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The National Farmers’ Federation recognises the additional $47.1 million injection into Australia’s biosecurity system over the past year, confirmed by Agriculture Minister Murray Watt today. The additional funding has been delivered because of the Federal Government’s sustainable biosecurity funding reform, which increased fees and charges on importers to achieve full cost recovery from 1 July […]
Tags: Biosecurity, health and welfare
12 months ago
The proposed 2024 methodology does not provide the standard grandfathering arrangements for FullCAM models. This establishes a precedent that may impact investment certainty as projects will be required to switch to the version of FullCAM currently in-force without any transitional arrangements provided to facilitate this. Read the full submission here.
Tags: Environment
12 months ago
It remains unclear how the policy intent for a culture of continuous improvement will be achieved if the accountable authority of the statutory entity (EPA CEO) cannot be removed for poor performance. Unlike the CEO, all EPA staff are persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 and are therefore subject to upholding the APS […]
Tags: Environment
12 months ago
Regional communities are bracing themselves for the worst as the Federal Government opens its cheque book for Murray-Darling Basin buybacks tomorrow. National Farmers’ Federation Water Committee Chair Malcolm Holm said while families, farmers and businesses had been dreading this day, all Australians should be worried. “It’s not just regional communities who’ve warned against the disastrous […]
Tags: Natural Resource Management
12 months ago
The National Farmers’ Federation welcomes the appointment of the new Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA). Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Murray Watt appointed Dr Catherine Ainsworth as the APVMA Board Chair for a four-year term from today. Further, the APVMA Board has appointed Scott Hansen […]
Tags: Biosecurity, health and welfare, Farm Business
12 July 2024
The National Farmers’ Federation is proud to release the first progress report as part of the Indigenous Agricultural Product Framework project, marking a significant step forward in elevating opportunities for Indigenous agriculture. NFF President David Jochinke said the report was testament to the dedication and engagement of the stakeholders whose insights had been instrumental in […]
Tags: Farm Business, Indigenous agriculture
11 July 2024
The National Farmers’ Federation welcomes the Federal Government’s $6.9 million commitment to prepare for a potential incursion of H5 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI). NFF President David Jochinke said while other strains were present here, Australia was the last continent to remain free from the H5 strain. “It is imperative that we pull every lever […]
Tags: Biosecurity, health and welfare
10 July 2024
National Farmers’ Federation President David Jochinke has labelled the Federal Government’s recent correspondence on the live cattle class action as an “appalling attack on victims”. In a letter the Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus sent to the NFF and provided to media last week, the Government has accused the victims of trying to line their pockets. “This […]
Tags: Farm Business, Trade and Economic
The National Farmers’ Federation has thrown its support behind a petition to improve train lighting to save lives on regional roads. The petition asks the Australian Parliament to implement legislation requiring mandatory rotating beacon lights on the front and sides of trains and rolling stock. National Farmers’ Federation President David Jochinke said the NFF strongly […]
Tags: Workforce
5 July 2024
The peak farming body has welcomed the Coalition’s announcement showing bipartisan support for a mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct and significantly increased penalties for breaches by retailers. National Farmers’ Federation President David Jochinke anticipated this as a step forward for better protection of growers, with both major parties on the same page to […]
Tags: Trade and Economic
3 July 2024
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