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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 […]
The NFF’s 13 August 2009 submission to the Western Australian Government’s review of the Genetically Modified Free Areas Act 2003, expresses concerns about the impact of the Act on the profitability and competitiveness of farmers in Western Australia.
Tags: Farm Business
13 August 2009
The NFF’s 10 August 2009 submission seeks a streamlining of Australia’s environmental law across all jurisdictions. Any changes to the EPBC Act must be based on credible and substantial justification for change.
Tags: Environment
12 August 2009
TODAY the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) declared that international developments have overtaken the Australian Government’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) as far as agriculture in concerned, petitioning key Ministers to “carve agriculture’s direct emissions out permanently”. “As the CPRS currently stands, agriculture won’t be covered until 2015 at the earliest… if at all,” NFF […]
6 August 2009
Joint NFF and MCA Statement THE farming and mining industries will need to step up joint efforts to overcome common labour supply and training issues in regional Australia to increase the availability of skilled, job-ready workers who can work across both sectors, a new report reveals. The final report from Australian Regional Agriculture and Mining […]
3 August 2009
PHASE Two of the pilot scheme recruiting up to 2,400 employees from Pacific Island nations to fill chronic labour shortages on Australian horticultural farms is gearing up for the sector’s peak harvest season, which kicks-off from September. Phase One of the scheme, granting temporary visas under a Federal Government-regulated program, saw 56 seasonal workers from […]
The NFF’s 31 July 2009 submission outlines the NFF’s position on the interim framework being established as a short-term strategy pending the implementation of the Environmental Watering Plan under the Murray-Darlin Basin Plan.
Tags: Environment
31 July 2009
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