The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is the peak national body representing farmers and, more broadly, agriculture across Australia. It is one of Australia’s foremost and respected advocacy organisations. Since its inception in 1979, the NFF has earned a reputation as a leader in the identification, development and achievement of policy outcomes – championing issues affecting farmers and dedicated to the advancement of Australian agriculture.
The NFF advocates on behalf of Australian farmers and the broader agricultural sector, ensuring their priorities are heard by government and decision-makers. Visit our media centre to stay up to date with the latest news, announcements and insights from the NFF and across Australian agriculture.
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DESPITE a recent rebound, the Aussie dollar has fallen by about 15% since July, with the Westpac-NFF Commodity Index reporting that Australian farmers are breathing easier on the back of improved international competitiveness and better prices on the global market. “While the modern use of risk management practices ensure Australian farmers are more insulated from […]
25 September 2008
ON Friday night – for the second year running – the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) won the prestigious Public Affairs Award under the 2008 ACT Public Relations Institute of Australia’s (PRIA’s) State Awards for Excellence, presented during a gala ceremony at The Deck at Regatta Point in Canberra. NFF General Manager – Public Affairs Brett […]
22 September 2008
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) today endorsed the Australian Government’s Fair Dismissal Code, launched by Deputy Prime Minister The Hon Julia Gillard MP, as “striking a sensible, practical balance for employers and employees”. “We’ve enjoyed a practical working relationship with the Government and its consultative approach demonstrates it is serious about a sensible balance in […]
17 September 2008
The NFF’s 15 September 2008 submission responds to a series of rules being developed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to enhance water market and trading regimes, and to ensure consistent pricing principles apply across the Murray-Darling Basin.
Tags: Environment & Climate Change
15 September 2008
The NFF’s 12 September 2008 submission reiterates the view that the Managed Investment Scheme mechanism is not appropriate for agriculture, in many instances leading to distored resource allocation in rural and regional Australia.
Tags: Economics & Farm Business
12 September 2008
The NFF’s 11 September 2008 submission to the Senate Inquiry contends that there is little that can be done to provide freshwater for the Lower Lakes in the short-term and to do so will significantly impact upon the social, economic and environmental fabric of the Basin.
Tags: Environment & Climate Change
11 September 2008
The NFF’s 10 September 2008 submission in response to the Australian Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) Green Paper outlines key issues and concerns, including the areas of Emissions Intensive Trade Exposed sector assistance, points of obligation for the agriculture sector, land use change, international carbon accounting rule inadequacies, research and development needs and complementary […]
Tags: Environment & Climate Change
10 September 2008
TODAY the Australian Government kicked off the Environmental Stewardship Program – long advocated by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) – under a $42.5 million pilot program. The pilot will initially target endangered Box Gum Grassy Woodlands in the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Valleys of NSW. NFF CEO Ben Fargher, Master of Ceremonies at the launch in […]
30 August 2008
The first of three NFF submissions, lodged in August 2008, to the Subclass 457 Integrity Review, conducted by Ms Barbara Deegan, into the skilled migration program, canvassing responses in relation to the Minimum Salary Level, spouse entitlements and Labour Agreements.
Tags: Workforce
SOON the class of ’08 will be thinking about career options and further study next year… many with a desire to make a real difference in the world. According to the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF), a career in Australian agriculture should be the first choice for students filling out their university enrolment applications. “If students […]
29 August 2008
