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THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) offered its ‘real world’ input on Labor’s ‘education revolution’ proposal, launched by Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd in Melbourne today. “Improving Australia’s human capital demands more than just encouraging students into University,” NFF CEO Ben Fargher said. “While there is no doubt this is an important element, it’s not the be-all […]
23 January 2007
PUTTING ‘retail therapy’ into new context, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is urging Australians to get behind Woolworths’ National Drought Action Day on Tuesday 23 January 2007, as the retail giant pledges to donate all of the day’s profits to drought relief and research. Expected to raise over $3 million through sales at all Woolworths […]
22 January 2007
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and Horticulture Australia Council (HAC) have welcomed today’s announcement by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry of the introduction of a mandatory Horticulture Code of Conduct in 2007. “NFF and HAC have been working closely with the Australian Government to develop a Code that will deliver a real improvement […]
14 December 2006
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and Horticulture Australia Council (HAC) today expressed extreme concern about reports of horticulture producers being ‘bullied’ into signing contracts with wholesalers which aim to bypass the Horticulture Code of Conduct. “As expected, wholesalers are providing a whole range of mis-information to growers about the Horticulture Code of Conduct and what […]
13 December 2006
“AUSTRALIAN farmers welcome the launch of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with Japan by Prime Ministers Howard and Abe, however any concluded FTA must be all-inclusive,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie declared today. “Japan is Australia’s most important agricultural export market, with exports across most sectors of Australian agriculture. “Australia’s agricultural trade with […]
POSITIVE figures this month for Australian farmers as the Westpac-NFF Commodity Index showed a 2.9% increase in the weighted global price of agricultural commodities in November. “Even the continued strengthening of the Australian dollar against the US currency has not been able to deter a rise in the Commodity Index in Australian dollar terms,” NFF […]
12 December 2006
REPORTS today that the Prime Minister’s Emissions Trading Taskforce is “stacked” with mining, manufacturing and energy interests has dealt a serious blow to the momentum behind any genuine bid to deal with climate change and to set-up an appropriate emissions trading regime, according to the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF). “Farmers must be engaged in any […]
11 December 2006
WITH drought gripping much of Australia, including the nation’s irrigation regions, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) says the critical importance of accurate, timely and widely available water resource data to inform resource and production management is only now getting the attention it desperately needs. “NFF has been calling on governments to get their act together […]
6 December 2006
THE National Farmers’ Federation’s (NFF’s) peak policy making body – Policy Council – has made a unanimous decision to join with the Australian Business Roundtable on Climate Change in calling for early action on climate change. Policy Council, made up of the Presidents of 16 state farming organisations and commodity councils, affirmed the sector’s desire […]
“For the past six months Australia’s wheat growers have lived in the shadow of the Cole Inquiry and in limbo over AWB’s marketing and export authority,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie said. “Today we welcome the Federal Government’s move to vest responsibility for AWB’s export veto power with the Federal Minister for Agriculture, […]
5 December 2006
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