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The NFF’s 27 March 2009 submission recommends action to reduce the impact of the global financial crisis on regional Australia, including increasing transparency around bank interest rates, correcting the inequities with bank deposit guarantees, investing in economic and social infrastructure, aggressively pursuing the trade reform agenda and building labour flexibility.
Tags: Farm Business
27 March 2009
The NFF’s 25 March 2009 submission highlights issues regarding the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) legislation, including international competitiveness impacts on the agricultural sector, concerns around the opt-in forestry provisions and the need for the legislation to have flexibility in recognising non-Kyoto compliant emissions units.
Tags: Environment
25 March 2009
AS GLOBAL consumers become increasingly discerning about their purchasing behavior, the Westpac-NFF Commodity Index is showing signs that food and fibre consumption is not immune to the world economic downturn. The Index fell 4.0% during February, taking the Index to 17.6% below February 2008 levels. “It is fair to say that agricultural commodity markets, like […]
23 March 2009
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is calling for a wage freeze as the Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) holds its fourth Wage Review, with the peak farm body seeking to constrain wage growth for the foreseeable future to aid vulnerable businesses. “With the economic crisis hitting jobs across the country and unemployment predicted to surpass […]
20 March 2009
The NFF’s 20 March 2009 submission to the Australian Fair Pay Commission’s Wage Review outlines the intensifying impact of drought, the global economic crisis and recent domestic disasters on rural employers.
Tags: Workforce
THE National Farmers’ Federation’s (NFF’s) Policy Council – including the Presidents of all member organisations – met in Canberra today, with all agreeing the Australian Government’s Forward with Fairness draft legislation must be amended to guarantee workplace flexibility, simplicity and fairness. “The Fair Work Bill oversteps the bounds of what the Government’s reform agenda was […]
11 March 2009
THE stakes are high for Australian farmers and the national economy under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) being pursued with the Republic of Korea. With boundless opportunities in the Korean market, which already comprises 7% of Australia’s total agricultural exports worth almost $2 billion per year and is one of the fastest growing markets in […]
6 March 2009
The NFF’s 6 March 2009 submission highlights the immediate challenge of adapting to climate change mitigation policies may be greater for farmers than adapting to climate change itself. This submission outlines the role for Government in helping farmers prepare for, and adapt to, climate change.
Tags: Environment
“TODAY’S national account figures are a timely reminder of how fundamental our farm sector is to our economy, with agricultural production and growth – in seasonally adjusted terms up 10.9% this quarter on top of last quarter’s 13.4% – yet again, helping to stave off recession,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie said. “Mining […]
4 March 2009
SPEAKING at the ABARE Outlook conference in Canberra today, Federal Minister for Agriculture Tony Burke recognised the need to build productivity growth across the sector to enable farmers to build resilience in the face of growing challenges, both here and abroad. “We’re alarmed by the decline in agricultural productivity growth commensurate with the fall in […]
3 March 2009
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