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“AFTER 18-months in office the Federal Government’s flagship ‘Water for the Future’ plan – including a dedicated $5.8 billion rural water-use component – is still undelivered and the patience of farmers has been exhausted,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) Water Taskforce Chair Laurie Arthur said on the eve of the Council of Australian Governments’ (COAG) meeting […]
29 April 2009
AUSTRALIAN farmers – across all states – are being asked to throw open their gates to a city family for a day in May as part of breaking down barriers to metropolitan understanding about modern farm practices. Farm Day provides unique hands-on experiences and insight, along with the ability to answer all those “where does […]
28 April 2009
TODAY the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) welcomed Prof Ian Plimer’s contribution to the climate change discussion and debate, claiming to debunk many of the theories and dire predictions of some within the scientific fraternity. In his new book, Heaven and Earth: Climate change – the real science, Prof Plimer, from the School of Earth and […]
21 April 2009
TODAY the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) welcomes the Federal Government’s formal involvement in the Primary Industries Education Foundation – a not-for-profit company formed to provide stimulating, factual and educationally-relevant materials about modern agriculture for use in Australia’s primary and secondary schools. The NFF is a founding member and driving force behind the creation of the […]
20 April 2009
GLOBAL markets – including for agricultural products – showed a sense of optimism during March. This reflected the glimmer of hope provided by key positive developments on international policy. Most significant was the US administration announcement of a banking plan to help restore health to their ailing financial system and the constructive G20 meeting of […]
17 April 2009
The NFF’s 8 April 2009 submission the Senate Select Committee on Climate Policy notes that it is widely recognised that an emissions trading scheme is an inappropriate policy mechanism for the Australian agricultural sector. In addition to the potential for perverse economic and social impacts from the CPRS, the NFF is concerned about the potential […]
Tags: Environment
8 April 2009
“IN THE wake of the scrapping of the Federal Government’s National Broadband Network tender process today the Prime Minister has opted for Plan B – and the stakes for regional communities are now higher,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie said. “Today’s announcement of a Government-led company to deliver fibre to the premise leaves […]
7 April 2009
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has recorded an historic victory in the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC), successfully defending the retention of the flexible and straight forward hours-of-work provisions under threat from the Federal Government’s Award modernisation reforms. “The Pastoral Industry Award (PIA) has provided a ‘flexible hours-of-work’ clause reflecting the practical needs of the […]
6 April 2009
TODAY the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) released the full Program for its National Congress at the Brisbane Convention Centre, Queensland, over 22-23 June 2009. The Congress theme ‘Modern Farmers: growing opportunities today… meeting the challenges of tomorrow’ places Australia’s vital role as a food producer for an increasingly hungry world under the microscope and will […]
31 March 2009
FARMERS, scientists and environmental groups will be mystified by the findings of the Senate Inquiry into the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act), which misguidedly attempt to shift the EPBC Act away from sustainable ecological development to a destructive ‘lock up and leave’ focus. “This can only result in poor environmental outcomes through […]
27 March 2009
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