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Labor promises cheap childcare, climate action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... Australia plan to create cheaper renewable energy - a plan already backed by the Business Council of Australia, National Farmers Federation and the ACTU - if elected in May.

Industry fund adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... agricultural production advice, biosecurity and natural resource management to rural communities. She was part of the National Farmers' Federation Diversity in Leadership program last year and awarded a scholarship to the Australian Rural Leadership ...

New AFCA remit not enough: Law firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... this matter needs to be raised with politicians by aggrieved farmers and on their behalf by bodies such as the National Farmers Federation (NFF) to ensure this unfair and unjust gap is closed. We have notified the NFF of this issue of concern." The one-stop-shop ...

Chief economist update: The winter of Australia's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
It would be the winter of Australia's agriculture sector if Rabobank's 'Winter Crop Production Outlook' report is any guide. The specialist agribusiness bank predicts that the country's national harvest would drop by 23% in the 2018/19 ...

Chief economist update: View from the National Farmers' Federation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
I'd like to thank National Farmers' Federation (NFF) general manager, trade and economics, Scott Kompo-Harms for taking time to respond to my piece on the Australian agriculture industry published on this page yesterday titled, " Malcolm puts agriculture ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... case of "cutting his nose off to spite his face" (if he keeps on insisting). This is because, according to the 'National Farmers' Federation' (NFF), "The agricultural sector, at farm-gate, contributes 3% to Australia's total gross domestic product (GDP). ...

Agricultural investors create $10 million VC fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
A joint agricultural investment initiative between diversified financial services group Findex and the National Farmers' Federation is progressing toward the launch of a $10 million venture capital fund. The fund, created by joint venture SproutX and ...

Prime Super appoints fourth independent director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... majority of independent directors, with only one union (Australian Workers' Union) and one employer nominated (National Farmers' Federation) director. "There is a growing push in the industry to make industry super fund trustee boards more independent," ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... been in the news as a result of poor staff satisfaction, another issues that management wishes to address. The National Farmers Federation has said that minimum salary levels for the visa holder category known as 457 could make it uneconomical for employers ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
In a bid to ensure the supply of farm labour, the National Farmers Federation (NFF) has asked the Federal Government to reduce the withholding tax on foreign workers from 29 to 13 per cent saying that the $7 billion horticulture industry could lose ...
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