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Farmers have reacted with caution to today’s public announcement by the federal Attorney General Nicola Roxon regarding changes to native title legislation. In a speech delivered in Townsville, Minister Roxon announced a suite of changes to the legislation including reform for indigenous Land Use Agreements, hardwiring criteria for what constitutes good faith negotiations and setting […]
6 June 2012
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed today’s interest rate cut, calling on financial lenders to pass the full 0.25 percent cut to their agribusiness customers. “For the second month in a row, we’ve seen a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in the official cash rate, yet farmers and agricultural businesses […]
5 June 2012
The NFF’s 5 June 2012 submission to the inquiry into Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 and related bills highlights the need for a clear definition of what constitutes an “agricultural activity” and questions whether some existing, legitimate agricultural activities have been inadvertently missed within the current definitions to avoid potential perverse outcomes.
Tags: Environment
Farmer and irrigator groups across the Basin today united in their rejection of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s revised Basin Plan. “It beggars belief that after 20 weeks of consultation where communities across the Basin implored the Authority to deliver a more balanced Plan, there has been little substantive change,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) CEO Matt […]
28 May 2012
The National Farmers Federation (NFF) has today thrown its support behind the recommendations of the Regional Telecommunications Review which highlighted the need for vastly improved telecommunications services in regional Australia. The Review Committee noted that rural and remote Australians are keen to use the benefits of mobile devices in their everyday lives but that there […]
25 May 2012
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed today’s signing of Australia’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Malaysia, noting that it will fill a number of gaps within the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA (AANZFTA) and improve international market access for Australian agricultural goods. “After seven years of negotiation, the NFF is under no illusion of how challenging […]
22 May 2012
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) will host a Blueprint for Australian Agriculture forum at Parliament House today, providing an opportunity for all Federal Parliamentarians to contribute. The forum, which will take place from 4pm at Parliament House, is one of a series of forums that have been taking place across Australia as part of the […]
21 May 2012
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and the Federated Farmers of New Zealand have today announced that they will both apply for membership of international agricultural advocacy body, the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO). The WFO will bring together national farming bodies from across the globe to create policy and advocate on behalf of the world’s farmers […]
17 May 2012
The nation’s peak agricultural body, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF), has today welcomed Ruralco Holdings Ltd as a full Associate Member. NFF CEO Matt Linnegar says Ruralco’s addition to the NFF further enhances its strength as the united voice for Australian farmers and the broader farm sector, including agribusiness. “Today, with Ruralco joining the 24 […]
16 May 2012
Only one financial institution has made any reduction in interest rates for agribusiness customers over the last month, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) Agribusiness Loan Monitor for May has found. Despite the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) reducing the official cash rate down 50 basis points to 3.75 percent earlier this month, only one bank […]
14 May 2012
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