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The National Farmers’ Federation’s Horticulture Council has today welcomed improvements to the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme that will go a long way to ensuring it remains an accessible and viable workforce option for Australian farmers. The change means from 1 July 2024, employers of short-term workers will be required to offer 120 hours […]
Tags: Workforce
30 May 2024
Australia’s peak farm body is urging parliamentarians to inform themselves and contemplate the serious precedent being set by the Government’s legislation to ban live sheep exports, tabled today. NFF President David Jochinke warns that unless MPs and senators do their homework, they are likely to fall victim to a highly effective misinformation campaign by animal […]
Farmers are today preparing to join the first of a series of five roundtables hosted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) as part of their inquiry into the supermarkets. The inquiry will examine the pricing practices of the supermarkets and the relationship between wholesale, including farmgate, and retail prices. An interim report, outlining […]
Tags: horticulture
The National Farmers’ Federation has joined the Access for Every Child Coalition launched today, to ensure families in the bush receive the same access to early childhood education and care as their city counterparts. Along with more than 50 other organisations, the NFF is calling for the Federal Government to create bespoke options so families […]
Tags: Farm Business
28 May 2024
The National Farmers’ Federation has welcomed the detail announced today on the $63.8 million in the 2024-25 Budget to support the reduction of emissions in the agriculture industry. NFF Chief Executive Officer Tony Mahar is in Toowoomba at the Sustainable Agriculture Summit to help progress the Agriculture and Land Sectoral Plan. Mr Mahar said the […]
Tags: Natural Resource Management
23 May 2024
The National Farmers’ Federation has warned proposals to cap migration will exacerbate agriculture’s workforce challenges and there are better ways to address the housing crisis. In the Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s post-budget address, he revealed plans to slash worker migration, a move NFF President David Jochinke said could deal a heavy blow to Australia’s agricultural […]
Tags: Workforce
Dear Prime Minister, Last week, for the first time in 39 years, farmers from across Australia determined that they no longer have confidence in your government to represent their interests. This vote followed an unprecedented walk-out by farmers on your Agriculture Minister’s budget address. This is not how we usually operate at the National Farmers’ […]
Tags: Biosecurity, health and welfare, Farm Business, Natural Resource Management, Trade and Economic, Workforce
22 May 2024
Twelve women with diverse skills and experience, underpinned by a passion for leadership, have today been announced as the 2024 cohort of the National Farmers’ Federation’s (NFF) Diversity in Agriculture Leadership Program. The mentoring and networking program is the NFF’s flagship initiative to fix the under representation of women in agriculture’s leadership ranks. It is […]
Tags: leadership
21 May 2024
NFF recognises the importance of Climate Change adaption, a failure to support a transition will result in unacceptable impacts on food and feed security both in Australia and globally. Government ambition to reduce agriculture’s emissions, however, must not infringe upon our capability and responsibility to produce the nutritious food and fibre needed to feed and […]
Tags: Environment, Trade and Economic
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) proudly launches applications for its flagship leadership and capability development program for young and emerging leaders in Australian agriculture. Supported by Telstra, the National Agricultural Leadership Program provides targeted activities and unique experiences in leadership, advocacy, policy development, governance, communications and media. It uses a whole-of-agriculture perspective to build networks […]
Tags: leadership
20 May 2024
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