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The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) will today unveil its plan for agriculture to accelerate Australia’s COVID-19 economic recovery. NFF President, Fiona Simson is set to launch the Get Australia Growing plan in an address to the National Press Club in Canberra today. “The opportunities the NFF presents have the capacity to provide a rapid boost […]
14 July 2020
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Clean Energy Regulator’s (CER) consultation paper supporting the costs of soil sampling under the Emissions Reduction Fund. The objective to reduce barriers to entry and incentivise further investment in soil projects by providing an advance payment to soil sampling costs is welcomed and […]
Tags: Environment
9 July 2020
The NFF strongly supports the intent of the bill to deter non-compliance with the Biosecurity Act 2015 and mitigate against biosecurity risk. Ongoing issues with incoming passengers failing to declare goods are of great concern to Australia’s farm sector, and it is clear that existing compliance and enforcement tools are inadequate. Download PDF File
3 July 2020
The National Farmers’ Federation has welcomed the start of the Federal Government’s expansion of Harvest Trail, a service which matches job seekers with farm jobs. NFF CEO Tony Mahar said agriculture continued to be hampered by a workforce shortage and the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on backpacker numbers and the movement of workers in general […]
Tags: Farm Business
2 July 2020
The NFF strongly supports the provisions in the bill, which will: • impose a charge on the export of dairy cattle • set the rate of provision on a per head basis for dairy cattle • enable the full funding of the Dairy Cattle Export Program, to meet specific research and development and marketing activities […]
Tags: Farm Business
1 July 2020
he RRRCC has strongly supported the MBSP since the Coalition was first formed, and we recognise the significant impact that MBSP investment has had in improving mobile coverage in regional, rural and remote areas. This makes a material difference to the lives of those who live and work in – and visit or travel through […]
Tags: Innovation
National Farmers’ Federation President Fiona Simson said today’s official start of the Future Drought Fund was a milestone day in the nation’s approach to drought policy. During 2019, the NFF supported the development of the Future Drought Fund, which will invest $100 million annually in projects and tools to improve the drought resilience of farmers […]
By NFF President Fiona Simson At Parliament House, Canberra in 1985, 45,000 farmers marched against crippling interest rates and spiralling taxes. A win over the then Hawke Labor Government and over the unions in a bitter IR dispute just months before, galvanised the impact the bush could have when it stood united in demand of […]
30 June 2020
The RRRCC has strongly supported the MBSP since the Coalition was first formed, and we recognise the significant impact that MBSP investment has had in improving mobile coverage in regional, rural and remote areas. This makes a material difference to the lives of those who live and work in – and visit or travel through […]
Tags: Innovation
26 June 2020
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the Technology Investment Roadmap consultation paper. There is a significant opportunity for Australian agriculture to contribute to the nation’s emissions reduction goals under the Paris Agreement. The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has the twin objectives of promoting the long-term prosperity of Australian […]
Tags: Farm Business
24 June 2020
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