Reading Time: 2 minutes We’ve expressed our disappointment in the Victorian Parliamentary inquiry into stamp duty, which recommended Victoria should introduce a new broad-based land tax. VFF President Emma Germano said farmers want to see stamp duty reform, but do…
Reading Time: 2 minutes We’re calling on the Victorian Government to renew the highly successful Wild Dog Management Plan that has seen an enormous drop in wild dog attacks on livestock since launching in 2012. VFF Livestock Group Vice-President and…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers are concerned that the Victorian Government is failing to plan for bushfires on the state’s agricultural industries ahead of an expected dangerous fire season. VFF President Emma Germano said the government’s recently released draft bushfire…
Reading Time: 2 minutes We’re scratching our heads by the recent actions of transmission network operator AusNet Services after its workers entered farm properties along the Ballarat to Bendigo transmission line, without any prior contact or seeking permission from landowners.…
Reading Time: < 1 minute We’ve slammed the Albanese Government’s announcement that it will alter the Murray Darling Basin Plan in what is an attempt to take more water from farmers. VFF President Emma Germano said the deal done behind…
Reading Time: < 1 minute The VFF’s Making Our Farm Families Safer (MOFFS) campaign is being recognised by Australian Marketing Institute’s National Marketing Excellence Awards’ in the Purpose-Led Marketing Category! The VFF is very proud to have been nominated along…
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action is developing a new Victorian Waterway Management Strategy and the Victorian Farmers Federation is encouraging you to have your say. Early feedback that will help shape the…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hundreds of farmers, including VFF members took to the steps of Victorian Parliament in Melbourne earlier this week in opposition to the proposed VNI West and Western Renewables Link transmission projects. VFF President Emma Germano…
Reading Time: 2 minutes The VFF’s Stock Sense project has distributed more than 200 free biosecurity signs to Victorian farms over the past three months in the wake of increased demand from farmers. VFF Livestock President Scott Young said the…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Victorian farmers will descend on Parliament House in Melbourne next Tuesday 15 August for the ‘Stop the Towers’ rally, in response to the proposed VNI West and Western Renewables Link transmission projects. Victorian Farmers Federation…
Reading Time: < 1 minute We’ve launched a petition to the Victorian Parliament calling for the VNI West and Western Renewables Link transmission projects to be stopped. Help us deliver a message to government that these projects must be stopped…
Reading Time: 3 minutes A huge congratulations to both Gerry Leach and Richard Anderson, who were both rewarded as VFF Life Members at the recent 2023 VFF Annual Conference in Melbourne. GERRY LEACH: Gerry’s record of service to the VFF…