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The management of Australia’s transition to renewable energy has significant implications for Australian agriculture. The NFF seeks to ensure that transmission projects are placed in the landscape with proper, timely consultation, appropriate compensation or commercial consent and do not adversely impact existing land use. Read the full submission here.
Tags: renewable energy, transmission
28 September 2023
Nominations for the roles of President, Vice President and Director of the National Farmers’ Federation have now closed. An election process for contested positions will now be undertaken, with results to be announced at the NFF’s Annual General Meeting in Canberra on 25 October 2023. The following nominations have been received. Nominations for the position […]
22 September 2023
Today the National Farmers’ Federation Horticulture Council is calling on the Albanese Government to respond to the decision to stop the Varroa Mite eradication effort with a clear commitment to conclude its review of the legality of levying containerised cargo under international law before the end of the year. Council Chair Jolyon Burnett said while […]
Tags: horticulture
21 September 2023
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
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
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