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The NFF’s 15 October 2008 submission asserts that the National Training System is dominated by bureaucracy, despite claims that it is industry-led, and that reform is essential in the training system to ensure that skills based training reflects the relevant, practical needs of employers through a central role for industry.
Tags: Workforce
15 October 2008
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has taken out the Highly Commended Award in Public Affairs at the Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) 2008 national ‘Golden Target Awards’, announced at a gala ceremony in Fremantle overnight. NFF General Manager – Public Affairs Brett Heffernan and Public Affairs Officer Emma Keogh won peer recognition for Drought […]
14 October 2008
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) will hold its 1st National Congress at the Brisbane Convention Centre over 22-23 June 2009, including the inaugural NFF 2009 Innovation in Agriculture Awards. The Congress theme: ‘Modern Farmers – growing opportunities today… meeting the challenges of tomorrow’ will be a timely examination of world food needs and Australia’s important […]
7 October 2008
The second of three NFF submissions, lodged on 7 October 2008, to the Subclass 457 Integrity Review, conducted by Ms Barbara Deegan, into the skilled migration program, canvassing responses in relation to English language requirements and occupational health and safety.
Tags: Workforce
The final of three NFF submissions, lodged on 7 October 2008, to the Subclass 457 Integrity Review, conducted by Ms Barbara Deegan, into the skilled migration program, canvassing responses in relation to the regulatory frameworks for skilled migration, employer obligations and Labour Agreements.
Tags: Workforce
PROFESSOR Ross Garnaut’s Final Report reinforces the National Farmers’ Federation’s (NFF’s) imperatives, highlighting the central role Australian agriculture can play in meeting the climate change challenge – provided the right policy settings are in place. Responding to each issue under Chapter 22: Transforming rural land use of Prof Garnaut’s Final Report, below the NFF addresses […]
1 October 2008
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is calling tomorrow’s Council of Australian Government (COAG) meeting to task, wanting the Prime Minister and Premiers to commit to principles for assistance to irrigators in the Murray-Darling Basin and prevent any further ad hoc drought responses on a state-by-state basis. “Any assistance to farmers must not undermine the water […]
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is calling for changes to the aged pension to take account of the succession planning realities of modern family farm businesses, saying greater flexibility is needed to manage the hand-over of the farm to the next generation without imposing economic and social hardship. The NFF’s proposal labels the five-year waiting […]
29 September 2008
The NFF’s 26 September 2008 submission to the Australian Government’s Review of the Age Pension, Carer Payment and the Disability Support Pension, as part of the Government’s broader inquiry into Australia’s Future Tax System recommends that the five-year time limit be removed on the ability of farmers to gift the farm to their children upon […]
Tags: Farm Business
26 September 2008
The NFF’s 26 September 2008 submission regarding the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act) strongly supports incentives-based approaches, rather than regulation, to ensure a culture of active management of private land environmental assets leading to optimal outcomes.
Tags: Environment
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