Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | |
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Victor Wilson (as the Minister for Markets and Migration) |
Formation | 16 January 1925 |
Website | minister |
The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Murray Watt in the Albanese ministry since 1 June 2022, following the Australian federal election in 2022.[1]
In the Government of Australia, the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
Portfolio responsibilities[edit]
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In addition to the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, component bodies responsible to the minister include:
- Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
- Biosecurity Australia
- Bureau of Rural Sciences
Other bodies within the portfolio are:
- Australian Egg Corporation
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority
- Australian Landcare Council
- Australian Livestock Export Corporation Limited
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (formerly National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals)
- Australian Pork Limited
- Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation
- Australian Wool Innovation Limited
- Cotton Research and Development Corporation
- Dairy Adjustment Authority
- Dairy Australia
- Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
- Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation
- Grains Research and Development Corporation
- Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation
- Horticulture Australia Limited
- Meat and Livestock Australia
- Murray-Darling Basin Authority
- Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council
- National Consultative Committee on Animal Welfare
- National Land and Water Resources Audit
- National Rural Advisory Council
- Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council
- Northern Territory Fisheries Joint Authority
- Plant Breeder's Rights Office
- Quarantine and Exports Advisory Council
- Primary Industries Ministerial Council
- Queensland Fisheries Joint Authority
- Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
- Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel
- Sugar Research and Development Corporation
- Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority
- Western Australian Fisheries Joint Authority
- Wheat Export Authority
List of agriculture ministers[edit]
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Agriculture, or any of its precedent titles:[2][3]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | Victor Wilson | Nationalist | Bruce | Minister for Markets and Migration | 16 January 1925 | 18 June 1926 | 1 year, 153 days | |
2 | Thomas Paterson | Country | 18 June 1926 | 19 January 1928 | 3 years, 126 days | |||
Minister for Markets | 19 January 1928 | 10 December 1928 | ||||||
Minister for Markets and Transport | 10 December 1928 | 22 October 1929 | ||||||
3 | Parker Moloney | Labor | Scullin | 22 October 1929 | 21 April 1930 | 2 years, 76 days | ||
Minister for Markets | 21 April 1930 | 6 January 1932 | ||||||
4 | Charles Hawker | United Australia | Lyons | 6 January 1932 | 13 April 1932 | 261 days | ||
Minister for Commerce | 13 April 1932 | 23 September 1932 | ||||||
5 | Joseph Lyons | 3 October 1932 | 13 October 1932 | 10 days | ||||
6 | Frederick Stewart | 13 October 1932 | 9 November 1934 | 757 days | ||||
7 | Earle Page | Country | 9 November 1934 | 7 April 1939 | 4 years, 149 days | |||
Page | 7 April 1939 | 26 April 1939 | ||||||
8 | George McLeay | United Australia | Menzies | 26 April 1939 | 14 March 1940 | 323 days | ||
9 | Archie Cameron | Country | 14 March 1940 | 28 October 1940 | 228 days | |||
n/a | Earle Page | 28 October 1940 | 29 August 1941 | 344 days | ||||
Fadden | 29 August 1941 | 7 October 1941 | ||||||
10 | William Scully | Labor | Curtin | 7 October 1941 | 22 December 1942 | 5 years, 25 days | ||
Minister for Commerce and Agriculture | 22 December 1942 | 6 July 1945 | ||||||
Forde | 6 July 1945 | 13 July 1945 | ||||||
Chifley | 13 July 1945 | 1 November 1946 | ||||||
11 | Reg Pollard | 1 November 1946 | 19 December 1949 | 3 years, 48 days | ||||
12 | John McEwen | Country | Menzies | 19 December 1949 | 11 January 1956 | 6 years, 23 days | ||
13 | William McMahon | Liberal | Minister for Primary Industry | 11 January 1956 | 10 December 1958 | 2 years, 333 days | ||
14 | Charles Adermann | Country | 10 December 1958 | 26 January 1966 | 8 years, 310 days | |||
Holt | 26 January 1966 | 16 October 1967 | ||||||
15 | Doug Anthony | 16 October 1967 | 19 December 1967 | 3 years, 112 days | ||||
McEwen | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||||||
Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 5 February 1971 | ||||||
16 | Ian Sinclair | 5 February 1971 | 10 March 1971 | 1 year, 304 days | ||||
McMahon | 10 March 1971 | 5 December 1972 | ||||||
17 | Lance Barnard1 | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | 14 days | ||
18 | Ken Wriedt | 19 December 1972 | 12 June 1974 | 2 years, 306 days | ||||
Minister for Agriculture | 12 June 1974 | 21 October 1975 | ||||||
19 | Rex Patterson | 21 October 1975 | 11 November 1975 | 21 days | ||||
n/a | Ian Sinclair | National Country | Fraser | 11 November 1975 | 22 December 1975 | 3 years, 320 days | ||
Minister for Primary Industry | 22 December 1975 | 27 September 1979 | ||||||
