VFF chair Emma Germano says the National Farmers Federation is conducting ‘policy by press release’ and no longer represents Victorian farmers
The Victorian Farmers Federation split from the National Farmers Federation comes two weeks after a farmers’ rally outside federal parliament.The Victorian Farmers Federation split from the National Farmers Federation comes two weeks after a farmers’ rally outside federal parliament.
“The VFF is profoundly disappointed that the NFF board unilaterally decided to rally in Canberra in support of the Keep the Sheep rally without seeking members’ views on this decision, much less providing members the opportunity to vote on this decision,” Germano wrote.“The move away from robust policy development has resulted in the NFF using policy by press release to attempt to represent farmers.
The NFF does not have individual farmer members but is made up of state grassroots farming membership organisations as well as corporate partners. While Germano’s letter acknowledges the NFF was conducting a review of farm advocacy capacity, the review did not include inequity in the membership model.
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