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The NFF’s 20 January 2011 submission to the National Water Initiative 2011 Biennial Assessment Progress in Implementation Discussion Paper focuses on national water reform (including the Murray-Darling Basin), as well as addressing discussion paper questions.
Tags: Environment
20 January 2011
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has released Farm Facts 2011. Farm Facts is published each year as a compendium of useful and authoritative facts and figures about Australian agriculture, based on fully attributed data from independent sources. Headline data from the 2011 publication reveals: * There are 135,996 farms in Australia. Farmers occupy and manage […]
10 January 2011
NATIONAL Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President Jock Laurie, having surveyed flood-affected regions in Queensland this week, is encouraging farmers, their families and people living in regional areas to seek assistance in dealing with the social impact of the devastating floods. “I have just returned from a tour of Queensland to see the devastation in that State […]
7 January 2011
NATIONAL Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President Jock Laurie is calling on members of a Senate Inquiry to use the Christmas break to rethink water policy and adopt a far more holistic approach to shoring up the needs of farmers, regional communities and the environment in the Murray-Darling Basin. In lodging the NFF’s submission with the Senate […]
22 December 2010
The NFF’s 22 December 2010 submission to the Inquiry into the Management of the Murray-Darling Basin calls for a more holistic view of water reform and the need to back this up with major infrastructure – on-farm irrigation systems and environmental infrastructure – as well as bolstering research and development.
Tags: Environment
Christmas Message from Jock Laurie President National Farmers’ Federation THIS is a land of extremes. Our folklore tells of a harsh landscape and the extraordinary people who make it work. The resilience of our farmers and rural communities is legendary for a reason. They’re tough. Year in, year out they roll up their sleeves and […]
20 December 2010
The NFF’s 20 December 2010 submission to the Inquiry into the Impact of the Murray-Darling Basin in Regional Australia argues that environmental assets in the Basin can be maintained using less water through improvements to infrastructure and wetland management.
Tags: Environment
“IN the wake of the Bamford High Court decision in March 2010, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) raised serious concerns about farmers being caught up in unintended red tape and denied access to normal trust provisions,” NFF CEO Ben Fargher explained today. “Overnight, the government announced that new legislation will be introduced next year to […]
17 December 2010
A DETAILED 90-page post-mortem on the Guide to the Basin Plan, released by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) today, exposes multiple flaws in the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s assumptions, methodologies and draft proposals. “Not only have we identified fatal defects in the Guide, but we have launched a new blueprint for salvaging the reform agenda,” NFF […]
The NFF’s 17 December 2010 response to the Guide to the Basin Plan exposes detailed faults in the assumptions, methodologies and proposals underpinning the Plan’s development.
Tags: Environment
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