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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
20 March 2009
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
CLIMATE Change and Water Minister Senator Penny Wong can expect to hear first-hand from angry farmers who are still awaiting on-farm water infrastructure – under the Government’s 12-month-old ‘Water For The Future’ plan – as she travels through the northern parts of the Murray-Darling Basin this week. “Premised on the two simultaneous prongs of water […]
2 March 2009
“THE Australian Government’s Drought Review must establish a comprehensive agricultural policy that sets us up for more than just the next drought,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie said today. “Drought has cost this country dearly through the loss of 90,000 on-farm jobs, slashing Australia’s economic growth, and placing individuals, families, businesses, local communities […]
1 March 2009
STRIKING a new trade deal with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) overnight, Australia has locked in low tariffs in the face of mounting global economic turmoil – effectively preventing ASEAN from sliding into protectionism – while, over time, reducing many tariff levels to zero. “Pragmatically, it’s not a bad result at all,” […]
28 February 2009
THE Westpac-NFF Commodity Index broadly held steady this month with both significant upward and downward commodity price movements recorded. While the prospects are for prices to consolidate off their 2008 lows, concerning signs are emerging that protectionism may endanger already fragile global markets. National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) Vice-President Charles Burke said: “It has been well […]
27 February 2009
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