20 | Peter Nixon | 27 September 1979 | 16 October 1982 | 3 years, 165 days | ||||
National | 16 October 1982 | 11 March 1983 | ||||||
21 | John Kerin | Labor | Hawke | 11 March 1983 | 24 July 1987 | 8 years, 85 days | ||
Minister for Primary Industries and Energy | 24 July 1987 | 4 June 1991 | ||||||
22 | Simon Crean | 4 June 1991 | 20 December 1991 | 2 years, 202 days | ||||
Keating | 20 December 1991 | 23 December 1993 | ||||||
23 | Bob Collins | 23 December 1993 | 11 March 1996 | 2 years, 79 days | ||||
24 | John Anderson | National | Howard | 11 March 1996 | 21 October 1998 | 2 years, 224 days | ||
25 | Mark Vaile | Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 21 October 1998 | 20 July 1999 | 272 days | |||
26 | Warren Truss | 20 July 1999 | 6 July 2005 | 5 years, 351 days | ||||
27 | Peter McGauran | 6 July 2005 | 3 December 2007 | 2 years, 150 days | ||||
28 | Tony Burke | Labor | Rudd | 3 December 2007 | 28 June 2010 | 2 years, 285 days | ||
Gillard | 28 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | ||||||
29 | Joe Ludwig | 14 September 2010 | 1 July 2013 | 2 years, 290 days | ||||
30 | Joel Fitzgibbon | Rudd | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 79 days | |||
31 | Barnaby Joyce | National | Abbott | Minister for Agriculture | 18 September 2013 | 15 September 2015 | 4 years, 39 days | |
Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 21 September 2015 | ||||||
Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources | 21 September 2015 | 27 October 2017 | ||||||
32 | Malcolm Turnbull | Liberal | 27 October 2017 | 6 December 2017 | 40 days | |||
(31) | Barnaby Joyce | National | 6 December 2017 | 20 December 2017 | 14 days | |||
33 | David Littleproud | 20 December 2017 | 28 August 2018 | 1 year, 160 days | ||||
Morrison | 28 August 2018 | 29 May 2019 | ||||||
34 | Bridget McKenzie | Minister for Agriculture[4] | 29 May 2019 | 2 February 2020 | 249 days | |||
Michael McCormack (acting) |
2 February 2020 | 6 February 2020 | 4 days | |||||
(33) | David Littleproud | Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management | 6 February 2020 | 2 July 2021 | 2 years, 106 days | |||
Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia | 2 July 2021 | 23 May 2022 | ||||||
35 | Murray Watt | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 1 June 2022 | incumbent | 2 years, 41 days |
Notes
- 1 Barnard was part of a two-man ministry comprising Barnard and Gough Whitlam for fourteen days until the full ministry was commissioned.
List of fisheries and forestry ministers[edit]
The following individuals have been appointed as junior ministers in the agriculture portfolio or any of its precedent titles.[2][3]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | Wilson Tuckey | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Forestry and Conservation | 21 October 1998 | 26 November 2001 | 3 years, 36 days | |
2 | Ian Macdonald | 26 November 2001 | 14 November 2002 | 4 years, 62 days | ||||
Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation | 14 November 2002 | 27 January 2006 | ||||||
3 | Eric Abetz | 27 January 2006 | 3 December 2007 | 1 year, 310 days | ||||
4 | Tony Burke | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 3 December 2007 | 28 June 2010 | 2 years, 285 days | |
Gillard | 28 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | ||||||
5 | Joe Ludwig | 14 September 2010 | 1 July 2013 | 2 years, 290 days | ||||
6 | Joel Fitzgibbon | Rudd | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 79 days | |||
7 | Murray Watt | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 1 June 2022 | incumbent | 2 years, 41 days |
List of assistant ministers[edit]
The following individuals have been appointed as assistant ministers in the agriculture portfolio or any of its precedent titles.[2][3]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | Richard Colbeck | Liberal | Howard | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 26 October 2004 | 27 January 2006 | 1 year, 93 days | |
2 | Sussan Ley | 27 January 2006 | 3 December 2007 | 1 year, 310 days | ||||
3 | Mike Kelly | Labor | Gillard | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 14 September 2010 | 14 December 2011 | 1 year, 91 days | |
4 | Sid Sidebottom | 14 December 2011 | 27 June 2013 | 1 year, 278 days | ||||
Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
(1) | Richard Colbeck | Liberal | Abbott | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture | 18 September 2013 | 21 September 2015 | 2 years, 3 days | |
5 | Anne Ruston | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources | 21 September 2015 | 28 August 2018 | 2 years, 341 days | ||
(1) | Richard Colbeck | Morrison | 28 August 2018 | 29 May 2019 | 274 days | |||
6 | Jonathon Duniam | Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries | 29 May 2019 | 23 May 2022 | 2 years, 359 days |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Press Conference - Parliament House, Canberra | Prime Minister of Australia". www.pm.gov.au. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "Ministries and Cabinets". 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ a b c "Ministers". About us. Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Australian Government. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "Scott Morrison unveils new ministry as Coalition prepares for majority government". www.msn.com. Retrieved 26 May 2019.