With Fair Work’s Annual National Minimum Wage Review just announced and taking effect from the first full pay period after 1 July, now’s the perfect time to get ahead and make sure your business is prepared.

In horticulture, the phrase “best laid plans” often feels like a cruel joke. A bumper harvest can be ruined by unexpected rain, an oversupplied market, or external factors like tariff shifts.

With only a handful of sessions left, if workforce is keeping you up at night… this is an opportunity not to be missed. 

From 1 July 2025, the rate of superannuation guarantee is increasing from 11.5% to 12%.

One recent case serves as a reminder that those who make executive decisions that result in contraventions of minimum conditions, may be held personally liable for such decisions.

Join QFVG Partner Who Cares, and leading workplace advisors, Focus HR, as they provide a full breakdown of what all businesses need to know about the new and significant IR changes and the new minimum wage decision coming into effect on Tuesday, 1 July 2025.

State industry body for Queensland fruit, vegetable, and nut growers – Queensland Fruit & Vegetable Growers (QFVG) – has welcomed today’s announcement that will see the definition of a primary producer amended allowing greater access to support under the join Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

Ask around in the horticulture industry about ESG, and you'll get mixed reactions. Some growers have never come across the term, while others are already knee-deep in reporting.

Coercive control and financial abuse are key topics for May’s “Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month” but while most public conversations and events will rightly focus on individual victims of this harm, advocates for fresh produce view this abuse through a different lens – one where we see systemic, systematic, and deeply damaging relationships within our own industry.

Fair Farms was launched in 2019 in direct response to the Harvest Trail Inquiry, which revealed that half of the 638 horticultural businesses investigated had breached workplace laws. 

The role of honeybees in supporting crop lifecycles is a fascinating and nuanced story. For example, you don’t need a bee to grow an onion, but you absolutely need a bee for onion seeds.

Given Monday was Labour Day — and the day after the Labor Party's election win — we figured it was time to chime in to the workforce conversation. In that spirit, here’s our (starting) list of demands.

In recent days, NSW Farmers made headlines by walking away from the National Farmers’ Federation. It’s yet another sign that even the big players are feeling disillusioned with the state of advocacy. We’re being challenged—and that’s a good thing.

To adopt or not to adopt – that is the question. Or is it that simple? 

Workforce attraction gets plenty of airtime — but what happens after you get workers through the gate? For many growers, that’s where the real challenge starts. 

As an apolitical association, we don’t take sides, but we do champion ideas that can make a positive difference for our industry—no matter where they come from.

Queensland’s horticulture industry has been subject to a wide range of industrial relations and legislative changes over the past three years – the latest, which came into effect this week, ironically on April Fool's Day - being the C14 determination.

Growers across the state have been asking for horticulture-specific HR/IR training to once again be delivered face-to-face in the regions. You asked, we listened.

It is understandable for leaders to find themselves overwhelmed with the constant flow of challenges, tough decisions and difficult conversations that arise day to day. In these circumstances, it can be easy to feel defensive, rush to conclusions, or shy away from difficult conversations.

Effective from 1 March 2025, businesses that operate in Queensland have a new duty under the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld) (Regulation) with regard to sexual harassment, or sex or gender-based harassment.