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The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed indications by the Australian Government that it will further explore alternative energy options – including biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel – to alleviate the impact of high oil prices on Australian businesses and the broader community. At a time when sustained high fuel prices are having serious […]
7 June 2006
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) welcomes the cash-flow security and greater flexibility the Federal Government’s interim changes to the fuel tax credit system will give farmers, with the new arrangements now phasing in over two years – rather than effective from 1 July 2006. “The NFF has been overwhelmed by concerns from members on the […]
1 June 2006
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) today strongly urged all levels of government to protect the rights of Australian farmers if the sale of the Snowy Hydro goes ahead. “Certainty of irrigation entitlements is a key plank of the National Water Initiative (NWI). We are asking whether these entitlements and associated annual water allocations will be […]
29 May 2006
National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President Peter Corish has just completed a four-day visit to the United States where he has met with a number of senior Bush Administration, Congressional and farm industry leaders. “Very pleasingly at all levels the United States retains a strong and genuine commitment to achieving a highly-ambitious outcome from the Doha […]
26 May 2006
National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President Peter Corish – in Washington lobbying for urgent and significant agricultural trade reform in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) – has enlisted the influential American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) to call for an ambitious outcome from the Doha round of WTO negotiations, particularly in the area of agricultural market access. […]
24 May 2006
Undertakings by animal rights group Voiceless that its controversial Animal Club program and website – which targets 3,000,000 children in 9,000 primary and secondary schools across Australia – would consider withdrawing links to radical adult-like websites, have proven disingenuous. “Last week, Brian Sherman (founder of Voiceless) advised me he would look at removing the links […]
16 May 2006
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has been rocked by the premature passing of Rick Farley, aged just 53. As Executive Director Mr Farley led the NFF from 1988 to 1995. This was a revolutionary time for the organisation, where Mr Farley’s contribution saw the NFF and the Australian Conservation Foundation jointly lobby the Hawke Government […]
15 May 2006
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has voiced serious concerns over the proposed reforms to the fuel tax credit system, currently being considered by Parliament, which will significantly impact on the cash flow of many farmers leaving them out of pocket while waiting to claim their fuel excise rebate. “The proposed changes outlined in the ‘Fuel […]
12 May 2006
With National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President Peter Corish completing his fourth consecutive one-year term in the NFF top job – the maximum allowable under the NFF Constitution, he will not be standing for re-election in 2006. Nominations for NFF 2006 Board positions have now closed. The NFF received two nominations for President: Mr Allan Burgess […]
Today the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has announced that farmers are planting more trees for environmental reasons than they were a decade ago – with some 150 seedlings a year now being planted per farm solely for conservation purposes. “The ABS figures prove what we’ve been saying for sometime,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President […]
10 May 2006
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