NFF urges policy to shift more people to the regions

Jamieson Murphy
Updated February 23 2021 - 2:13pm, first published 6:30am
FUTURE: Value adding to agriculture through food and fibre manufacturing, along with funding infrastructure and tax cuts would encourage tree changers.
FUTURE: Value adding to agriculture through food and fibre manufacturing, along with funding infrastructure and tax cuts would encourage tree changers.

The federal government should capitalise the wave of COVID-induced tree-change interest with a comprehensive regionalisation policy, that does more than repeat the tired thinking of relocating city jobs to regional areas, the National Farmers Federation says.

Jamieson Murphy

Jamieson Murphy

News director

Newcastle Herald news director. Interested in any and all yarns. Whisper g'day mate to me at jamieson.murphy@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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