Farm Safety
Ensuring the safety of Australian farmers and farming families is a priority for the NFF. A founding member of Farmsafe Australia and an active participant in National Farm Safety Week, the NFF shares the Farmsafe vision of: productive Australian farms free from health and safety risks. The NFF has been particularly active on the issue […]
Industrial Relations
The NFF represents the farming sector in annual wage decisions, ongoing workplace relations reforms, workforce deregulation and flexible workplace relations, and works actively to address the chronic labour shortage in regional Australia.
NFF says department merger 'pragmatic'
The Prime Minister’s decision to merge the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources with the environment portfolio is a pragmatic decision. “The environment, water management and agriculture are mutually dependent,” National Farmers Federation President Fiona Simson said. “Farmers manage more than half of Australia’s landscape. Almost all of the policy decisions taken in the environment […]
Farmsafe Australia funding advances NFF’s goal for zero farm fatalities by 2030
Investment to safeguard agriculture’s most important resource, it’s people, has been applauded today by the National Farmers Federation. Agriculture Minister, Senator Bridget McKenzie, today announced $1.9 million in funding for Farmsafe Australia, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to making farms safer places to work and live. NFF CEO Tony Mahar said too many lives continued to […]
Farmsafe Australia funding advances NFF’s goal for zero farm fatalities by 2030
Investment to safeguard agriculture’s most important resource, it’s people, has been applauded today by the National Farmers Federation. Agriculture Minister, Senator Bridget McKenzie, today announced $1.9 million in funding for Farmsafe Australia, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to making farms safer places to work and live. NFF CEO Tony Mahar said too many lives continued to […]
More needed to ease farmers’ workforce pain
The National Farmers’ Federation Horticulture Council acknowledges the Government’s recognition of the chronic workforce shortages facing Australian farmers, in an announcement made in the Victorian Mallee region this morning. Led by Minister for Agriculture, Senator Bridget McKenzie the announcement confirmed and slightly expanded a number of the initiatives introduced to address farm workforce shortages over […]
More needed to ease farmers' workforce pain
The National Farmers’ Federation Horticulture Council acknowledges the Government’s recognition of the chronic workforce shortages facing Australian farmers, in an announcement made in the Victorian Mallee region this morning. Led by Minister for Agriculture, Senator Bridget McKenzie the announcement confirmed and slightly expanded a number of the initiatives introduced to address farm workforce shortages over […]
Farmers applaud Government's life-saving quad bike changes
Lives will be saved with the Federal Government today mandating a new safety standard for the manufacture of all new quad bikes. The change is the result of a high-profile campaign led by the National Farmers’ Federation compelling the Government to accept recommendations to improve quad bike safety by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. […]
Farmers call out government workforce survey results
The National Farmers’ Federation says a new government report looking at agriculture’s workforce doesn’t match farmers’ lived experience and fails to provide appropriate or current evidence that will help fix the much talked about problem of labour shortages. The Demand for Farm Workers Farm Survey 2018 published today by the Australian Bureau of Agriculture and […]
Statement on Marland Mushroom decision
In a win for agriculture, the Federal Court of Australia has today dismissed an appeal by the Fair Work Ombudsman in a matter that threatened the use of piece rates (a system by which employees are paid on the basis of the amount of work completed) under the Horticulture Award. Since 2017, the National Farmers’ […]