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The Senate Select Committee on Supermarket Prices has announced an initial set of dates to hear stories about bad behaviour by supermarkets. The first round of hearings will be in Hobart this Thursday 7 March, then Orange on 12 March and Melbourne at Tullamarine on 13 March. Further dates may be announced at the discretion of […]
Tags: horticulture, Trade and Economic
2 months ago
The NFF does not hold any notable concerns with the proposed rule changes and additions to the Guideline, specific comments to key matters of interest are articulated in the proceeding sections below. It is important to note, however, that proposed rules will create additional step procedures for entities to undertake and comply with to achieve […]
Tags: Environment, Natural Resource Management
2 months ago
A new initiative to elevate Indigenous agricultural products and practices is calling for contributions to help shape the framework. The Indigenous Agricultural Product Framework project is being delivered in partnership between the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC) and the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF). NFF President David […]
Tags: Indigenous agriculture
2 months ago
NFF are opposed to the introduction of mandatory Scope 3 reporting. The NFF membership retains serious concerns over the necessity and scope of the [Draft] ASRS Standards developed by AASB. The NFF view is Government should not implement this policy for Scope 3 reporting for agriculture. If unavoidable, a formal Scope 3 emissions reporting requirement […]
Tags: Natural Resource Management, sustainability
2 months ago
It is the NFF’s view that supermarkets and retailers can use their substantial market power to the detriment of farmers through lower prices, unfair risk burden and longer-term uncertainty that places significant pressure on individual farm businesses. The Food and Grocery Code in its current form fails to enforce a minimum standard of behaviour between […]
Tags: Trade and Economic
2 months ago
The NFF urges Australia’s energy ministers to address the fierce discontent in farming communities over energy companies’ community engagement failures. Ahead of tomorrow’s Energy and Climate Ministerial Council meeting, NFF President David Jochinke said the lack of community engagement was not a new problem and it had been almost a month since the Energy Infrastructure […]
Tags: Environment
2 months ago
Farmers across Australia have been left bamboozled this morning by the Government’s attempt to legislate a new tax on farmers, despite a tidal wave of expert criticism. The Albanese Government this morning tabled new laws to establish the ‘Biosecurity Protection Levy’ – intended to raise $50 million from farmers to bankroll activities that assist importers, […]
Tags: Biosecurity, health and welfare
2 months ago
This submission to the Australian Carbon Industry Code of Conduct – Independent Review provides an overview of some of NFF’s concerns around the carbon market and the subsequent code of conduct. Read the full submission here.
Tags: Environment
2 months ago
Another independent body has today raised concerns the Government’s proposed Biosecurity Protection Levy “does not pass critical scrutiny”, validating the claims of Australia’s 85,000 farming families. Independent academics from the Australian National University’s Tax and Transfer Policy Institute (TTPI) have backed widespread condemnation of the Government’s proposed policy which is due to come into […]
Tags: Biosecurity, health and welfare
2 months ago
Leaders of Australia’s peak farm body are in Western Australia this week, hearing concerns from local farmers about the impact of Federal Government policies. President of the National Farmers’ Federation David Jochinke said policies currently being rolled out from Canberra were putting farm productivity at risk. “Whether it’s the disastrous live sheep ban, the biosecurity […]
Tags: Biosecurity, health and welfare, Trade and Economic, Workforce
2 months ago
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