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The NFF is of the firm view that agricultural trade needs to be free and liberalised and distortions such as tariffs, subsidies and other technical market access barriers should be removed. Liberalized agricultural trade plays a critical role in supporting sustainable agriculture, climate action and addressing global and domestic food security needs. Read the full […]
Tags: Trade and Economic
21 September 2023
Farming groups have come together in Canberra today to call out the misinformation peddled in Parliament this week regarding the Government’s rewrite of the Murray Darling Basin Plan. National Farmers’ Federation Chief Executive Tony Mahar said the fact the Government felt the need to stretch the truth just revealed how flawed the proposal is. “We’ve seen […]
Tags: Environment
14 September 2023
Australian research project, Farming for the Future releases preliminary findings In a study of global significance and at a scale never previously undertaken, Phase 2 of the Farming for the Future research program has collected financial, ecological and social data from 130 Australian grazing and cropping enterprises, the preliminary results of which were unveiled today […]
Tags: Environment
13 September 2023
Comments attributable to NFF Chief Executive, Tony Mahar The National Farmers’ Federation welcomes the agreement to resume the trade of Australian buffalo and cattle following restrictions imposed by Indonesia. We appreciate this has been a challenging time for the Australian and Indonesian industries as these issues were worked through. We look forward to continuing our […]
Tags: Biosecurity, health and welfare
9 September 2023
Comments attributable to NFF Chief Executive, Tony Mahar We thank the Coalition and members of the Senate crossbench who today pumped the brakes on the Government’s ill-conceived industrial relations bill. The Senate and the Australian public deserve the opportunity to review and debate what is little more than a union wish list that will do […]
Tags: Workforce
7 September 2023
Farmers are warning that a bill introduced today by Water Minister Tanya Plibersek would obliterate consensus on the Basin Plan and give the Government unchecked power to shut down irrigation farms in Australia’s food bowl. NFF Chief Executive Tony Mahar said the proposal would blow up the Basin Plan and destroy trust and livelihoods in Basin […]
Tags: Environment
6 September 2023
The National Farmers’ Federation is calling for a rethink of the latest industrial relations reforms to shift the focus from pleasing the unions to lifting productivity. NFF Vice President David Jochinke said the package announced today was a recipe for cost and confusion that would only benefit power hungry unions. “This isn’t about serving the […]
Tags: Farm Business, Workforce
4 September 2023
Farmers across Australia are urged to have their say on the issues that matter to them and the agricultural sector via the National Farmer Priorities Survey, launched today. Spearheaded by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) in partnership with communications and advisory firm Seftons, the survey will be a pulse-check on the opportunities and challenges facing […]
1 September 2023
The NFF and the Australian Government are strongly aligned in the goal to ensure that farmers and regional communities across the country are efficiently and effectively supported before, during and after drought events to minimise triple bottom line impacts. The drought policy space is increasingly complex. It is excellent to see the new agreement clarify […]
Tags: Drought
31 August 2023
The Federal Government has inadvertently revealed that damaging water buybacks will make up at least a third of water recovery under its revised Murray Darling Basin Plan, at a starting price exceeding $3 billion. The startling revelation that government buyback spending could double under this proposal comes as serious questions emerge about how the Government […]
Tags: Environment
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