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THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) welcomes today’s announcement by Prime Minister Julia Gillard that, if re-elected, the Government will invest new money to close any gap between the current water cap and any new water cap in the Murray-Darling Basin. “Obviously, our first priority is to ensure balance in the new Basin Plan, between production […]
10 August 2010
“BESIEGED farmers are demanding answers,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie declared. “Amid converging government, environmental and mining encroachment on our ability to farm, farmers feel frustrated and disempowered. “Be it federal and state governments conspiring to do farmers out of legitimate land use without proper compensation, miners usurping land and water rights at […]
9 August 2010
THE Coalition’s Agriculture Policy, released today, embraces major initiatives driven by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) to resurrect Australia’s flagging investment in essential productivity-based research and development (R&D) for agriculture and seizes upon practical on-farm environmental solutions. “The Coalition’s policy combines a range of key measures that, collectively, will improve the capacity of Australian farmers […]
5 August 2010
INDEPENDENT analysis released today by Judith Stubbs and Associates shows cuts to water entitlements in the Murray-Darling Basin will potentially lead to massive job losses and, subsequently, decimate regional communities. “It is ironic that while politicians talk about over population in our cities looming cuts in the Murray-Darling Basin could foreshadow the biggest depopulation of […]
Joint Statement THE Federal Government’s announcement to establish a working group to advise the Government on a strategic policy framework for Australia’s food industry has been welcomed by the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) and National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) today. Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke said he wanted Australia to adopt the same “strategic […]
3 August 2010
IN A double windfall for farmers the Coalition has committed to pursuing comprehensive trade agreements – reaffirming agriculture as a central pillar in all negotiations – and returning to a dedicated, stand-alone federal trade minister who has a seat in Cabinet. “Some have suggested Australia should throw in the towel and carve out sensitive sectors, […]
WHOEVER wins the federal election on August 21, the National Farmers’ Federation’s (NFF’s) 2010 National Congress in Melbourne over 6-7 September will place attendees ringside as political heavyweights slug it out over agriculture and the major issues affecting the farm sector. Policies directly impacting Australia’s farmers will be centre stage at the NFF’s second annual […]
2 August 2010
“BUILDING community consensus around climate change action is a reasonable proposition,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie observed of the Prime Minister’s Citizens’ Assembly announcement today. “But it will be absolutely critical regional Australia and farmers are centrally involved. We live and work with the climate every day, we’re good at managing carbon and […]
23 July 2010
TODAY the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) confirmed it will dodge releasing its already delayed and highly contentious precursor to the proposed Basin Plan until after the election. “Obviously, farmers, regional communities and environmental interests across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia will be irate,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie declared. “But […]
20 July 2010
LIKE Billy Connolly’s famous stand-up bit, tomorrow’s consumers will want ‘more of this, less of that, most of the other and a shipload more of that’. But they will also be more discerning. Emerging trends see consumers increasingly invested in the production values of the things they buy. An independent survey by NetBalance, released at […]
19 July 2010
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