The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has called on the Federal Government to prioritise a review report into community engagement on renewables projects.
Australia’s peak farming body has welcomed the passage of the Nature Repair Bill through the Senate but said it needed protections for prime agricultural land.
Future-proofing Australian food and agriculture is a task that cannot be guaranteed by any specific degree of government intervention, because the best solutions will be system-wide, Jessica Ramsden writes.
The Albanese government and Australian Greens have struck a deal over amendments to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan legislation, in what has been labelled 'the worst possible outcome' for farmers and the Plan itself.
Farmers, small business owners, community members and local government representatives in Griffith, Deniliquin and Leeton made their message clear: No more water buybacks from farmers – there is a better way.
Research on the Goulburn River in Victoria’s part of the Murray-Darling Basin shows recovery of additional water for the environment does not guarantee environmental outcomes.
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