The NFF’s 26 September 2008 submission to the Australian Government’s Review of the Age Pension, Carer Payment and the Disability Support Pension, as part of the Government’s broader inquiry into Australia’s Future Tax System recommends that the five-year time limit be removed on the ability of farmers to gift the farm to their children upon retirement and access the age pension.
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