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Posted inAgriculture
Future leaders wanted for NFF program
NFF has today opened applications for its National Agriculture Leadership Program.
Posted inAgriculture, Energy
NFF CEO Tony Mahar departs for Energy Infrastructure role
NFF CEO Tony Mahar will resign after a decade of impactful leadership to assume the role of Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner.
Posted inAgriculture, Federal Politics
Watt gone, Collins returns to Ag in ministerial reshuffle
Julie Collins will return to the Agriculture portfolio as Murray Watt moves to Employment and Workplace Relations in a ministerial reshuffle announced this afternoon.
Posted inAgriculture
Fiona Simson elected to world farming body
New England local and former NFF President Fiona Simson has been elected as Vice President of the World Farmer’s Organisation.
Posted inAgriculture, Federal Politics
Budget gives money for drought, climate relief and sheep, but farmers don’t want it
Fury over a ban on live sheep export by sea is unlikely to be eased by a series of packages to manage drought and boost the agriculture workforce.
Posted inAgriculture, Environment
Water buybacks miss the mark
The Federal Government’s bullish return to the policy approach of water buybacks on the Murray Darling has failed to deliver the expected gigalitres, and been met with an alternative approach by the NSW Government.
Posted inAgriculture
NFF says Productivity Commission report backs their view on biosecurity levy
A report by the Productivity Commission has raised a number of concerns about a proposed Biosecurity Protection Levy.
Posted inAgriculture, Business, Federal Politics
Senate Committee to investigate supermarket pricing, NFF call for transparency
A new Senate Committee will investigate the market power of the major supermarkets and their effect on the price of everyday groceries
Posted inAgriculture, Environment, Federal Politics
Greens, Labor Murray Darling deal steals from New England farmers to give warm fuzzies to cities
Labor and Greens have announced a Murray Darling Basin deal to specifically target the Northern Basin for additional water buybacks.