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Despite two days of intense questioning in Canberra, including a grilling for each of Bunnings, Coles and Woolworths, the supermarkets and big box stores still appear to be in denial about their behaviour and the loss of public trust and support. NFF Horticulture Council Chair Jolyon Burnett said the pressure needed to be kept up […]
Tags: horticulture
5 hours ago
Farmers say they’ll wait to see the legislation underpinning the Environment Protection Agency and Environment Information Australia before forming a view on the second tranche of environmental law reforms announced by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek today. The National Farmers’ Federation has however welcomed the Minister’s decision to stage the reforms, allowing more time for scrutiny […]
Tags: Natural Resource Management
6 hours ago
The National Farmers’ Federation will host a series of roundtables across April and May to confirm support for the broad characteristics and principles that must be used in defining Indigenous agricultural products. The roundtables are the next phase in consultation in the Indigenous Agricultural Product Framework Project, being led by the NFF and jointly funded by […]
Tags: Farm Business
1 day ago
Embracing and adopting new emerging technological solutions at-scale to support adaptation must be viable and not come to the individual cost and expense of farmers. Currently, the agriculture sector does not have capacity to take advantage of emerging potential opportunities that support adaptation and a low emissions future. Although initial research and trials in this […]
Tags: Environment
2 days ago
The NFF unequivocally opposes the introduction of the government’s Biosecurity Protection Levy (BPL, Levy). While the NFF has long called for Australia’s biosecurity system to be adequately and sustainably resourced, we cannot support the BPL due to serious, principle-based concerns with the construct of the policy. We call on Senators to oppose this legislation, so […]
Tags: Biosecurity, health and welfare
5 days ago
The National Farmers’ Federation commends Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Assistant Minister Andrew Leigh for committing to reforming Australia’s merger and acquisition rules and processes to strengthen competition and streamline investment activity. NFF President David Jochinke said farmers welcomed efforts to ensure corporate activity supported increased competition in Australia’s supply chains. “Ensuring a competitive supply chain […]
Tags: Trade and Economic
6 days ago
The NFF Horticulture Council strongly supports the key recommendations detailed in the interim Independent Review of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct report released today. The Council is particularly encouraged to see recommendations for the enforcement of the mandatory code, and the possibility of increased fines reaching up to 10 per cent of turnover, […]
Tags: Farm Business, horticulture, Trade and Economic
1 week ago
The National Farmers’ Federation welcomes the interim report reviewing the adequacy of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct, saying the recommendations would help give the Code the teeth it needs. NFF President David Jochinke said the report backed farmers’ call for the Code to be made mandatory and be bolstered with greater penalties for […]
Tags: Farm Business, Trade and Economic
1 week ago
In recognition that Australian biodiversity has been on a downward trajectory for several decades, the largest of any continent in the past 200 years, it is the position of NFF that national biodiversity targets are developed with the appropriate level of ambition and outline a clear path whereby positive, measurable action is delivered across local, […]
Tags: Environment
2 weeks ago
The National Farmers’ Federation has today released its final report towards creating greater market transparency and competition in the poultry meat sector, following concerns raised by growers and the competition watchdog. In 2020 the ACCC’s Perishable Agricultural Goods Inquiry highlighted significant concerns about practices in the Australian poultry meat supply chain and the impact these […]
Tags: Trade and Economic
2 weeks ago
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