The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is an

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cabinet position which is currently held by Julie Collins since July 2024 in the Albanese ministry. In the Government of Australia, the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Portfolio responsibilities

In addition to the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, component bodies responsible to the minister include: *

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* 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 *

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* Cotton Research and Development Corporation * Dairy Adjustment Authority *

Dairy Australia Dairy Australia is the Australian national body for the dairy industry, and a Research and development corporation (RDC). It is mainly funded by the Dairy Services Levy, a tax paid by farmers based on milk production. It also acts as a funding ...

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) is a statutory corporation that manages research and development investment by the Australian Government and the Australian fishing and aquaculture commercial, recreational and Indigeno ...

* Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation *

Grains Research and Development Corporation Grains Research and Development Corporation is an Australian research statutory corporation founded in October 1990 under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act, 1989 (PIERD Act). It invests in projects and partnerships to ...

* Horticulture Australia Limited * Meat and Livestock Australia * 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 *

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* Quarantine and Exports Advisory Council * Primary Industries Ministerial Council * Queensland Fisheries Joint Authority *

Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Agrifutures Australia, formerly the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC), is an Australian statutory corporation set up by the Australian Government in 1990 to help fund research and development in Australian rural indu ...

* Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel * Sugar Research and Development Corporation * Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority * Western Australian Fisheries Joint Authority

List of agriculture ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Agriculture, or any of its precedent titles: Notes : Barnard was part of a two-man ministry comprising Barnard and

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for fourteen days until the full ministry was commissioned.

List of fisheries and forestry ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as junior ministers in the agriculture portfolio or any of its precedent titles.

List of assistant ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as assistant ministers in the agriculture portfolio or any of its precedent titles.

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