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Comments attributable to Tony Mahar, NFF chief executive The National Farmers’ Federation has today released its interim report towards creating greater market transparency and competition in the poultry meat sector, following concerns raised by growers and the competition watchdog. In 2020 the ACCC’s Perishable Agricultural Goods Inquiry highlighted significant concerns about practices in the Australian […]
Tags: economic
12 December 2023
The National Farmers’ Federation says the Migration Strategy released today has some wins for farmers, but overall won’t solve the industry’s workforce woes. NFF President David Jochinke said the strategy lacked the detail needed and farmers still didn’t have the dedicated agricultural visa they desperately need. “There are some wins in the strategy, […]
11 December 2023
Farmers across the globe have united on climate with the newly formed Agriculture Climate Alliance. The Alliance has released its first statement from COP28 in Dubai today. “Farmers around the world are at the front line of climate change. We must be proactive and ambitious in our actions to mitigate GHG emissions from agriculture and […]
Agriculture has undertaken significant effort to improve its sustainability, having invested significant time and resources towards reducing on-farm emissions and improving efficiencies in production. This is an important and complex discussion that necessitates extensive, ongoing discussion with the agriculture sector. Read the full submission here.
Tags: sustainability
8 December 2023
The National Farmers’ Federation has gained a firsthand perspective of what banning the live sheep export trade will have on the people in the Middle East. While in Dubai for COP28, NFF President David Jochinke and Chief Executive Tony Mahar toured the Trans Emirates Livestock Trading’s facility. “What we’ve seen is well-organised, clean facility with […]
Tags: trade
Farmer representatives from across Australia convened in Canberra yesterday for a roundtable hosted by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) with Assistant Minister for Competition Andrew Leigh. The meeting came as the Federal Government continues its review of competition policy, and as supermarket pricing comes under increased scrutiny with a Senate inquiry set to commence in […]
Tags: economic
7 December 2023
The Senate has handed farmers a lump of coal for Christmas by splitting the Closing Loopholes Bill and rushing through a deal that will impact farm businesses using labour hire. The Albanese Government made a deal with some Crossbenchers to introduce changes that hit the floor of Parliament at the last minute and allowed union-driven […]
Tags: Workforce
Comments attributable to NFF President, David Jochinke We note the record fine handed down this week by the Victorian Labour Hire Licencing Authority. The NFF has been a long-term supporter of strict labour hire licencing. The farm sector has no room for dodgy operators who don’t play by the rules, and effective labour hire licencing […]
6 December 2023
Comments attributable to NFF CEO, Tony Mahar We welcome the passage of the Nature Repair Bill through the Senate last night. The NFF has been a longstanding advocate for the establishment of natural capital markets which can reward farmers for the work they do as stewards of more than half of Australia’s landmass. The Nature […]
Australia’s peak farm body says farmers are fed up with being kept in the dark about what’s driving prices across the country’s agricultural supply chains. As pressure mounts on supermarkets to come clean on their pricing strategies after a Senate inquiry was announced on the weekend, the National Farmers’ Federation has released an issues paper […]
Tags: economic, Farm Business
5 December 2023
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