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Industrial Relations: "Now is not the time to be looking back"


“FLEXIBILITY in the workplace – especially for small businesses – allows employers and employees to reach amicable agreements to mutual benefit,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie said today. “Farms are among Australia’s most important small businesses, employing over 330,000 people direct on-farm – with one-in-six of all Australian jobs hinging on the farm […]

22 October 2007


How about a transport plan?


BOTH sides of politics have been slammed by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) for their scattergun approach to transport spending in this election campaign, saying the parties are targeting electorates at the expense of Australia’s national transport needs. “Both parties need to stop and take account of what is actually needed,” NFF Vice-President Charles Burke […]

19 October 2007


Farmers launch national advertising blitz for election ‘07


AT THIS federal election, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is weighing in on the key issues for Australian farmers with a national television and radio advertising campaign – encompassing metropolitan and regional markets. The campaign zeros in on three of its election issues: * Drought preparedness in a changing climate (metro and regional television); * […]

18 October 2007


Labor to rob rural Australia’s telecommunications future


A FEDERAL Labor Government will abolish a pivotal scheme that ensures rural Australians continue to the get affordable access to the latest telecommunications – the $2 billion Communications Fund. “Labor’s stated policy is to cut rural Australia’s telecommunications lifeline by scrapping the Communications Fund and denying those people and communities the future-proofing they are currently […]

17 October 2007


‘2007 Trade Teacher of the Year’ announced today


THREE of Australia’s top rural educators were recognised today in a ceremony for the inaugural ‘2007 Rural Trade Teacher of the Year’ Awards. The Awards, run by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) in conjunction with the Institute for Trade Skills Excellence, aim to raise the profile of rural trade skills teaching and its importance to […]

16 October 2007


Faux campaign finally canned, now for the real deal


FEDERAL Labor goes into the election campaign-proper with a healthy lead in the polls. It is now critical that all political parties demonstrate, in specific detail, their plans for the future of Australia’s vital agricultural base. “In its pre-election positioning Labor has already reflected parts of NFF’s 2007 Federal Election Policy Platform (released 19 September),” […]

14 October 2007


High global prices trigger supermarket price swings


AT FACE value it looks a simple equation, but the relationship between higher food prices and the current drought is not cut and dry, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) explained today. “Numerous reports have recently over-simplified how domestic food prices are set,” NFF Vice-President Charles Burke said. The Westpac-NFF Commodity Index, released today, records the […]

10 October 2007


Dealing with drought: secure today, but prepare for tomorrow


“TO MEET the challenges of a changing climate, we need a visionary new approach in the way Australia deals with drought,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie declared today. “The Australian Government and broader community have responded magnificently to the current crisis. Words cannot express the gratitude of the farm community. “In a measured […]

4 October 2007


Prime Minister tackles deepening drought crisis ‘head on’


A STRONG $714 million commitment today from the Prime Minister on the need to tackle Australia’s deepening drought crisis ‘head on’ is very much welcomed by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and all Australian farmers. “Most people would be aware this drought is biting hard, but what many simply could not fathom is that the […]

25 September 2007


NFF launches its ‘2007 Federal Election Policy Platform’


AT THIS federal election, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is calling on all political parties to commit to a visionary new strategy aimed at securing the sustainability of Australian farmers – and, through them, advancing the national interests economically, socially and environmentally. The NFF’s 2007 Federal Election Policy Platform (attached below) asserts commonsense new policy […]

19 September 2007


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