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The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has called on the Government to compensate families and businesses affected by the 2011 suspension of the live cattle trade to Indonesia as a matter of priority. Speaking on the five-year anniversary of the ban, NFF President Brent Finlay said hundreds of families, whose livelihoods were stripped from them through […]
8 June 2016
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today derided any measures that attempt to have key Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) unwound and reiterated the vital role these progressive agreements play in stimulating a healthy Australian economy and agriculture sector. Unions have this week made calls for the scrapping of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA), while […]
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today released its anticipated ‘Mid-Campaign Election Scorecard’ to reveal clear room for further agricultural announcements and policy improvements in the weeks before Australia votes on 2 July. Reported using a ‘star system’ the Scorecard is judged by overlaying the agricultural commitments announced within the campaign thus far against the […]
6 June 2016
June 2016 The acceleration of mining and onshore gas development in Australia and how these industries interact with Australian Agriculture has been the cause of much debate and consternation over recent years. This public policy debate has resulted in calls for the protection of waters sources, the preservation of agricultural land, veto rights, or better […]
Tags: Environment
2 June 2016
Thursday, 2 June 2016 Farming and regional Australia gripped by data drought The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has called on political candidates to commit to delivering affordable and effective data and voice connectivity to regional Australians and to put to an end the data drought gripping farming and rural communities. As the Federal Election campaign […]
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has called on all sides of politics to adopt policies that will allow Australia to lead the globe in agriculture and deliver prosperity to the sector and across regional communities. NFF President Brent Finlay said Australian farmers had always been world leaders in innovation and this was evident in international […]
30 May 2016
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has rejected Labor’s animal welfare policy labelling the party’s six-point plan as bureaucracy and red tape that would deliver no real improvements to livestock wellbeing. Announced yesterday by Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Joel Fitzgibbon, the policy’s measures include the establishment of an independent Office of Animal Welfare, the appointment of […]
26 May 2016
Today’s commitment of a further $60 million to the Mobile Black Spot Programme by the Coalition is positive news for areas of rural and regional Australian which have languished for years without adequate coverage. Mobile phone connectivity is a priority issue of the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and additional investment in the Mobile Black Spot […]
24 May 2016
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has been left dismayed by a statement on Friday from the Australian Labor Party (ALP) calling on the Government to scrap the ‘backpacker tax’ while simultaneously making no clear commitment to abolishing the tax if they are successful in the upcoming Federal Election. In a joint statement issued on Friday […]
23 May 2016
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has called for policy to deliver a strong and reliable workforce to agriculture as the sector sits poised to provide thousands of jobs and major growth to the national economy. Highlighting Australia’s agricultural workforce needs as part of its ‘Accelerate Agriculture’ Federal Election 2016 campaign, the NFF has identified a […]
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