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The National Farmers’ Federation welcomes the announcement by the Australian Government to endorse the Emirates Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action (the Declaration). “This Declaration stresses the importance of the agriculture sector as a major stakeholder in the debate, and reaffirms farmers being at the core of decisions made that affect them,” […]
Tags: Environment
2 December 2023
The IGWC plays a critical role in building confidence within the community and ensuring the efficient and effective administration of water compliance with existing legislative agreements across the Murray-Darling Basin. Read the full submission here.
Tags: Natural Resource Management, Water
1 December 2023
Farmers have backed in the WA Premier, Roger Cook, following his strongest comments yet calling on the Albanese Government to abandon its controversial plan to phase out live sheep exports by sea. Speaking in the WA Parliament yesterday, Premier Cook said the ‘unnecessary’ policy should be reconsidered. “We believe the welfare arrangements that are in […]
The agricultural sector will be a significant contributor to Australia’s net zero ambitions, however the need for transmission infrastructure must be appropriately balanced with Australia’s sustainable supply of food and fibre. To maintain Australia’s domestic food security and important contribution to global food security, we must avoid adverse impacts on the long-term operation of prosperous […]
Tags: economic, Food security
Australian agriculture relies upon open and transparent marketplaces that promote competition within agricultural supply chains, enabling farmers to access requisite inputs and sell their produce at a competitive price. The Australian agricultural supply chain has an uneven distribution of market concentration which threatens the economic conditions essential for dynamic, productive and profitable farms. Read the […]
Tags: Trade and Economic
30 November 2023
Australian agriculture is heavily dependent on reliable, effective, and efficient freight and logistics. The NFF opposes the proposed expansion of the scope of fatigue regulated heavy vehicles (FRHVs) to include vehicles between 4.5 tonnes and 12 tonnes and the removal of the current work diary exemption for local drivers of FRHVs. Read the full submission here.
Tags: Transport
Families, farmers, businesses and workers across Murray Darling Basin communities have been dealt a sledgehammer blow by the Albanese Government and some crossbench senators who today voted to support a flawed water Bill over sensible, smart solutions for the river system. “The Basin’s heart has been broken by a Government that has ignored communities and […]
Tags: Environment
Statement by David Jochinke, National Farmers’ Federation, President It’s disappointing the House of Representatives today passed the Albanese Government’s Closing Loopholes Bill. We’ve consistently called out this Bill for being fraught with issues that it will make it harder and more expensive to create employment opportunities in farming. The Bill has been a catastrophe with […]
Tags: Workforce
29 November 2023
The National Farmers’ Federation is joining a growing chorus of peak agricultural organisations to oppose mining giant Glencore’s proposal to inject coal mine waste into Australia’s biggest underground water source. The carbon capture and storage proposal before the Queensland Government involves a trial injection of liquefied carbon dioxide waste from the Millmerran Power Station into […]
Tags: Environment
Competition issues aren’t new for Australian agriculture. But the lack of competition across Australia’s agricultural supply chains is a problem that’s getting worse. For decades, market concentration across the Australian economy has increased. As market concentration has increased in Australia, farmers have fewer places to buy inputs and fewer places to sell their products. Read […]
Tags: Trade and Economic
28 November 2023
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