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23rd July 2010
NFF NEWS RELEASE - THE CONSENSUS IS FARMERS ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION
“BUILDING community consensus around climate change action is a reasonable proposition,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie observed of the Prime Minister’s Citizens’ Assembly announcement today.
Full article » 20th July 2010
MDBA NEWS RELEASE - RELEASE OF GUIDE TO DRAFT BASIN PLAN TO BE DEFERRED
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority announced today following a discussion of Authority members that, consistent with election caretaker period conventions, it will defer the release date of the Guide to the Proposed Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
Full article » 20th July 2010
NFF NEWS RELEASE - AUTHORITY CUTS AND RUNS FROM SCRUTINY
TODAY the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) confirmed it will dodge releasing its already delayed and highly contentious precursor to the proposed Basin Plan until after the election.
Full article » 19th July 2010
NFF NEWS RELEASE - NEW WAVE CONSUMERS & THEIR GREAT EXPECTATIONS
LIKE Billy Connolly¡¦s famous stand-up bit, tomorrow¡¦s consumers will want ¡¥more of this, less of that, most of the other and a shipload more of that¡¦. But they will also be more discerning. Emerging trends see consumers increasingly invested in the production values of the things they buy.
Full article » 1st July 2010
NEWS RELEASE: MDBA - WATER TRADING RULES THROUGH BARMAH CHOKE RELAXED FROM 1 JULY
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority today announced that for the 2010/11 water season the trading rule controlling the trades of water allocations from upstream of the Barmah Choke to downstream will be relaxed.
Full article » 28th June 2010
NEWS RELEASE: MDBA - ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION ON DRAFT MURRAY-DARLING BASIN PLAN
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority will hold an additional stage of consultation on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, before the release of the Proposed Basin Plan later this year.
Full article » 23rd June 2010
NEWS RELEASE: NFF - STAKES HIGH IN GOVT’S WATER REFORM GAMBIT
“FARMERS and irrigators are on a knife-edge awaiting the release of the draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan next month,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie said today as the peak farm body’s Members’ Council met in Canberra and asserted that water policy is the top priority for farmers.
Full article » 22nd June 2010
NEWS RELEASE: NFF - PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY: DO THEY MEAN ANYTHING?
AT its upcoming 2010 National Congress in Melbourne, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is putting property rights to the test – especially as they relate to constitutional law and the increasing clash with mining and environmental interests.
Full article » 16th June 2010
NEWS RELEASE: NFF - TAKING THE MODERN FARMING STORY TO AUSTRALIA’S SCHOOLS
WOOLWORTHS and the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) are partnering to promote the contribution of modern farming in Australia’s 11,000 primary and secondary schools.
Full article » 14th June 2010
NEWS RELEASE: NFF - PUTTING FARMING ON THE 2010 POLITICAL AGENDA
POLITICS and policies that directly impact on Australia’s farmers will be centre stage at the National Farmers’ Federation’s (NFF’s) 2010 National Congress come September in Melbourne as federal ministers and opposition parties square off in two headline debates.
Full article » 2nd June 2010
NFF NEWS RELEASE - NFF SLAMS BLINKERED GROUP ON MURRAY-DARLING WATER CUTS
FRUSTRATIONS came to a head today as the National Farmers’ Federations’ (NFF’s) slammed a Wentworth Group report that calls for the devastation of agricultural production in the Murray-Darling Basin, the communities depending on them and sound environmental management.
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