The gathering precedes […]
21 October 2016
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) will today file its submission to the Senate inquiry into the ‘backpacker tax’ bills, reinforcing its urgent call for all Members of Parliament to support a resolution to the counterproductive and damaging measure. Announced in the 2015 Federal Budget, the ‘backpacker tax’ will tax all working holiday makers at 32.5 […]
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today echoed the calls of the Australian Forest Products Association for the Government to broaden the ways in which farmers can participate in the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). NFF President, Brent Finlay, said the organisation had long called for Government to release more methods to enable farmers to be […]
18 October 2016
The NFF has lodged a submission in response to the to the Victorian Government Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources on Improving the Welfare of Animals in Victoria: Draft Action Plan 2016-2021. The draft action plan can be found here: https://animalwelfarevic.economicdevelopment.vic.gov.au/about-the-action-plan The Draft Action Plan outlines in its introduction that animals play many […]
Deputy Prime Minster, Barnaby Joyce, Senator Derryn Hinch, Senator Richard Di Natale, Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Joel Fitzgibbon, and leading businessmen Andrew Forrest and Anthony Pratt are part of a dynamic and diverse speaker line-up to be showcased at the coming National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) Congress. The Congress, staged every two years in Canberra, will […]
17 October 2016
The Australian Council of Trade Unions’ (ACTU) stance on the Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) has been labelled predictable and short-sighted by the country’s farming sector. Australian agriculture is keenly awaiting ratification of this agreement which has been reached by twelve of the Pacific Rim countries and was signed in February this year. NFF Chief Executive, […]
The National Farmers Federation has today applauded the draft decision by the ACCC to continue regulation of the wholesale asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) service for a further five years. NFF President Brent Finlay said agriculture was on the verge of a digital revolution, but this could not occur without better and more equitable access […]
14 October 2016
A new research report released today has further highlighted the critical importance of overseas workers and their families in addressing labour shortfalls in Australian agriculture and enriching regional communities. The research, commissioned by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC), reveals a number of key findings, which clearly show the valuable contribution overseas workers […]
12 October 2016
A dozen farmer and irrigator groups from across parts of southern and south-west Queensland and northern New South Wales have written to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority urging it to demonstrate that it cares about the social and economic impacts of its decisions. The Authority’s decision on the Northern Basin Review – due to be made […]
11 October 2016
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has called out the Australian Labor Party on its decision to walk away from Australian farmers by refusing to support a compromise on the destructive ‘backpacker tax’. With the Bill cleared today for introduction into Federal Parliament, Labor has again failed to reveal its position on the tax, instead preferring […]
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