Statement on China’s reinstatement of export approvals
Comments attributable to NFF President, David Jochinke We welcome today’s announcement of the reinstatement of export approvals for five Australian meat processing facilities into China. This is another important step in the right direction towards improving our trading relationship with one of Australia’s major partners. This builds on the welcome lifting of restriction on wine […]
Supermarket spin drives divide between city and country
Farmers are today preparing to join the first of a series of five roundtables hosted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) as part of their inquiry into the supermarkets. The inquiry will examine the pricing practices of the supermarkets and the relationship between wholesale, including farmgate, and retail prices. An interim report, outlining […]
Open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
Dear Prime Minister, Last week, for the first time in 39 years, farmers from across Australia determined that they no longer have confidence in your government to represent their interests. This vote followed an unprecedented walk-out by farmers on your Agriculture Minister’s budget address. This is not how we usually operate at the National Farmers’ […]
Climate Change Authority: 2024 Issues Paper: Targets, Pathways, and Progress
NFF recognises the importance of Climate Change adaption, a failure to support a transition will result in unacceptable impacts on food and feed security both in Australia and globally. Government ambition to reduce agriculture’s emissions, however, must not infringe upon our capability and responsibility to produce the nutritious food and fibre needed to feed and […]
Australian agriculture passes vote of no confidence in the Albanese Government
Australian agriculture’s peak policy-making forum has sent a powerful message to the Albanese Government. The National Farmers’ Federation’s Members Council, comprising Australia’s state and commodity agricultural organisations, has today carried three motions: NFF President David Jochinke said this was an unprecedented move representing a united front from the industry. “Farmers, fishers and foresters feel they […]
Budget breakfast walkout: Agriculture sector protests sheep trade shut down
In an unprecedented move at today’s Agricultural Industry Budget Breakfast, the National Farmers’ Federation and multiple peak agricultural bodies walked out during the Minister for Agriculture Murray Watt’s address. Together they demonstrated to the Minister he had crossed a line by announcing a radical 4-year timeline to banning live sheep exports on Saturday. The group […]
‘Keep your money’: Farmers plea at painful budget
The Federal Government has twisted the knife into Australian agriculture in tonight’s budget, with the biggest allocation of new funding for the sector allocated to shutting down the live sheep trade. National Farmers’ Federation President David Jochinke said while at a glance it would appear the biggest spending spree for agriculture was for the Future […]
NFF sounds the alarm on superannuation tax impost
The National Farmers’ Federation reiterates significant concerns the impact the Federal Government’s proposed tax changes on superannuation will have on thousands of family farms. Evidence from financial and tax experts in a Senate Economics Committee Inquiry shows the agricultural sector will be unfairly hit with the changes that could even see families having to sell […]
Statement on Supermarkets Senate Inquiry findings
Quotes attributable to NFF President, David Jochinke We welcome today’s release of Select Committee on Supermarket Prices final report. This inquiry has been an important opportunity to shine a light on the challenges being faced by many Australian producers. We’ve long argued that the Australian food and grocery supply chain lacks adequate competition. We see […]
Refinement of Future Drought Fund welcomed by farmers
Farmers have welcomed an announcement by the Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in Rockhampton today regarding the next phase of the Future Drought Fund (FDF). National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President, David Jochinke, said the FDF was central to making producers more resilient in the face of current and future droughts. “Supporting […]