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The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed the findings of the National Water Commission’s 2011 assessment of Australian water reform, and is calling on the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to respond to these recommendations – unlike the silence from the 2009 biennial assessment. “We are very concerned that COAG does not seem to be […]
15 September 2011
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today dismissed suggestions that it has changed its position on the carbon tax legislation or that the organisation is playing the politics on carbon. “The NFF’s position on the carbon tax package has not changed in the slightest,” NFF President Jock Laurie said. “Our policy position on the carbon […]
14 September 2011
As the carbon tax legislation is today introduced into Federal Parliament for debate, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is again calling on MPs to consider the costs the tax will impose on Australian farmers. NFF President Jock Laurie said that suggestions in Canberra that agriculture will be a big winner out of the carbon tax […]
13 September 2011
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed the announcement that workers from Nauru, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu will be able to participate in the Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme. NFF Vice-President, Duncan Fraser, said today’s announcement recognises the important role the Scheme continues to play in meeting the seasonal harvest needs of Australia’s horticultural […]
8 September 2011
The Cairns Group Farm Leaders meeting was held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from 7-9 September and was co-chaired by NFF President, Jock Laurie, and the Presidents of both the Canadian farm groups. It also included face to face participation from farm groups in Canada, New Zealand, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay. The Farm Leaders were clear in […]
7 September 2011
The NFF’s 7 September 2011 submission into the Food Labelling Review provides in-principle support for the right of industries to implement voluntary measures that provide information about non-health related attributes, assisting consumers in making informed purchasing decisions. The NFF acknowledges that specific factors can require variations and caveats on this principle, however significant pitfalls must […]
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today expressed its disappointment that funding to three of Australia’s major agricultural research and development bodies has been cut. NFF President Jock Laurie says the cuts, which will see three agricultural Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) – Beef Genetics, Cotton Catchment Communities and Forestry – close as of June 2012, […]
2 September 2011
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today welcomed the release of the review into the drought pilot currently underway in Western Australia. “The NFF has long stated the need for a rethink of the way Australia prepares for and deals with drought. Some eighteen months ago we first called for a pilot of drought policy […]
The NFF’s 2 September 2011 submission to the Issues Paper to Inform the Development of a National Food Plan recommends that the key outcome from the National Food Plan should be a shared view across Government on the operation and priorities of Australia’s food production sector.
Tags: Farm Business
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today called on the Government to refuse the application to import silver foxes into Australia as pets and potential breeding animals. “Foxes pose an enormous risk to Australia’s agricultural production; a fact that the Government itself acknowledges by listing the red fox – the same family as the silver […]
1 September 2011
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