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The NFF Horticulture Council has today rung the alarm bells loud and clear that the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme is now heading toward calamity. Consultation has just closed on a series of dramatic changes to the rules and requirements placed on employers that will see many of them walk away from the scheme. […]
Tags: Workforce
17 hours ago
Australian agriculture is creating positive change towards gender diversity and the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has a new cohort of women ready to make their mark as future leaders. NFF President Fiona Simson today announced the next 12 women who’ve been selected for the NFF’s Diversity in Agriculture Leadership Program. “Applications for this year’s program confirms […]
Tags: diversity, women in agriculture
5 days ago
The NFF considers that it is paramount the principal focus of the Bill is stewarding outcomes on farmland. In addition to that, public land agencies which already have an obligation of managing for biodiversity should not be able to access the same benefits as farmland or create an income stream as a result of implementing […]
Tags: Environment
1 week ago
Australia’s peak farming body is calling on the Federal Government to have a long hard look at the way it’s handling the compensation process for producers in the live cattle export class action. Senate Estimates in Canberra last week revealed the Government had offered $215 million, a mere fraction of that being sought in compensation […]
Tags: Trade
1 week ago
Comments attributable to NFF Vice President David Jochinke The NFF welcomes the reappointment of Mick Keogh as Deputy Chair of the ACCC. Mick Keogh has played a key role as a strong advocate for Australian farmers and small businesses, ensuring they are fairly treated under Australian competition law. The work of the Australian Competition and […]
Tags: Competition
2 weeks ago
Australia’s peak farm body has slammed radical animal rights activists following a spate of illegal and intimidating encounters with law-abiding industry participants, and joined calls for the Government to exclude them from policy making processes. The call follows evidence from the pork industry in yesterday’s Senate Estimates hearings, with Chief Executive of Australian Pork Limited, […]
Tags: Rural Affairs
2 weeks ago
A landmark report by the National Farmers’ Federation and KPMG released today has underscored the need for better engagement to unlock the economic potential of Indigenous agriculture. The Realising the Opportunity report, released at an NFF forum in Darwin today, aims to strengthen the economic and cultural empowerment of Indigenous Australians through accessible and collaborative […]
2 weeks ago
The National Farmers’ Federation is pleased to announce that Fiona Simson has been elected as a Director of the World Farmers’ Organisation. At the 2023 World Farmers’ Organisation General Assembly, held in Sun City, South Africa, Fiona Simson was elected to represent the Oceania Constituency of the WFO. The Oceania Constituency represents farmers in Australia […]
Tags: Trade
3 weeks ago
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is ramping up its call for the Federal Government to extend the Instant Asset Write Off (IAWO) to help farmers unfairly caught out by the scheme’s cut off. The IAWO and temporary full expensing arrangements allowed farmers and small businesses to immediately depreciate the full cost of new assets within […]
Tags: economic, Farm Business, Federal Budget
3 weeks ago
Three peak bodies representing farmers and transporters have raised concerns about the lack of sufficient additional funding in the Federal Budget to address the perilous state of flood impacted rural roads. In the lead up to the Budget, GrainGrowers, National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association (ALRTA) called for an emergency […]
Tags: Federal Budget, Infrastructure
4 weeks ago
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