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Comments attributable to NFF Sustainable Development Committee Chair, Angus Atkinson The Federal Government has today released its first guide for farmers and agricultural landholders on changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. The National Farmers’ Federation is extremely concerned
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is calling on the Federal Government to urgently commit funding to wild dog control, as the nation’s leading management program faces an uncertain future. Funding for the National Wild Dog Management Coordinator is due to
The Draft Report characterises the modelled impacts on downstream water users as relatively small and manageable – we do not accept that characterisation. While the modelling indicates that high-security entitlements remain unaffected, it identifies potential reductions in general security diversions
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has confirmed the Regional Tech Hub will wrap up after Australian Government funding for the program ended on 30 June and efforts to secure an alternative funding source were not successful. Since launching in December
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) inquiry into domestic mobile roaming, but says the Government should mandate roaming now and let the ACCC focus on how to implement this important policy. Domestic
The NFF’s original submission in November 2025 raised significant concerns about the restriction of projects to selected IBRA subregions in eastern and south-western Australia. The NFF argued that this substantially constrained participation, particularly across northern Australia and grazing and native-pasture
