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The NFF’s 18 September 2009 submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry into Market Mechanisms for Recovering Water in the Murray Darling Basin highlights the need to balance water recovery with the roll out of infrastructure.
Tags: Environment
18 September 2009
THE onset of spring has refocused farmer’s attention to the domestic seasonal conditions during September, often referred to as the ‘money month’. The Westpac-NFF Commodity Index moved slightly down during August, recording a drop of 2.5% for the month. While international commodity markets fluctuate and can underpin confidence levels in the sector, it is the […]
14 September 2009
ON FRIDAY night the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) completed a rare hat-trick by taking its third consecutive Gold Award in Public Affairs under the ACT Public Relations Institute of Australia’s (PRIA’s) annual State Awards for Excellence at a gala ceremony at The Deck Regatta Point in Canberra. The ‘Pacific Solution to Labour Shortages on Australian […]
TODAY the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) won a major concession from the Federal Government, winning changes to non-commercial loan rules to see farmers now being exempt from hefty penalties being brought in under the May 2009 Federal Budget. “The announcement today by Assistant Treasurer Senator Nick Sherry takes up all the points we put to […]
NEW analysis released today by ACIL Tasman reinforces the National Farmers’ Federation’s (NFF’s) case that the Federal Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) as it currently stands does not work for Australian farmers, the jobs they support and the food production upon which we all rely. “Pressure is mounting on the Federal Government to take […]
10 September 2009
The NFF’s 1 September 2009 submission puts a broader context around the carbon accounting issues faced by agriculture, particularly in light of the international community’s recognition that the Kyoto rules ability to underpin domestic mitigation policies for agriculture is limited.
Tags: Environment
1 September 2009
FIVE months of negotiation with the Federal Government on changes to the modern Horticulture Award paid off for the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) today, as Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard accepted the peak farm body’s arguments and used her discretionary power to ask the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) to revisit conditions under the Award. […]
28 August 2009
AUSTRALIAN farmers will take great heart from a recommendation for independent collection and distribution of international price information on fertiliser products – both here and overseas – the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) said today. “Last November, we presented evidence to the Senate Select Committee on Agricultural and Related Industries that while domestic fertiliser prices were […]
20 August 2009
EVEN the northern hemisphere grain crop’s arrival on the global marketplace and the strengthening Australian dollar could not dampen the Westpac-NFF Commodity Index moving upwards during July, recording a 0.9% rise for the month. The increases reinforces the growing momentum behind world agriculture prices and heralds the arrival of a new focus on the global […]
18 August 2009
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF), with support from the Australian Government, is holding 90 free seminars across rural and remote Australia from 1 September 2009 to help agricultural producers understand the changes to the workplace relations laws as a result of the new Fair Work Act 2009. The NFF is providing educational materials through the […]
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