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The 20th Anniversary meeting of the Cairns Group concluded in Cairns today with the release of a strong communiqué which calls for a quick resumption in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Doha Round negotiations. “Cairns Group Ministers have picked up on all the points put to them by the Cairns Group Farm Leaders (CGFL) and […]
22 September 2006
The release of the Federal Government’s Broadband Connect Infrastructure Program Guidelines was welcomed by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) today. “The guidelines are another step toward delivering the long awaited ‘metro comparable’ broadband services for farmers and rural communities”, NFF President David Crombie said. “As part of the Governments Broadband Connect initiative focused on under-served […]
Farm leaders from key Cairns Group countries have delivered a strong statement to world trade Ministers calling for agricultural trade reform, particularly in the area of agricultural market access, which remains decades overdue. “We believe that with strong political leadership and vision, the Doha Round of World Trade Organisation negotiations can be successfully resumed and […]
19 September 2006
Farm leaders’ from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, Paraguay, South Africa and Uruguay met yesterday to discuss the stalled Doha Development Round of multilateral trade negotiations. As a group, we remain extremely disappointed that the negotiations have been suspended. We do not accept the premise that the current window of opportunity for the WTO […]
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) today welcomed the Federal Government’s recognition of the overwhelming need for a mandatory Code of Conduct for the horticulture sector to bring it into line with normal business practices. “We congratulate the Federal Government for making good on its pledge to growers,” NFF Vice-President Charles Burke said. “It’s been two […]
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and Horticulture Australia Council (HAC), on behalf of Australia’s horticultural producers, have rejected a voluntary Code of Conduct for horticulture, presented at a special meeting held by the Federal Minister for Industry, Resources and Tourism, The Hon. Ian MacFarlane MP. “Nothing in yesterday’s proposal has moved growers from our resolute […]
15 September 2006
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) today welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement that it will strengthen the Telecommunications Network Reliability Framework (NRF) – essential for ensuring quality reliable services in regional Australia. “The NRF is designed to reduce the number of faults in the Telstra network, with particular focus now on smaller exchange areas,” NFF President […]
13 September 2006
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) today moved to remind the Federal Government that attempts to ‘weasel out’ of its 2004 election pledge to mandate a Code of Conduct for horticulture by clouding the issue will not be tolerated by the electorate – much less farmers who are being dudded. For the record, on the election […]
12 September 2006
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today reiterated its position on Managed Investment Schemes (MIS). NFF fully backs genuine investment in agriculture and, indeed, in the forestry sector. However, this needs to be investment driven by market forces, not upfront tax deductibility. NFF believes MIS in its current form means the focus by investors is […]
11 September 2006
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has slammed the Federal Government’s decision to renege on its election pledge to implement a mandatory Code of Conduct to protect horticultural growers from unscrupulous wholesale practices – instead opting to re-start two-year-old talks. “This back-flip not only breaks a key 2004 election promise – when the Government undertook to […]
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